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Embroidery Decorative Operative
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About The Role
Due to a recent internal move at our Aberdeen Branch, we are now recruiting for an Embroidery Decorative Operative on a full-time basis.
The Embroidery Decorative Operative is a key part of our Branch operation, allowing us to supply customers local to Aberdeen with decorated garments for their employees to use by operating our Barudan Embroidery machine, Heatseal machine and Brother Sewing machine. There will also be a small amount of warehousing responsibilities as part of the role such as picking, packing and stock checks.
This role is a full-time position for 37.5 hours a week from Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 17:00.
Key responsibilities include:
- Setting and operating embroidery, heatseal and sewing machines including loading electronic work files
- Framing garments and selecting the correct colour cottons for production runs in line with technical specifications
- Completing samples and comparing them to customer art and file samples
- Conducting during-run checks and quality control management to ensure consistency and removal of errors
- Proactively maintaining and upkeeping all equipment and reporting any problems to our management team
- Completing heat seal of garments
- Using sewing machines to alter garments, ensuring sufficient threads and other consumables are available to ensure completion of daily embroidery jobs
- Ensuring health and safety procedures and storing compliance are adhered to under the guidance of the Sales and Operations Manager
- Ensuring the working area is always maintained, kept clean and tidy and effective waste control of excess consumables
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On top of working for the UK’s leading integrated health and safety experts, you’ll also receive:
- A starting salary £26,227.50 plus bonus
- 32 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays
- Opportunity to purchase 5 additional days annual leave each calendar year (subject to qualifying salary)
- 2 fully paid Community Volunteering days every year
- An excellent pension (up to 8% Arco contribution) and x4 Life Assurance scheme
- A huge range of discounts to help with cost of living via Perkbox plus Employee Discount on Arco products
- Free, 24-hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Health Cash Plan where we'll reimburse up to 100% of everyday healthcare costs
- Access to our Learning Management System, to support your personal and career development
- Long-term service awards – we’re proud to have employees who have worked for us for 40 years
The ideal Embroidery Decorative Operative will be/have:
- The ability to work as part of a team
- A high level of attention to detail
- Punctual and dependable
- Excellent communication skills
- Good working knowledge of IT systems, SAP, Microsoft Office packages – Excel and Word (desirable)
- The ability to plan, prioritise and effectively manage daily/weekly workload to achieve required service levels
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About Us
With a proud 140-year legacy, you’ll be part of something special when you join the UK’s leading safety experts. As the only integrated safety products and services business, Arco’s size, scale and reputation are why we have such an impressive portfolio of satisfied customers.
It’s an exciting time for us, and whatever your role, you’ll play a part in Arco’s journey to become more profitable and sustainable. To drive a performance culture, we consistently invest in our people to ensure we push for shared success. We respect and value everyone’s unique skills, experience and ideas so you’ll have ample opportunity to help shape our future growth and be rewarded for delivering against our targets.
At Arco, inclusion means ensuring everyone feels valued, respected and able to be their best. We celebrate the unique skills, experiences and perspectives each colleague brings, and we’re committed to creating a supportive environment where everyone can thrive. As part of our journey to everyday inclusion, we recognise that individual needs may vary. If you require any reasonable adjustments or additional support during the recruitment process, please let us know. Be Safe, Be Yourself, Be Your Best.
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