Job Title: Production Operative
We continue to hire our seasonal staff to help out during our busy period. We’re looking for enthusiastic candidates who, ideally, can start at short notice and work through to mid-September 2026.
This is a temporary position on dayshift, working 38 hours:
0700–1600 Monday to Thursday, and 0700–1100 Friday.
The rate of pay for this role is £13.45 per hour.
About the Role
As an Operative at Johnstons of Elgin, you will play a key role in the finishing stages of our luxury accessories and home products. Your responsibilities may include inspecting, tagging, folding, and packaging items, as well as barcoding products and ensuring that all product codes accurately match accompanying paperwork.
You may also be involved in the sewing and finishing process, operating labelling machines to finesse and enhance products such as scarves and blankets.
Working across both production and finishing tasks, you will be required to maintain a high level of attention to detail while achieving the output levels needed to meet our production plan. You may also support other areas of the department as required.
Full training will be provided.
About you
This is what we’re looking for in our ideal candidate:
- Show an interest in fashion, textiles or crafts
- Have the ability to carefully and accurately follow detailed written instructions
- Take pride in doing a job well, and never compromise on high standards
- Be a team player with good communication skills
- Have good colour vision
- Organised and reliable
- Be able to work to deadlines
About Us
Founded in 1797, Johnstons of Elgin is an innovative, luxury clothing brand celebrating 225 years of experience in working with the world’s finest fibres. Across three centuries, our family-owned company has carefully sources cashmere and fine woollen fibres from around the world, applying the latest technology and highest quality craft expertise in our very own vertical Scottish mills. Employing over 1,000 staff, our valued employees and communities are at the heart of everything we do, producing unique, high-quality designs that are made to last. Our brand is focused on sustainability, working with natural, renewable, and biodegradable fibres and we are committed to maintaining a minimal environmental footprint.
Johnstons of Elgin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer wholeheartedly supporting the principles of equality and diversity to build an inclusive workforce. Our aim is to embed diversity and inclusion in everything we do to create an environment where our employees feel safe to be their whole authentic self without having to downplay or change parts of their identity. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, which goes beyond those characteristics protected by law to include everything that makes us unique, from our backgrounds and experiences to our personalities and ways of thinking.
We endeavour to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and encourage any candidate who requires assistance to contact us at
[email protected].
Don’t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement or qualification. At Johnstons of Elgin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but think your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Please note all applicants must be able to provide evidence of their right to remain and take up paid employment in country job is based.
Closing date – Monday, 20 July 2026
