Machine Technician

Alpla; Lowton St Luke's; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading packaging company in the UK is looking for a Machine Technician to work at their Golborne site. This role involves ensuring moulding machines meet production specifications, performing maintenance, and maintaining product quality. Ideal candidates will have mechanical or electrical engineering experience and good teamwork skills. Competitive pay and additional benefits are offered, including pension contributions and training opportunities.

Benefits

Generous pension contributions

Life Assurance

Employee Christmas vouchers

PerkBox discounts

Long service awards

Subsidised onsite canteen

Free uniform and PPE

Overtime opportunities

Free parking on site

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced manufacturing/production environment is essential.
• Mechanical or Electrical engineering experience is preferred.
• Previous machinery operation experience is required, with training provided.
• Exposure to plastic manufacturing processes is advantageous.
• Good communication skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Ensure moulding machines operate efficiently and report defects.
• Verify product quality at the packing station.
• Maintain and adjust moulding machines as per requirements.
• Ensure constant raw material supply.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness in the work area.

Skills

Mechanical background

Electrical engineering experience

Good communication skills

Teamwork skills

Education

Relevant qualification in mechanical or electrical engineering

Job description

Overview

We currently have an opportunity within our Machine Technician team at our Golborne UK base plant (WA3) working on Stretch Blow Moulding machinery and equipment. The role ensures that the moulding machines run to the specification established by the Technician Department and that containers are produced to the customers’ agreed specification, with a focus on minimizing downtime and scrap levels.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that moulding machines and ancillary equipment are in good running order. Report defects to supervision and carry out remedial work as instructed by supervision which is within the technician\'s level of competence.
• Verify that product arriving at the packing station meets acceptable quality standards, including regular checks on production quality, visual faults, and correct weight and filling in all relevant paperwork.
• Remove, clean, refit, realign, or carry out other necessary adjustments to parts of moulding machines within the technician\'s level of competence, including work on heads, tooling, blowpins, blades, and ancillary equipment.
• Ensure raw material supplies are constant by changing over bins and report to supervision if a fresh bin at the machine is not available before a problem arises.
• Maintain the moulding machines, ancillary equipment, and immediate work area to a high standard of housekeeping and cleanliness at all times.

Experience and Qualifications

• Experience of working within a fast-paced manufacturing/production environment.
• Mechanical or Electrical engineering experience (relevant qualification preferred).
• Previous experience of operating/running machinery; training provided on specific ALPLA machinery.
• Exposure to plastic manufacturing processes would be advantageous but not essential.
• Good communication skills.

Your profile

We are interested in applicants who are:

• Reliable, self-motivated with a desire to grow with us.
• Proactive, methodical, and safety-focused in working methods.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills; proven experience of working well in a team environment.
• Mechanical background or training/qualifications.

Benefits and Company Information

• At ALPLA, we stand for high-quality plastic packaging worldwide. Approximately 22,000 colleagues produce quality packaging for foodstuffs, cosmetics, and industrial cleaning brands for blue-chip clients across 182 ALPLA sites in 45 countries.
• Generous pension contributions, Life Assurance, Employee Christmas vouchers, PerkBox (high street discounts), Long service awards, subsidised onsite canteen. Full training package provided.
• Free uniform and PPE. Great rates of pay and overtime opportunities. Free parking on site. Life assurance from day one. Company Pension scheme. Subsidised canteen. Maternity and paternity pay scheme. Christmas vouchers for you and your children. Long service awards. Christmas Shutdown.
• Perks box offering a wealth of benefits such as discounts on various goods and services and free online health resources (exercise/yoga classes with 24/7 access to qualified therapists).