Production Operator

Huyton

9 months ago

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Location Huyton

Salary £31,000 – 33,000 + pension + 28 – 33 days holiday + progression opportunities

Hours 3 on 3 off – 3 days | 3 off | 3 nights | 3 off

(with 28 holidays off 60% / 7 months of the year)

A genuinely superb & quite unique opportunity for an operator to join a market leading business to help setting up and shaping a department.

Brand new state of the art facility with plans for rapid expansion in the near future.
Extremely stable and well run company with a track record of reinvestment into people and facilities.

The Job:
Be part of a team to initially help set up the plant / factory with state of the art new machinery and equipment.
Responsible for setting up, operating, monitoring the machinery and packaging machinery.
Basic production line changeovers
Quality checks, making necessary adjustments using hand tools and HMI screens
Monitoring production data, equipment, performing resets, replenishing supplies, and troubleshooting assigned areas of the production line as needed.

The Person:
Good communication, stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills important.
Manufacturing plant experience eg materials, packaging, FMCG, automated warehousing, stackers, sorters / sortation, robotics, sensors, scanners, labellers, conveyors, printing, materials handling, glass, plastics, paper, converting, metals, medical, pharmaceutical.
Familiarity with troubleshooting production issues, such as material shortages and quality concerns.

To apply please send CV to Tim Fawcett at Control Recruitment Solutions or call the office number.

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