Role: Wire & Tapes Operator
Location: Redditch, Worcestershire
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Pay rate: Up to £16.00 per hour (dependent on skills & experience upon starting the role)
Shifts: Monday to Thursday 08:00-16:30, early finish on Fridays


Overview
Our client is a well-established manufacturing business operating within a specialist and highly technical sector. Due to continued growth, they are seeking a Wire & Tapes Operator to join their production team. This role is suited to a patient, detail-oriented individual who enjoys working to tight tolerances in a precision manufacturing environment.
This is a long-term opportunity, and full, structured training will be provided over a 6-12 month period to support development within this niche industry.
Key Responsibilities:
*Setting and operating small rolling and bonding mills to achieve highly accurate tolerances
*Operating slitting (shearing) machinery, ensuring consistent and precise output
*Working with tight-tolerance materials that require concentration, patience, and steady manual dexterity
*Accurately calculating strip lengths and quantities using a combination of Microsoft Excel and mental arithmetic
*Supporting wider production activities, primarily within rolled products, but assisting in other areas of the factory when required
*Adhering to all health, safety, and quality standards at all times


Skills, experience and qualities needed:
*Calm, methodical approach with a strong focus on fine detail and precision work
*High level of mechanical understanding (assessed during the interview process)
*Commitment to a long-term role, with an understanding that training lasts approximately 6-12 months
*Competent in Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel (maths and Excel skills will be tested at interview)
*Willingness to work overtime at short notice, including evenings after 16:30 and occasional Saturday mornings
*Comfortable being trained on and operating multiple machines throughout the working day
*Previous experience within the metal manufacturing industry
*Experience working with strip or coiled metals
*Apprentice-trained background
*Prior rolling mill experience
*Previous slitting (shearing) machine experience
*Forklift truck licence
*Full, clean UK driving licence
Randstad Business Support is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.