Ink Technician Operative

Saica Group; Shevington; On-site; GBP 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sustainable packaging company in the UK seeks an Ink Technician Operative responsible for ink preparation and quality standards. The role involves operating within health and safety regulations, maintaining ink supplies, conducting colour matching, and ensuring efficient production. Candidates should have a Forklift Truck license and be fluent in English. Offering a full-time, permanent contract with a competitive salary and excellent benefits, including a work-life balance with 12-hour shift patterns.

Benefits

25 Days of holiday plus Bank Holidays

Christmas shut down

Flu and eye test vouchers

Company Sick Pay Scheme

Refer a Friend Scheme of £500

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Discount Platform

Qualifications

• Essential to have a Forklift Truck license.
• Training on X-rite equipment is provided.
• Demonstrable working knowledge of Print Colours is required.
• Understanding of continuous improvement techniques is important.
• Must be fluent in English for effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Operate within health, safety, environmental and quality standards.
• Make and prepare inks for production accurately.
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment.
• Manage ink supply and ensure processes adhere to lean manufacturing methods.
• Assist Printers with adjustments and optimize waste management.

Skills

Forklift Truck license

X-rite equipment knowledge

Knowledge of Print Colours

Continuous improvement techniques

Quality standards experience

Colour matching experience

Fluent English communication

Job description

Ink Technician Operative

Location: Wigan, Lancashire, WN5 0LQ.

Salary: £32,287.50 per annum + Excellent Benefits!

Contract: Full time, permanent. Shift patterns detailed below.

Benefits: 25 Days of holiday plus Bank Holidays, Christmas shut down, Flu and eye test vouchers, Company Sick Pay Scheme (available after 12 months of continuous service), Refer a Friend Scheme of £500, Cycle to Work Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Employee Discount Platform.

Saica is one of the leading European players in the development and production of recycled paper for corrugated cardboard with a production of 2.5 million tons of paper. With more than 10,000 employees across Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, UK, Ireland, Turkey, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and The USA, Saica Group has four business divisions: recycled paper production for corrugated cardboard (PAPER), recyclable materials recovery (NATUR), production of corrugated packaging (PACK) and flexible packaging (FLEX). Sustainability at Saica begins with our values – we care, we value and we challenge.

Responsibilities

• Operate in line with site health and safety, environmental and quality standards including BRC, ISO & A2 environmental.
• Make and prepare all inks for production right first time to known data standards and anilox strengths. Identify any ink that has been used and returned ready for subsequent runs. Ensure that your own dispensing key is used at all times.
• Maintain a clean, safe working environment, ensuring that all spills are logged and cleaned immediately.
• Operate processes in line with lean manufacturing techniques including SMED and the 5S principles.
• Maximise the use of press returns by ensuring that press returns are always used before virgin ink. Manage activity via the IFS6 programme, ensuring there is enough ink to complete an order, minimising top up requirements to maximise production time.
• Ensure there is sufficient ink supply for up to 24 hours. As the production plan is subject to change, ensure the 24 hour threshold is not breached.
• Make full use of the eXact spectro, IFS6 and IQC, to reduce press downtime to a minimum.
• Log press returns back into the system for future ease of use.
• Assist the Printers on press should any minor adjustments be required, making any changes to the system recipe as required.
• Maintain the distillation plant and optimise waste inks and solvent, ensuring waste generated is minimised as much as possible.
• Assist the Ink Room Manager with other duties as and when required. Specifically, help with the offloading of ink deliveries and support stock takes and re-ordering of ink supplies.
• When asked, contribute to site continuous improvement projects.

Qualifications

• Forklift Truck license essential/training provided.
• X-rite equipment trained.
• Demonstrable knowledge of working with Print Colours.
• Good understanding of continuous improvement techniques, e.g. lean & 5S.
• Exposure to quality, health, safety and environmental standards and practices within a production setting.
• Colour matching experience.
• Exposure to quality, health, safety and environmental standards and practices within a production setting.
• Fluent English – ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and understand both written and verbal work instructions.

A reasonable level of fitness is required as the role involves some physical activity e.g. lifting & bending.

Shift Patterns

12 hour shift pattern, spread over a rotating 4 week cycle. This will typically be:

Week 1 - 4 nights, 3 off
Week 2 - 3 days, 1 off, 3 nights
Week 3 - 3 off, 4 days
Week 4 - 7 off

Interested? If you have a can-do, will-do approach to join a hardworking, dynamic, passionate, manufacturing team, please send your CV today.

Saica is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates, so if you feel you have what it takes to be successful in this role then please click “Apply”!

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