Manufacturing Operator I
| Posting date: | 19 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £12.95 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | Pay Day |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 March 2026 |
| Location: | Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 3UU |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 4772746_1771520885 |
Summary
The main function of a Manufacturing Operator is to carry out the operations process by closely following the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Work Instruction Documents and drawings as they relate to assembly, materials handling, equipment operation, and shipment packaging. This position requires following Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and capable of keeping up with a fast- paced collaborative environment.
What will you do?
Key Responsibilities:
- Accurately pulling material from internal software systems
- Picking and packing client orders with precision
- Booking courier transport to ensure timely deliveries
- Completing GMP paperwork with accuracy and timeliness
- Receiving deliveries of biological samples and recording them
- Balancing and maintaining inventory
- Disposing of material following guidelines
- Adhering to SOPs
- Ensuring compliance with EHS regulations
- Supporting compliance with MHRA (GMP), HTA, ISO 9001-2015
- Ensuring paperwork is accurate and completed in real time
- Exhibiting appropriate behaviors
- Performing client-specific tasks including emails
- Operating in a repository environment with dry ice, LN2, hazardous agents
How will you get here?
Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
* Ability to thrive in a collaborative environment
* Basic math skills
* Good verbal/written communication
* Attention to detail while maintaining a quality product
* Ability to perform repetitive work duties
* Ability to follow Standard Operating Procedures
Education: Secondary Education, Advanced Certificate, or equivalent.
Physical and Environmental Requirements:
* Work in a fast -paced controlled cleanroom environment with low ambient noise 8 hours a day with additional overtime as required for shipment schedule adherence.
* Required to wear gowning which includes: gloves, hair & beard net and face cover, safety glasses with no makeup / jewellery, and the like
* Use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and understand chemical hygiene
* Infrequently lift and manipulate up to 50 pounds max unassisted
* Stand and move about including reaching, bending, stooping, grasping
* Use hand tools and equipment including forceful gripping, grasping, pushing and pulling
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