Machine Technician - Injection Moulding

ALPLA UK Limited; Golborne; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading plastic packaging company is looking for an Injection Moulding Technician at their Golborne facility. The role involves ensuring machinery operates efficiently, quality control, and maintaining the work area. Candidates should have manufacturing experience, preferably in mechanical engineering, and must demonstrate good communication skills. The position offers a starting salary of £35,000 with opportunities for salary increases and benefits including generous pension contributions and employee discounts.

Benefits

Generous pension contributions

Life Assurance

Employee Christmas vouchers

PerkBox – High Street brand discounts

Long service awards

Subsidised onsite canteen

Brand New Welfare Facilities

Christmas Shutdown

Qualifications

• Reliable, self-motivated with a desire to grow.
• Proactive, methodical and safe working methods.
• Excellent communication and team working skills.
• Proven experience of working well in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure moulding machines and ancillary equipment are in good running order.
• Monitor quality of production and maintain paperwork.
• Carry out necessary adjustments to moulding machines.
• Ensure constant raw material supplies and report issues.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness in the work area.

Skills

Experience of working within a fast-paced manufacturing / production environment

Preferably mechanical engineering experience / knowledge

Previous experience of operating / running injection moulding machinery

Exposure to injection moulding plastic manufacturing process

Good communication skills

Education

Mechanical background or training / qualifications

Job description

What you will enjoy doing

Purpose of job / mission

To ensure that the Injection moulding machines run to the specification established by the Technician Department and that the containers are produced to the customers agreed specification – also a focus on minimizing downtime and scrap levels.

Tasks & responsibilities

• To ensure that moulding machines and ancillary equipment are in good running order. To report any defects to supervision and carry out any remedial work as instructed by supervision which is within the technician's level of competence.
• To ensure that product arriving at the packing station is to an acceptable quality standard – this involves regular checks on the quality of production, both for visual faults and weight, and filling in correctly all relevant paperwork.
• To remove, clean, refit, realign or carry out other necessary adjustments to parts of moulding machines which are within the level of competence of the technician.
• To ensure that raw material supplies are constant by changing over bins. To report to supervision if a fresh bin in usable condition is not available by the machine before a problem is created on the machine.
• To ensure that the moulding machines, ancillary equipment and the immediate work area are maintained to a high standard of housekeeping and cleanliness at all times.

What makes you great

Skills / Experience

• Experience of working within a fast‑paced manufacturing / production environment
• Preferably mechanical engineering experience / knowledge
• Previous experience of operating / running injection moulding machinery – training provided on specific ALPLA machinery
• Exposure to injection moulding plastic manufacturing process is required
• 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 safe working methods
• Excellent communication and team working skills
• Proven experience of working well in a team environment
• Mechanical background or training / qualifications

What you can expect working with us

Injection Moulding Technician

Shift Basis - 12 hours - Rotating Days & Nights

£35,000 Starting salary (DOE) + Regular Reviews / Salary Increase as per training / development

Benefits and Progression Opportunities (Generous pension contributions, Life Assurance, Employee Christmas vouchers, PerkBox – High Street brand discounts, Long service awards, Subsidised onsite canteen, Brand New Welfare Facilities, Christmas Shutdown)

Golborne (WA3)

At ALPLA, we stand for high-quality plastic packaging throughout the world. Around 22,000 colleagues produce quality packaging for foodstuffs, cosmetics and industrial cleaning brands for many blue‑chip clients across 182 ALPLA sites in 45 countries – an opportunity to work for a true independent market leader and part of an established global group.

We currently have an opportunity within our Machine Technician team at our Golborne UK base plant (WA3) – with progressive training and development this role allows for potential growth in the longer term. Contact Kerry McCormick – Internal Recruiter – for more information.