Production Operator

At Eakin Healthcare, we put patients at the heart of everything we do. We are a family‑owned global medical device company with a proud heritage of innovation and care. We deliver innovative solutions across Ostomy, Respiratory, and Surgical therapies, along with our Respond home delivery service. Founded over 50 years ago, we now have a team of over 700 dedicated people across three UK manufacturing sites, 12 international sales and distribution centres and export to over 60 countries.

We’ve been recognised as a Great Place to Work®! And we’re proud to be named among the Best Workplaces in Healthcare and Best Workplaces for Women.

At Eakin Healthcare, we’re united by one mission: working together to improve lives – just like we’ve been doing for over five decades.

We’re good at what we do – come and join us and you can benefit from:

• Bonus
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 28)
• Option to buy holiday days
• Wellbeing Programme
• Health Cash Plan
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Referral Scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Free Parking

The purpose of the role is to ensure good quality products are manufactured in line with the relevant work instruction to meet customer requirements within efficient and calculated timelines. You will work as an important part of the production team on the site you are based.

There are two shift patterns available, a continental shift pattern of rotating 12‑hour days and 12‑hour nights across weekdays and weekends, or a three‑shift weekly rotating pattern of mornings, afternoons and nights.

• Report all issues that could impact the health and safety of you and/or your colleagues
• Carry out TPM checks on a shift basis to ensure the machine is safe and adequately maintains to achieve its requirement to manufacture a good quality product
• Responsible for changing to various model ranges on the automated line and set stations so that the product can be made to the required quality standard
• Carry out quality checks at intervals specified in the Quality Management System
• Completion of Production Records to enable them to be read easily and to retrieve information such as process quality results, shift reports containing quantity manufactured and any breakdowns. In addition, clear records to be recorded of materials used in the manufacturing process to enable full traceability should product need be recalled
• Operating machines in accordance with operating procedures, carrying out basic maintenance when required ensuring the machine is maintained to the required standard

• Carry out various operations within the department ensuring good quality products
• Follow the relevant work instructions and quality control procedures specified on the QMS to manufacture products of the highest standard

• Report any variances to standard of product and seek advice if unsure
• Ensure any documentation is completed correctly and can be read easily

• To ensure a good standard of housekeeping is maintained in the working area

• Responsible for ensuring products manufactured are packed neatly into the containers provided not to damage them

• To adhere to the company’s Equal Opportunities policy and Dignity at work policy in all activities and to actively promote equality of opportunity wherever possible
• To be responsible for your own health and safety and that of your colleagues, in accordance with the company’s Health and Safety policy
• To adhere to the company’s Quality policy and Environmental policy
• To undertake other duties as may be reasonably required

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work unsupervised
• Good attention to detail

• Experience of working within a manufacturing environment
• Experience in carrying out quality checks

• Production Team
• Group Operations Team
• Reporting to the Shift Supervisor

Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm

Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives

Recognising the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organisation

Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity

Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses

Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder