General Operative (Life)

Job Title: General Operative

Company description

Danesmoor Group is a market leading distributor of kitchen and bedroom components – proudly supplying the UK KBB industry for over 110 years.

We bring together the most comprehensive range of quality stocked products from the world’s leading manufacturers, together with the most flexible services, and bespoke design options - all supplied from under ONE roof. We’re committed to continuous innovation and a highly integrated, customer-centric approach, where delivering excellent service and understanding our customers’ requirements is at the heart of everything we do.

Most importantly, each and every customer is supported by ONE personal team – dedicated to providing expert advice, and assisting a professional, streamlined journey from start to finish.

Function/Department description

Life is a fast growing, premium, complete kitchen brand operating across both Trade and Retail channels.   

Enabled by multi-million-pound state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, Life is the first brand in the Danesmoor Group to offer fully assembled kitchens and bedrooms. We provide made-to-order, premium cabinets that arrive fully assembled – with internals, fittings, and frontals all pre-fitted. They're delivered ready to install, saving time on site, helping jobs run smoother, and speeding up project turnaround. 

Summary and Purpose

Life Kitchens are seeking to recruit a general operative for their manufacturing site in Newton Aycliffe. The successful candidate will be involved in different roles within the factory, from packing components, to lifting panels off machines, to quality checking orders, ensuring all components are accounted for, before completing the despatching process. The postholder will build internal customer supplier relationships to fully understand what is required at each stage of the process

Immediate priorities:

·To gain an understanding of the factory flow

·To understand how to separate components into different trolleys and what areas these must be taken to

·Gain knowledge of our manufacturing tolerances and specifications.

·Gain knowledge around our quality standards and adheres to them.

·Have a full understanding around H&S within the area and required PPE.

·Confident in Excel spreadsheet completion for daily KPI capture.

·All non-conforming issues to be recorded by means of SMR procedure and reported to supervision.

·Be involved with the Internal Supplier/customer regarding any quality issues received or produced.

·All housekeeping duties are completed along with daily maintenance check sheets (PPM)

Main Responsibilities:

·To ensure all components meet the required quality visual and dimensional standards prior to leaving site, whilst making provisions to ensure orders hit OTIF targets.

·All products are packed and handled in an acceptable manner which eliminates the possibility of breakage during loading and transit.

·The ability to follow SOPs with relevant risk assessments to carry out daily tasks in a safe manner, any variation to be reported to supervision for review.

·All non-conforming product to manufacturing tolerance to be reported to supervision and captured by means of SMR so root cause analysis can be determined.

·Raising recuts through MES

. Assisting in the manufacture of panels and cabinets in line with production plan requirements when required

.To ensure that equipment and plant are maintained to a level which guarantees maximum up-time and that the work area conforms to the company’s requirements for Health and Safety and general presentation. .All production jobs to be documented by means of departmental KPI data capture

.To assist your team with controlling the supplies of consumables in order to prevent stock-outs and liaising with onsite suppliers where applicable.

·Carry out other tasks and duties as required.

Essential Requirements

·A positive attitude, a good team player, able to quickly adapt to a fast-paced environment.

·Lifting/manoeuvring panels

·Close inspection work and the ability to differentiate accurately between materials.

·The ability to follow the requirements of Standard Operating Procedures and work with minimal supervision.

·Ability to solve problems and make improvements to processes.

·Excellent communication and organisational skills.

·Well, organised with the ability to plan and prioritise workload effectively.

·Resilient with the ability to work in a challenging environment.

·Knowledge of health & safety regulations advantageous.

·Excellent organisation skills

·Ability to own and develop work areas

·Ability to demonstrate continuous improvement skills

Desirable Requirements

·FLT Licence

·Computer literate

·Experience in manufacture / build of KBB industry products

Working Hours

Working Hours – Mon – Fri 7:30 – 3:30 – Overtime as and when required.

Breaks - 1 x 10-minute break and 1 x 20-minute lunch daily.

We offer an environment that is friendly, welcoming, and supportive. We encourage everyone to be the best they can be, working together to achieve great results.