Plant Services Operator

  • Reference icon Reference Number: 443189
  • PublishDate iconJob Published: 22/07/2026
  • JobType iconEmployment Type: Temporary
  • salaryRate iconrate: £15.4 - £15.4 Per hour
  • domain iconIndustry: Manufacturing
  • type iconJob Type: Full Time


Plant Services Operator
Location: Stowmarket
Pay Rate: £15.40

Role
* To clean all the plant used in the manufacture of solvent and waterborne paint to set quality & safety targets, by hand and using a mechanical cleaner.
* To segregate and dispose of all waste to environmental and safety standards.

Key Responsibilities
* Excellent verbal and numerical skills
* Excellent organizational and short-term planning skills
* Excellent Attention to detail and Accuracy
* Excellent communication skills
* Mechanical aptitude
* Physically fit
* Must be reliable in both timekeeping and attendance
* Ability to work flexibly in a team or other areas to meet business demands
* Ability to work without direct supervision
* Demonstrate good housekeeping standards
* Actively participate in 5S.
* Actively participate in Human Operational Performance (HOPs)
* Must have or be able to obtain a Forklift license during Probationary Period.

Specific to Area:
* Operate the Pan Cleaner to clean pans from production.
* Clean Mixing tanks by hand
* Pump dirty solvent from Services building to tank farm.
* Load dirty solvent from tank farm & Balfour Still sludge tank to road tanker
* Unload clean solvent from road tanker to Balfour Still
* Support the running and monitor of the Balfour Still.
* Ability to learn to drive Forklift truck.
* Wrapping aluminium Kegs for waste disposal.
* Changing valves on pans where required.
* Dropping dirty solvent tanks into portable containers to assist with maintaining waste stream management.

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