Factory Operative

Role overview

• ID: 2025-7274
• Entity: Vistry Works
• Region: Vistry Works Warrington
• Department: Manufacturing
• Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Job Location: Warrington, Cheshire
• Date Posted: 21.08.2025

We have an exciting opportunity for Factory Operatives to join us at Vistry Works' factory in Warrington. We offer a competitive hourly rate ranging from £13.02 to £16.25, depending on experience and the training you undertake. With structured development pathways, you’ll have the opportunity to gain new skills, increase your earnings, and even progress into supervisory roles.

If you're looking for a hands-on role with excellent career growth potential, we’d love to hear from you!

At our Warrington Factory we operate weekly rotating shifts.

AM Shift: Monday to Friday, 6:00 AM – 2:00 PM

PM Shift: Monday to Wednesday, 2:00 PM – 12:15 AM

               Thursday, 2:00 PM – 11:45 PM

• Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
  • Competitive hourly rate from £13.02 - £16.25 depending on experience and training undertaken
  • Additional monthly productivity bonus up to 12.5%
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
  • 2 Volunteering days per annum
  • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
  • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
  • Share save and share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
• In return, what we would like from you...
  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • Previous experience working within a timber frame business or a carpentry background is highly desirable
  • No formal qualifications are necessary; however, a flexible approach and a willingness to learn and work within any stage of the production line is essential
  • You may have already worked in a production environment, achieving production deadlines and working to robust targets
  • You have an ability to work under your own initiative and take instruction from your Supervisor to complete all reasonable tasks as required
  • Ideally, you will have previous manufacturing experience and are comfortable working within a factory environment, preferably with experience in the timber frame industry
  • You will be competent with pneumatic hand tooling, using a tape measure and all manual handling
  • You will be comfortable working as part of a larger team and will always be willing to support others where required
  • You will have excellent attention to detail, ensuring that all panels are produced to the quality required to be delivered to our sites to be erected
• More about the Factory Operative role...
  • You will be working on a semi-automated manufacturing line, producing open panel timber frame wall units using Weinman specialist carpentry machinery
  • You will have the opportunity to rotate around various departments gaining new knowledge and skills; this will involve cutting materials, inserting thermal insulation into prefabricated wall panels, stapling, inserting lifting straps, fitting plasterboard and wrapping finished product ready for transportation
  • You will have a natural focus on Health and Safety within the factory environment, and a focus on working within the procedures set out in our Health and Safety policy

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us...

We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation,â¯and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. 

Join us in making Vistry.  

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Benefits

Annual Leave

Enjoy 28 days’ holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days.

Pension with Legal & General

Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available.

Volunteer Days

With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.

Why Vistry

Joining Vistry is just the start of building your perfect career. In return for your passion and skills, we invest in your future, providing all the support and training you need to thrive in your career and realise your potential. Our work is rewarding in itself, but we also offer a range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits, plus plenty of recognition incentives. We value you and everything you help us build as we make Vistry together.