Production Operative

Production Operative – Permanent | £13.45–£16.69 per hour | Wath upon Dearne

You’ll operate and support machinery across our print and finishing departments, producing everything from stitched books to large-format posters. Many of our operatives join from food, manufacturing and warehouse roles. If you’ve worked on a production line, your experience counts here.

About Bluetree Group

We’re Bluetree Group, the UK’s largest online printer, with brands including instantprint and Route 1 Print. We’re recruiting Production Operatives to join our 165,000 sq ft site in Wath upon Dearne, easy to reach from Rotherham, Barnsley, Doncaster and Sheffield.

Established in 2012, Bluetree Group manufactures high-volume, premium print products, investing in both our people and the latest technology. This includes Heidelberg litho presses, HP Indigo and Screen digital printers, two of the world’s first Landa nanographic presses, and a finishing department equipped by Muller Martini, Hunkeler, Polar and Stahl.

Responsibilities

• Pay and shifts

Requirements

• Happy working in a busy, physical environment, independently and as part of a team
• Basic PC skills
• Committed to health, safety and quality

Pay

• £13.45–£16.69 per hour depending on experience (approx. £29,700–£37,200 a year) | Weekly pay | Overtime at time and a third | No print experience needed – full training given
• £13.45 to £16.69 per hour depending on experience, paid weekly, with overtime at time and a third
• (8.5-hour shifts, 42.5 hours per week): approx. £29,724 to £36,885 per year
• (8.25-hour shifts, 41.5 hours per week): approx. £29,025 to £36,017 per year
• (12.25-hour shifts, average 42.87 hours per week): approx. £29,986 to £37,206 per year

Benefits

• Real Living Wage employer
• 22 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service
• Enhanced maternity/paternity package
• Free on-site parking, on a major bus route and close to Mexborough, Swinton and Wombwell stations
• Free fruit, snacks and drinks
• Wellbeing support, including mental health support lines and money management workshops
• Cycle to work scheme, discount and voucher schemes
• Long service awards, summer festival and Christmas party
• Real opportunities to progress

24/5 rotating

DuPont

Double days (Mon–Fri)

• rotating weekly between 6am–2.30pm and 2.30pm–11pm
• 24/5 rotating (Mon–Fri):
• three-week cycle of 6am–2:15pm, 2pm–10:15pm and 10pm–6:15am

DuPont (24/7)

12:15-hour days and nights over a four-week cycle, with a full 7 days off every four weeks

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