General Operative – Quarry

General Operative – Quarry

We’re Hiring:
General Operative – Quarry

Location: Fivemiletown

Hours: Monday – Thursday | 6:45am – 4:45pm

Reports to: Aggregates & Facilities Supervisor

Why You'll Love It Here:

£12.21 per hour

Overtime available on a Friday (paid at time and a half after 40hrs)

Enhanced annual leave entitlement increasing with length of service

Holiday Purchase Scheme

Health Care Plan

Company Pension Scheme

Life assurance at twice your annual salary

Birthday Half-Day Off – a small way we celebrate you

Perks Card - Giving you discount of 1000s of local outlets.

and so much more!

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Operating quarry fixed and mobile plant safely and efficiently
• Operating crushing and washing plant as required
• Operating quarry shovel and other mobile plant
• Carrying out daily production and pre-use HSEQ checks
• Maintaining high housekeeping and cleanliness standards
• Supporting maintenance activities and assisting during breakdowns
• Working collaboratively to become proficient across all quarry operations
• Champion health, safety, and best practices every day

What You ll Bring:

• Previous experience working in a quarry environment
• Experience operating quarry mobile and fixed plant
• A proactive, hands-on approach
• A strong safety-first mindset
• Willingness to support the team and learn new skills
• Commitment to quality, teamwork, and continuous improvement

Why AG:

At AG, we re building more than products - we re building people. We trust our team with real autonomy, support their growth, and champion work-life balance because we know their best work comes from being their best selves. Respect, fairness and a commitment to well-being is how we operate. We genuinely care about each other, about our customers, and about making a positive impact in the communities we re part of.

We re proud of our heritage - generations of knowledge, know-how, and human energy combined. And we re genuinely excited about building the future together. Our people s work has purpose. Their potential is valued. We are AG.

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The following list constitutes the key tasks and duties of your post upon which your job performance will be assessed. Tasks are not in any order; therefore, the sequence which they appear should not be interpreted as indicating priority or relative importance.

• Ensure compliance with AG Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality (HSEQ) Policies & Procedures, safe systems of work and legislative requirements. Reporting improvements using AG’s Engage Software
• Take personal responsibility for safety; ultimately ensuring that you go home safe daily.
• Ensure that HSEQ risks are eliminated or controlled during all activities, completing production and pre-use HSEQ checks as required.
• Maintain a clean and tidy work area, ensuring housekeeping is kept at the required high standard.
• Ensure product meets the required quality standard, maintain supporting records throughout the production process.
• Operate Quarry fixed plant in a safe working manner.
• Operate washing and crushing plant as required.
• Operate quarry shovel in a safe working manner.
• Operate other Quarry mobile plant as required.
• To support the team and become proficient in all aspects of operations.
• Troubleshooting - utilise resources to respond quickly to conditions.
• Following the tools of the Lean Management system to drive continuous improvement while being aware of associated costs of production and proactively striving to increase productivity whilst maintaining quality of output.
• Support maintenance tasks, and help during machine down time and machine repairs, liaise with Site Supervisor regarding preventative and planned maintenance of machinery and help with routine maintenance tasks.
• Any other duties as required by management that are within your capability.
• The above list is not exhaustive but provides a broad range of key duties and responsibilities of the post.

Renowned and respected designer, developer, manufacturer and distributor of best in class walling, paving and facing brick.

• Previous experience of working in a Quarry environment.
• Previous experience of operating quarry mobile and fixed plant
• Previous experience of carrying out fitting tasks.

• Mobile plant licence for digger, shovel or dumper.
• Welding experience