Production Operator (Day Shift)

Gooch & Housego
Onsite

About The Position

G&H is a world leader in optical designing, testing and manufacturing. As experts in the technology of light, G&H works with customers to provide optical systems, assemblies, and components for demanding applications. Headquartered in Ilminster Somerset, UK with primary operations in the USA and Europe, G&H is recognised for the breadth of our acousto-optic, electro-optic, crystal-optic, fibre optic, and precision optic products. G&H is recognised as the preferred source for OEMs in the life sciences, industrial, and aerospace and defence industries, with a history of quality and excellence that dates back over seventy-five years. Our success is built on innovation, precision, and the talent of our people. We are committed to developing capability at every stage of a career, from apprenticeships and graduate pathways through to leadership development. Working within a factory environment. You will be manufacturing precision photonics components for the telecommunication, defence and life science sectors.

Requirements

  • Reliability
  • Team Work
  • Adaptability
  • Communication skills
  • Able to accurately follow work instructions
  • Recording information
  • Attention to detail

Responsibilities

  • Adherence to all Company policies, management systems and standard operational procedures, including legal responsibilities in relation to Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality
  • Working positively to develop and foster good working relationships with colleagues and contracted personnel in order to maintain a culture of mutual respect and dignity
  • Promote and display the G&H values: Customer focus, Passion, Unity, Precision
  • Responsible for the assembly of custom fibre optic products.
  • Assembly of product from drawing, sketches, procedures, or verbal instruction.
  • Fibre stripping, cleaving, polishing, and final laser testing of fibre sub-assemblies.
  • Process a wide range of fibre optic components to high quality standards.
  • Packing parts for shipments to detailed written procedures.

Benefits

  • 25 days holiday (increasing with service)
  • Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
  • Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme
  • Cycle to work scheme
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