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Packing & Dispatch Operative

Essex Permanent £24,000 - £27,642 per year View Job Description
This role involves operating packing and mixing equipment, handling raw materials and finished goods, and ensuring efficient loading, production tracking, and data entry across quality and dispatch processes. It also requires maintaining safety and cleanliness standards, monitoring equipment, conducting basic quality checks, and keeping accurate records to support continuous improvement.
  • Join Imerys Minerals Ltd in West Thurrock
  • Opportunity to grow within a company committed to continuous improvement.

About Our Client

At Imerys, every member of our team matters. Our priority is the health and safety of our people, and we aim to create diverse and inclusive workplaces. We are always striving to be better and support our people to learn, improve and innovate continuously. This allows them to tap into their full potential and to take advantage of the wealth of career and development opportunities available.

Job Description

  • Operation of big bagging and associated equipment
  • Bulk loading of lorries, containers and tatuliners.
  • Maintaining a concise log of production completed
  • Respects all site safety rules
  • Removal of FGS pallets from the palletiser and placing them in stock in the required area, keeping spreadsheets up to date.
  • To maintain the necessary records for noting operational , quality, safety and environmental information as required.
  • Knowledge of relevant internal product specification sheets: understanding of quality tests and implications of process
  • As the plant develops and progresses, different test methods may be required.
  • Ensuring the palletiser does not run out of pallets or hoods in the hooder.
  • Maintains a clean safe work area
  • Must record data as required for continuous improvement.
  • Operation of the packing and mixing plant including fault diagnosis through the HMI
  • Reception of raw materials and transfer to Silo's
  • Visible qualification of raw material samples against reference samples
  • Loading of vehicles and FG sampling for sample storage in laboratory
  • Data entry for quality and dispatch area.

The Successful Applicant

  • Experience operating big bagging, packing, and mixing plant equipment, including fault diagnosis via HMI.
  • Proven ability to bulk load lorries, containers, and tautliners safely and efficiently.
  • Knowledge of product specifications, quality testing, and raw material verification.
  • Experience receiving raw materials, transferring to silos, and conducting finished goods sampling.
  • Strong record-keeping skills across production, quality, safety, environmental, and dispatch data.
  • A proactive approach to site safety, continuous improvement, and maintaining a clean, organised work area.
  • Experience managing palletiser operations, stock control, and ensuring uninterrupted production flow.

What's on Offer

  • Permanent role with a 37.5-hour work week.
  • Based West Thurrock
  • Competitive salary ranging up to £27,642 per annum.
  • 28 days holiday, plus bank holidays.
  • Generous pension plan and life assurance.
  • Income protection and private healthcare.
  • Company sick pay and discounts with external retailers.
  • Access to a cycle-to-work scheme.
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme via Tusker
  • Buy Holiday scheme



Apply now to take the next step in your professional journey!

Contact
Lauren Lilley
Quote job ref
JN-062026-7048896
Phone number
+442072692107

Job summary

Job function
Engineering & Manufacturing
Subsector
Production, Manufacturing
Sector
Industrial / Manufacturing
Location
Essex
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Lauren Lilley
Consultant phone
+442072692107
Job reference
JN-062026-7048896