Join us at Wavin: Where purpose comes to life.

You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, where our purpose ‘to advance life around the world’ drives our entire global team.

Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting the world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.

Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we work for. How about you?

At Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin), we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The places we live in: cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join our team and help build more sustainable environments!

We are currently looking for a Machinist to join us at Hazlehead . If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.

The role
We are currently looking to recruit a Machinist, to carry out a range of planned maintenance activities in line with the maintenance management system, whilst always maintaining H&S standards and adhering to legislation. Reporting to the Senior Team Leader, the Machinist will undertaken the manufacturing and reconditioning of engineering parts alongside being able to operate a variety of manual machines.

Responsibilities
•    Carryout day to day bench fitting activities using a variety of manual machines. Carrying out proactive work including planned preventitive maintenance (PPM) and refurbishment of worn parts on rotary valves and the manufacture of extrusion die and bells
•    Ability to read engineering drawings
•    Involvement in multi site projects
•    Maintain central workshop standard and practices
•    Operate in line with all Wavin H&S Standards. To implement and adhere to safe working practices in accordance with legislation and the Wavin WorkSafe programme
•    Support the engineering department in reactive maintenance machining support
•    Mentor Apprentices within the engineering department          

                                                       
Profile
•    Experience working in a manufacturing environment
•    Experienced bench fitter or machinist with experience undertaking mechanical machining of parts and cleaning and polishing of equipment
•    Time served machinist with a knowledge of manufacturing operations/practices
•    Good working knowledge of health & safety procedures
•    Ability to read technical drawings
•    Ability to operate central workshop equipment including manual lathe, manual miller, vertilicle borer and surface grinders
•    Welding experience would be desirable
•    Communication and interpersonal skills, confident communicating with personnel at all levels. 
•    Effective organisational skills
•    Time management skills with the added need for flexibility as and when required to meet business needs
•    A team player with a strong work ethic
•    Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative and the confidence to work unsupervised
•    Can demonstrate attention to detail, with the ability to problem solve.
•    Involvement in continuous improvement projects / activities, with the ability to introduce new working methods and ideas
•    A willingness to drive and actively endorse and promote excellent standards of work and H&S compliance

What Orbia Building & Infrastructure offers

Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin)! Here we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Above all we encourage all our employees to develop their talents and to become the best version of themselves. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Orbia B&I is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Organisation

Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global citizens. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Orbia B&I collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future-proof communities, buildings and homes. Orbia B&I has 11,000+ employees and 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network. Our key commercial brands are: Wavin, Amanco Wavin, Pavco Wavin, Plastigama Wavin, and Bow Wavin.

Orbia Building & Infrastructure is part of Orbia – a company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in several sectors including: Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluor and Energy Materials (Koura). These five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has a global team of over 24,000 employees, commercial activities in more than 100 countries and operations in over 50, with headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The company generated $8.2 billion in revenue in 2023.