Materials Operative - EBM

Amcor; Beccles; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Amcor is seeking a Materials Operative for the Beccles site to ensure materials and packaging are readily available for production, while maintaining safety and quality standards.

You will blend materials, manage stock and assist in day-to-day production tasks in a fast-moving environment. This on-site role requires reliability, initiative and teamwork.

Qualifications

• The ability to work on one's own initiative to achieve objectives.
• Effective oral and written communication.
• Proactive in challenging practices and seeking improvements.
• Able to work well in a team to meet objectives.
• Positive response to changing demands.
• Conscientious and thorough in all tasks.
• Good numerical skills and basic IT literacy.

Responsibilities

• Blending materials for production requirements.
• Prepare satellite hoppers for production needs.
• Stock control of colours and base materials, including returns.
• Manage packaging requirements for production.
• Grind recycled products from stock and decorations.
• Control silo deliveries in absence of Materials Supervisor.
• Carry out administration and reporting as needed.
• Keep all materials, colours and packaging areas clean and safe.
• Follow quality, health, safety and environmental policies.

Skills

Initiative

Communication

Continuous improvement

Teamwork

Adaptability

Attention to detail

Numerical skills

Basic computer skills

Job description

Materials Operative - EBM

Location: Beccles, GB

Department: Operations/Production/Manufacturing

Full-time or Part-time: Full-Time

Job Type: Employee

Shift: On site

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to do. And we invest in our world‑class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

To learn more about playing for Team Amcor, visit www.amcor.com I LinkedIn I Glassdoor I Facebook I YouTube

Job Purpose

• To ensure materials and packaging requirements are readily available to production to ensure work is carried out effectively, efficiently and to the Company and Customer standards at all times.

Double Days (6-2, 2-10)

Responsibilities

• Blending materials.
• Preparing satellite hoppers for production requirements.
• Stock control of colours and base materials to and returned from production.
• Controlling packaging requirements to production.
• Grinding recycled products from redundant stock and decoration.
• Control Silo deliveries in the absence of the Materials Supervisor.
• Carry out administration and reporting as necessary.
• Ensure that all materials, colours and packaging areas are clean, tidy and safe.
• Comply with quality standards as set by the Company.
• Adhere to stated policies and procedures relating to: health and safety, quality and environment management.
• Any other reasonable tasks requested by management.
• Being proactive and having a methodical approach to daily tasks

Person Specification

Essential Skills

• The ability to work on ones own initiative to achieve objectives and taking responsibility for work /actions undertaken
• The ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Confident in challenging existing practices and looking for continuous improvement in all areas of work
• Is able to work effectively as part of a team to achieve team objectives
• Able to respond positively to changing work demands
• Takes decisive action to address and react to opportunities and problems in day to day work
• Is conscientious and thorough in all aspects of work responsibilities, and has a professional approach to work
• Double checks accuracy of own work
• Wants to give a good service, recognising the importance of customer satisfaction in their own work.
• Good numerical skills
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to undertake duties in every respect as laid out in the job description (further to training if required)

Desirable Skills

• Forklift license would be an advantage but not essential

Desirable Experience

• Proven experience working in a fast moving production environment
• Proven experience working with materials would be an advantage.

About Amcor

Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.

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