Production Labourer

  • Temporary
  • Tyne and Wear, North East
  • Posted: 7th April 2026
  • Salary: Up to £12.71 per hour + Overtime at a premium
  • Duration:
  • Reference: BBBH16717A
  • Industry:
  • Location: Tyne and Wear, North East
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Skills: Production Operative, Production Labourer, Machinist, Labourer

E3 Recruitment is looking to recruit a Production Labourer to join a well-established leading manufacturing business at its facility in the Birtley area of Chester-le-Street.

The Ideal candidate for this position will have previous experience of working in a fast-paced, heavy industry production role or as a labourer within a manufacturing environment.

What’s in it for you as a Production Labourer?

* Pay rate of £12.71ph with overtime paid a premium
* Hours of work: Monday – Friday DAYS ONLY 6AM – 2PM (early finish Friday at 1PM)
* 39 hours a week
* Overtime paid at a premium of 1.5x and 2x
* Location: Birtley
* Full training and development, including FLT license
* On-going temp to perm opportunity with a well-established PLC manufacturer.

Duties of Production Labourer:

  • Working with building products as part of an existing team
  • General labouring duties within the assembly and setting team
  • Hand blending
  • Cleaning of moulds
  • Preparing product mixes
  • Manual handling of building products and various other building materials
  • Working to a daily/weekly schedule
  • The manual packing and movement of heavy products
  • Work following local Health & Safety Standards.

Requirements of the Production Labourer:

  • Ideally Production Labourer experience
  • Worked within an production environment or as a Labourer on site
  • Operation of hand tools, and lifting of heavy materials

If you are interested in the Production Labourer vacancy, please apply now!

 
 

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