Machine Operator

Northwood Hygiene Products Ltd; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company sick pay

Early access to pay

Life assurance

Job summary

Northwood Hygiene Products Ltd is seeking a Skilled Machine Operator to run our paper converting machinery. You will perform checks, changeovers, and basic maintenance to ensure product quality and compliance with specifications.

The role follows a 4 on 4 off, 12-hour shift pattern (06:00–18:00 and 18:00–06:00) with a strong emphasis on safety and accurate documentation. Prior experience in converting or FMCG environments is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Technical and mechanical flair.
• Experience setting machinery and/or changeovers.
• Fault finding and supporting maintenance to reduce downtime.
• Experience in Converting, Packaging, Foods, or FMCG is beneficial.
• Familiarity with winding/rewinding machinery is beneficial.
• Critical thinking and willingness to challenge processes.

Responsibilities

• Operate high speed converting machinery and conduct regular quality checks.
• Perform changeovers and basic maintenance as required.
• Refer to job cards/centr lines and record documentation to a high standard.
• Carry out pre-use lifting and equipment guarding checks for safety.

Skills

Technical skills

Machine setup

Fault finding

FMCG experience

Winding/rewinding

Critical thinking

Job description

Get hands-on with advanced production machinery as a Skilled Machine Operator with Northwood Hygiene Products!

You will work with advanced 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 this full time Machine Operator role, you will ensure the smooth operation of our paper converting machines, performing checks and ensuring quality meets specifications.

You will work a 4 on 4 off, 12-hour shift pattern of both days (06:00-18:00) and nights (18:00-06:00).

A key part of your role is performing adjustments to machinery (manually or electronically with HMI) to keep the product within specification, referring to job cards and centrelines, and ensuring completion of documentation to a high standard.

Before you use our machinery, you’ll need to carry out pre-use lifting and equipment guarding checks to ensure Zero Harm!

Once safe to do so, you will operate our high speed converting machinery and conduct regular quality checks, changeovers, basic maintenance, and rectify defects/minor issues as best you can, or elevate to a Shift Engineer or Cell Leader/Shift Manager if additional support is required.

What we need from you:

• Technical and mechanical flair
• Experience setting machinery and/or changeovers, performing basic maintenance when required
• Fault finding, supporting our Shift Engineers and reducing downtime.
• Experience in Converting, Packaging, Foods, or a similar FMCG environment (beneficial)
• Familiarity with winding/rewinding machinery (beneficial)
• Critical thinking with an inquisitive mindset (i.e. confidence to challenge) will go a long way.

Please note: You may be asked to complete a role-relevant assessment for this role if you are shortlisted, this may take place online or in-person. If you require any adjustments to be made to enable you to complete the assessment, either in person or online, please let us know at your earliest opportunity.