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Job Title: Machine Operator
Location: Westbury, Wiltshire
Salary: Starting salary of £27,945 per hour, plus overtime and bonus
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, working a 3 shift pattern on weekly rotation
The Opportunity
Are you an experienced Machine Operator with a background a fast-paced production setting?
Our client, a well-established manufacturing business, is seeking a Slitting Machine Operator to join their growing team in Westbury. This is a great opportunity to become part of a forward-thinking organisation offering genuine potential for personal development and career advancement, including salary increases based on personal learning and increased skill sets.
The Role
Working within a modern manufacturing environment, you'll play a key role in ensuring products meet highest quality standards in line with customer expectations.
As a Slitting Machine Operator, you will be responsible for operating machinery to cut master coils in to narrower size reals ready for introduction in to the production process. The department has 4 machines and the successful applicant will be able to demonstrate the ability and attitude to learn to run all four machines on a rotational basis, order and maintain materials, inspect production to ensure conformance to specifications and advise on maintenance issues.
Skills and Experience:
The ideal candidate should have experience in running machinery / working within a similar role.
The successful applicant would be given full training in running, maintaining and changing over the four Slitting machines in the area.
An eye for detail and quality.
The ability to manage their own work flow in a key area, while keeping up with production demands.
A minimum of grade C or equivalent in Maths would be preferrable.
Shift Pattern
The hours are 37.5 hours a week, over a 3-rotating shift pattern that includes mornings, evenings and nights:
Monday - Thursday - 8 hours, Weekly Rotation: Mornings: 6am - 2pm, Evenings: 2pm - 10pm, Nights: 10pm - 6am
Fridays - 5.5 hours, Weekly Rotation: Mornings: 6am - 11:30am, Evenings: 11:30 - 5pm, Nights: 5pm - 10:30pm
Remuneration and Benefits:
Weekly Salary, Paid every Thursday. possible overtime and attendance bonus
Potential to grow and develop within the team with increased salary
25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
Contributory pension scheme
Apply today to find out more about this exciting opportunity.
Closing date is 9 th July 2026
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