Machine Technician - Stretch Blow Moulding

ALPLA Group; Golborne; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension contributions

Life Assurance

Employee Christmas vouchers

PerkBox – High Street brand discounts

Long service awards

Brand New Welfare Facilities

Christmas Shutdown

Subsidised onsite canteen

Job summary

ALPLA Group is seeking a Blow Moulding Machine Technician for their Golborne base plant (WA3). The role includes operating moulding machines, ensuring quality, and minimizing downtime. The position offers progression opportunities through on-the-job training and development.

The job operates on a 4 on 4 off shift pattern (days and nights) with a starting salary from £32,500 to £35,000 depending on experience, plus salary reviews and upskilling opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced manufacturing/production setting.
• Experience operating or running blow moulding machinery (training provided on ALPLA equipment).
• Experience following precise quality guidelines and strict processes.
• Exposure to plastic manufacturing processes.
• Good communication skills and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Ensure moulding machines and ancillary equipment run to specification and report defects as needed.
• Check product quality at the packing station and complete relevant paperwork accurately.
• Remove, clean, refit or adjust machine parts within competence level.
• Maintain constant raw material supply and report bin readiness to prevent downtime.
• Keep moulding area and machinery clean and well-organised.

Skills

Fast-paced environment

Blow moulding machinery

Quality guidelines

Plastic manufacturing

Communication skills

Job description

What You Will Enjoy Doing

We currently have an opportunity within our Stretch Blow Moulding 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.

What You Will Enjoy Doing

We currently have an opportunity within our Stretch Blow Moulding 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.

Purpose Of Job/mission

To ensure that the plastic moulding machines run to the specification established by the Technician Department and that our products are produced to the customers agreed specification – a key focus on quality and 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 standards - 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
• Previous experience of operating/running blow moulding machinery – training provided on specific ALPLA machinery
• Experience following precise quality guidelines and supporting stringent processes
• Exposure to plastic manufacturing process
• Good communication skills

Your profile

• Reliable, self-motivated with a desire to grow with us
• Highly observant and methodical approach to tasks
• Proactive, methodical and safe working methods
• Excellent communication and team working skills
• Proven experience of working well in a team environmentMechanical background or training / qualifications

What you can expect working with us

Blow Moulding Machine Technician

Shift Basis – 4 on 4 off (Days & Nights)

Starting Salary from £32,500 - £35,000 (DOE) + Regular Salary Reviews in line with Performance + Upskill/Additional Training.

Golborne (WA3)

Benefits and Progression Opportunities

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

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 offer career development and progression opportunities – we support and upskill, a perfect opportunity for someone looking to enhance their career within a Global Manufacturing organisation