Careers at Nikwax

Filling & Packing Assistant

Join a friendly, employee-owned, award-winning international outdoor business as a Filling & Packing Assistant.

The Role

Fill, label and package Nikwax products to meet production schedules, by following the processes set for the production of Nikwax product.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

• Setting up and shutting down equipment for filling runs.
• Promptly reporting any machinery faults, unsafe conditions, or practices to the company.
• Maintaining cleanliness, tidiness, safety, and adherence to safe working practices in the Nikwax Filling & Packing areas and equipment, while using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in accordance with the company's established standards.

We Are Looking for an Individual Who:

• Ideally has experience in a production environment, though this is not a strict requirement.
• Demonstrates a friendly and cooperative team spirit.
• Exhibits conscientiousness and attention to detail.
• Holds a minimum educational qualification of GCSE level (or its equivalent) in Maths and English.
• Possesses basic computer skills.
• Thrives in a dynamic team environment.
• Is motivated to achieve daily filling targets.

You will be working in a Production environment between two sites within a 5 mile radius of Wadhurst, East Sussex; due to the rural locations you must have your own transport.

The Rewards:

• Competitive benefits and rewards including pension, health cash plan and profit related bonus scheme
• Additional flexible benefits options including boosted pension contributions, extra holiday, and assistance with childcare costs
• Annual leave starting at 25 days rising with service, plus public holidays
• Friendly and informal environment with monthly team lunches and quarterly events
• Be part of an employee-owned business where you can clearly see the effect of your efforts
• Contribute to an award winning international company with values that you can believe in.

We are passionate and committed to being an inclusive and diverse employer, encouraging different perspectives and experiences to make us a more innovative and creative workplace.

We aim to review applications soon after they are received and will arrange interviews when there’s someone we’re keen to meet. Therefore we may conduct interviews prior to the closing date and we reserve the right to close the advert early.

The Company

Located in the picturesque, rural setting of East Sussex, Nikwax is a highly successful outdoor business that is run by a close-knit and friendly team of employees, whom we are proud to call Partners.

Nikwax Ltd. develops care products and material systems that improve performance and extend the life of clothing, footwear and equipment whilst minimising environmental impact with clean chemistry. We develop and manufacture in-house, from our headquarters in Wadhurst, East Sussex. Nikwax are the only outdoor company to have won the Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development and all operations have been carbon balanced since the company was founded in 1977. We have an ongoing dedication to minimising our impact on the environment and a hardworking team of people to help develop the business.

We highly value our employees, whom we are proud to call Partners, and this is an exciting opportunity to join our company.

To Apply

If you would like to apply for this position, please send us your CV & Covering Letter (clearly stating your salary requirements) by not later than Sunday 5th May 2024 to recruitment@nikwax.co.uk

Candidates must be able to provide evidence of their right to work in the UK.

Previous applicants need not reapply.

We reserve the right to close this advert early.

Our applicant privacy policy is here: https://www.nikwax.com/download/JobApplicantPrivacyNotice_20180511.pdf

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