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Yard Operative

🏢 Ibstock Plc 📍 Chailey, England 💼 Subsidiary or Business Segment
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£24,000 - £28,000
£2,000 - £2,333 / mo
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Location Base
Chailey, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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Transatlantic Parity
1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

Ibstock Brick PLC

Yard Operative

Chailey Site, Caveridge Ln, South Chailey, Lewes BN8 4BA

Ibstock plc is a market leading manufacturer and partner of choice for innovative clay and concrete building products, building the face of Britain for over 200 years.

We’re no ordinary manufacturing business. Through our principal products of clay bricks, brick components, concrete roof tiles, concrete stone masonry substitutes, concrete fencing, pre-stressed concrete products and concrete rail products, we’re committed to providing new solutions to today’s social and environmental challenges for the new build housing and domestic repair, maintenance, improvement markets (RMI) and infrastructure.

We are currently recruiting for a Yard Operative (Manufacturing) to come and join our team at our Chailey site.

  • Location: 10 to 15 minute drive from Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and Lewes
  • Setter (manual labouring Yard operative)
  • Salary: £24,000 - £28,000 (Dependant on Production Bonus).
  • Full Time - 39 hours (with 14:30 finish on Friday).
  • Overtime available.
  • No experience needed, this is a physically demanding job, therefore you must be hard- working and have a positive attitude.
  • Having access to a vehicle would be essential due to the factory’s location.
  • Weekly Pay
  • Awareness and focus on Health and Safety is vital.

Due to high demand for our products, Ibstock Chailey are recruiting candidates to join the sorting team as yard operatives. The roles are fundamental in the production of our highly acclaimed products.

The successful candidates will be a hard-working individuals who are prepared to work within a team. The job does not require any experience in the industry as full training will be given. The working week finishes at 14:30 on Friday. However, over the course of the year there are numerous Saturday morning shifts available.

Key Responsibilities Include:
  • Constructing brick firing ‘clamps’ (a very large and carefully selected stack of bricks)
  • Manually creating the base layers of bricks, prior to being finished using specialist equipment
  • Hand sorting fired bricks into packs
  • Adhering to health & safety, quality and environmental systems
  • Creating and maintaining the highest standards of 5S’s housekeeping and environmental management

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

  • Excellent timekeeping, attendance and flexibility
  • Self-motivated
  • Numerate & literate.
  • Team working attitude.
  • Ability to also work alone.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • High degree of Health & Safety awareness.
  • Ability to work as part of a team or on your own.
  • Ability to learn to operate key manufacturing and mobile plant.
  • Willingness to undergo further training and development.
  • Previous labour intensive role
  • Driving License


Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some people from minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Here at Ibstock PLC we are dedicated to building belonging, empowering you to be your true self by offering a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Ibstock PLC are committed and passionate about building a diverse environment. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.

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2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Location: Chailey, England
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