Supporting the work of the Jeweller since 2006
We are Cooksongold, and we’ve been proudly supporting jewellers across the country since 1918, with everything from precious metals to jewellery tools. We form part of the HM Precious Metal Group, one of Europe's largest refiners and processors of precious metals. Based in the heart of the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, we are a friendly, well-established but growing business of 280 employees.
With almost 60% of employees having worked at Cooksongold for over 5 years, why not come and join the team?
We are currently seeking a detail orientated Production Operative to join our team working in our Strong room.
In this role, you will have the responsibility for ensuring all precious metal is accurately booked in and checked for the correct alloy, and weight and assigned to the correct location. You will play a critical role in ensuring precious metal for our production teams is of the right specification, ready to use and accounted for.
Your main tasks will include
* Make up batches of metal to various specifications (9ct, 18ct 22ct) ready for melting by the castors
* Once metal is cast, take samples and send them to our in house laboratory for assay testing
* Record assay results and issue the metal to the various production departments
* Ensure all scrap metal returned from the various production departments is processed and assigned to the correct stock location
* Deal with enquiries and issues from the Production Team Leaders and Sales department
* Machine cast bars (using a horizontal milling machine)
* Participate in monthly stock checks
To succeed in this role, you will ideally have milling and drilling skills and previous experience of working in a similar role or of working in a production/engineering environment. You should have a keen eye for detail and be able to work well as part of a team and independently. You should have a good standard of mathematics as the role will involve calculating weights and amounts and you should also be comfortable using computers especially Word and Excel. You should also have strong communication skills both telephone, in person and email and be comfortable liaising with people at all levels. Please note, this role will involve heavy lifting.
What we can offer you in return
* A starting salary of £26,287 per annum
* An excellent opportunity to build breadth of experience in your field
* Life Assurance up to x4 salary
* Up to 34 days’ paid leave per year (inc bank holidays)
* Employee Assistance Programme – with free access to a GP, counselling & legal advice for you and your household
* Interest free loans for travel to work costs (annual travel passes/parking permits)
* A generous Pension Scheme, employee contributions are matched by the company up to 8%
Hours of work
Our working week totals 37.5 hours per week Monday – Friday, with a 1pm finish on Friday.
Due to the nature of the business, a basic DBS check will be completed.
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To apply
So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as a Production Operative, please apply via the Webrecruit recruitment portal..
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We are Cooksongold, the UK's largest one-stop-shop for the jewellery maker and we’ve been proudly supporting jewellers across the country since 1918, with everything from precious metals to jewellery tools. We form part of HM Precious Metals, one of Europe's largest refiners and processors of precious metals.
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