Meridian Business Support
Production Operative
TA1 1AA
Key information
- Pay
- £15.04 to £16.54 an hour
- Hours
- Full-time
- Contract
- Contract
- Workplace arrangement
- On-site
- Posted date
- 1 Oct 2026
- Closing date
- 30 Oct 2026
About this role
Production Operative – Bridgwater (TA6) – Temporary Assignment
£15.04–£16.54ph | 4 on 4 off | Own Transport Essential
We're looking for a driven Production Operative to join a busy manufacturing site in the Bridgwater area (TA6) on a temporary assignment with ongoing work.
- IMMEDIATE STARTS
- 4 on 4 off shift pattern:2 Days, 2 Nights, 4 days off
- 12-hour shifts:
Day
06:00–18:00 |
Night
18:00–06:00
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Day rate
£15.04ph (Basic + weekend allowance)
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Night rate
£16.54ph (Basic + Night shift & weekend allowance)
- Temporary role with ongoing work
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Benefits
22 days holiday, pension and employee benefits platform
Join a busy production team of 500+, working across 27 beverage filling lines making everything from smoothies to leading supermarket juices.
As a Production Operative you will use your hands-on experience with operating machinery to support changeovers, conduct basic maintenance & fault finding whilst liaising with the engineering team to resolve more complex faults. Completing all required documentation to maintain full audit readiness whilst working collaboratively as part of a production team to achieve key factory performance.
Production Operative
what you need
- Own car & full licence – essential (Shift starts before public transport starts running)
- Production/manufacturing experience in a fast-paced FMCG environment
- OK with working both Days & Nights
- Comfortable with having to wear full PPE including hair nets and earplugs
- Confident with IT systems for recording production data
- Adhering to the SMOKEFREE site rules and not smoking or vaping whilst at work
PLEASE APPLY ONLINE TODAY or call 01452 223 447 or email projects@meridianbs.co.uk
Would also suit
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Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy