Machine Operator (Converting/FMCG)

Learn and develop your skillset daily as a Northwood Machine Operator!

You will work with advance machinery, adopting high standards and following critical processes to deliver excellent quality to the customer, ensuring safety comes first at all times!

We reward our colleagues with an attractive pay rate, excellent employee benefits including Company sick pay, early access to pay, life assurance, and many more lifestyle benefits. In addition, you'll have opportunities to grow with the business and progress.

Our 4 on 4 off shift (2 days and 2 nights) provides work-life balance, alongside our Christmas production shutdown, and 22 days' holiday!

About the Role Upon joining us, you'll receive full training across our state of the art production machinery and balers.

Your day to day

You will be working with a high performing, talented, and supportive team

Prior to machine operation, you will conduct pre-use lifting and equipment guarding checks to ensure absolute safety.

Operate our high speed/high volume converting machinery, you'll conduct quality checks, performing electronic or manual adjustments as required.

Within permitted scope, you will rectify any defects or minor issues in the first instance before escalating to a Shift Engineer or Cell Leader/Shift Manager.

You will regularly collate waste paper product into balers which will be delivered in batches to our Mills to be recycled.

Continuous Improvement is embedded into everything we do, therefore you will seek out opportunities for cost reductions and added value where appropriate.

During breaks, you will have access to a common area where you can eat and rest prior to returning to your workday.

Benefits

Company pension

Life assurance

Sick pay

Free company products

Free on-site parking

Food, retail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discounts

Wellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and OnDemand GP service

Free early access to pay scheme

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee referral scheme

Requirements What we need from you:

Technical and proactive approach, setting our machines safely and correctly, and carrying out basic fault finding and minor PPMs to reduce downtime and sustain machine reliability.

Experience in a Converting or similar FMCG environment.