Factory Operative / Dispatch Operative - PWS Greenbank
(2024-01 - 2026-03)
- Scheduling and Route Planning: Planning, arranging, and scheduling deliveries and/or installation appointments for projects. This includes optimizing travel routes using mapping software to minimize travel time and costs.
- Communication Hub: Serving as the primary point of contact for drivers/installers, customers, and other departments (like sales and production) to provide updates, instructions, and resolve issues.
- Order Verification and Quality Control: Performing final quality checks on finished signs to ensure they meet specifications and are ready for dispatch. Verifying order accuracy before items are loaded for transport.
- Logistics Coordination: Organizing packaging, creating shipping labels, arranging transportation with couriers, and tracking shipments to ensure adherence to schedules and deadlines.
- Issue Resolution: Proactively addressing and resolving unexpected issues such as delays, traffic problems, vehicle breakdowns, or customer complaints to maintain service quality.
- Documentation and Record Keeping: Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of all dispatch activities, delivery times, driver information, and vehicle maintenance logs.
- Inventory Monitoring: Coordinating with the production team or warehouse to check stock levels and ensure all necessary parts and materials are available for upcoming jobs.
- Equipment Operation: Skillfully manoeuvre forklifts to lift products on to transport, place, and stack goods on pallets or crates.
- Loading & Unloading: Load/unload deliveries from lorries, ensuring items are secure.
- Material Handling: Move and store products in designated warehouse bays, picking and packing orders accurately.
- Safety & Maintenance: Perform daily safety checks, clear driving paths, wear PPE, and report faults; perform basic maintenance like refuelling.
- Documentation: Complete paperwork for stock control, delivery notes, and production records.
Factory Operative - Haldane Fisher
(2023-08 - 2024-01)
- Fabricated timber roof trusses for residential, commercial, or agricultural projects.
- Operated automated saws and truss presses to meet precise production schedules.
- Interpreted engineering drawings to ensure structural integrity and accuracy.
- Ensured compliance with quality control standards for truss assembly.
- Collaborated with team members to install truss systems on-site.
- Material Preparation: Kiln-dried, strength-graded timber or steel components are precisely cut using automated machinery based on the digital design specifications.
- Assembly: The cut pieces (top chords, bottom chords, and webs) are assembled into their specified triangular configurations on a jig or manufacturing line.
- Joining: Components are secured at the connection points, called nodes, using heavy-duty metal connector plates (gusset plates) pressed into the timber, or by welding/bolting steel members.
- Quality Control: Each finished truss undergoes inspection and certification to ensure it meets engineering standards and is accurate to the millimetre before being packaged for transport.
Production Operative / Dispatch - Ampx Meals – Warrenpoint, Down - Warrenpoint, Down
(2022-10 - 2023-01)
- Worked closely with production to ensure effective, efficient manufacturing and distribution processes.
- Monitored production equipment, notifying maintenance team of faults or inefficiencies.
- Performed cleaning activities across site to maintain safety and compliance.
- Understood assembly instructions for range of products.
- Carried out picking and packing to production requirements, maintaining department dispatch speed.
- Collaborated effectively with production teams to maintain excellent productivity and performance standards.
- Accurately labelled and packaged items.
- Covered shift breaks and other production areas to minimise disruptions.
- Independently operated production line equipment.
- Ensured full compliance with health and safety regulations, including appropriate use and disposal of hazardous substances.
- Assembled items accurately and promptly, maintaining efficiency of fast-paced production lines.
Production Operative - Around Noon Ltd – Newry, Down - Newry, Down
(2019-09 - 2021-10)
Worked closely with production to ensure effective products where done with quality and high pace, efficient manufacturing and distribution processes. Such as sandwiches and wraps.
- Ensured full compliance with health and safety regulations, including appropriate use and disposal of hazardous substances.
- Covered shift breaks and other production areas to minimise disruptions.
- Assembled items accurately and promptly, maintaining efficiency of fast-paced production lines.
- Collaborated effectively with production teams to maintain excellent productivity and performance standards.
- Monitored production equipment, notifying maintenance team of faults or inefficiencies.
- Accurately labelled and packaged items.
- Understood assembly instructions for range of products.
- Performed cleaning activities across site to maintain safety and compliance.
KITCHEN ASSISTANT - O'HARE'S BAKERY, WARRENPOINT - WARRENPOINT
(2018-09 - 2020-03)
Main duties included
- Properly cleaning and sanitizing all food preparation areas according to established standards of hygiene
- Washing and appropriately storing all cooking appliances, instruments, utensils, cutting boards, and dishes
- Assisting the Cook with the preparation of meal ingredients, which includes washing, cleaning, peeling, cutting, and chopping fruit, vegetables, poultry, and meat
- Sweeping and mopping the kitchen floors as well as wiping down kitchen walls
- Assisting with the unloading of delivered food supplies
- Organizing and correctly storing food supplies
- Promptly transferring meal ingredients from storage areas to the kitchen as per the Cook's instructions.
KITCHEN ASSISTANT - Aramark
(2017-09 - 2018-09)
Main duties included
- Serving food and/or beverages to customers to the standards set by Aramark
- Cleaning duties associated with service and related equipment and furniture
- Preparing of service areas and service points
- Correct storage of food items and equipment after service
- Maintaining personal hygiene, appearance, and uniform to company regulations always
- Presenting a positive image, conducive to good customer relations
- Complying and assisting in the promotion and implementation of the company's health and safety policy
- Complying and assisting in the promotion and implementation of the company's equal opportunity policy
- Replenishing vending machines
Production operative - Around Noon, Newry - Newry
(2016-10 - 2017-01)
Main duties included
- Preparing a variety of sandwiches
- Maintaining food safety
- Packing products into containers
- Checking products on the production line for quality
- Keeping machines supplied with packaging materials and labels
- Moving goods to storage areas
- Working with a team setting and against targets.
Bricklayer
(2009-01 - 2016-01)
Main duties included
- Analysing and interpreting building plans
- Interpreting work orders and determining the materials required
- Measuring distance from reference points
- Calculating angles and determining the vertical and horizontal alignment of courses
- Laying bricks using mortar as a binder and a trowel to level
- Fastening bricks with wire clamps or cement
- Working safely on scaffolds and swing stages at various heights
- Using equipment and tools effectively to perform basic construction tasks.
