Operator Technician

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc; Morpeth; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Share scheme

Pension contributions

Flexible benefits

Free parking

Free hot and cold drinks

Job summary

Join Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) at the Morpeth site, where you’ll be part of a 24-hour manufacturing operation. This hands-on Operator Technician role offers full training, a rotating shift pattern, and opportunities to improve efficiency and quality across the production line.

No prior manufacturing experience is required; a proactive mindset and willingness to learn are key as you contribute to a safe, high-quality operation and supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• No specific manufacturing experience required; attitude and willingness to learn are valued.
• Able to follow processes and operating standards.
• Strong attention to detail and teamwork are important for this hands-on role.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor highly automated filling, packing and palletising equipment.
• Prepare, order and apply raw materials used throughout the production process.
• Carry out basic machine fault finding and first-line problem solving.
• Perform quality checks through product inspections and online measurements.
• Maintain housekeeping and hygiene standards across your area.
• Monitor production performance and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality and reduce waste.
• Work closely with colleagues across Operations, Engineering, Quality, Health, Environment and Sustainability.

Skills

Hands-on work

Willing to learn

Teamwork

Ownership

Attention to detail

Process adherence

Organised

Tech-savvy

Job description

Join a business built on trusted brands, great people and teamwork, where care and fresh ideas help keep things moving. Here, your contribution helps serve our customers, support our operations and enable our teams to do their best work. You†ll be encouraged to bring your strengths, supported to grow, and welcomed into a team where we make a meaningful difference together., As an Operator Technician, you'll play an important role in keeping our production operation running safely, efficiently and to the highest quality standards. You'll receive full training and become part of a supportive team where no two days are quite the same.  Working within our 24-hour manufacturing operation, you'll follow a rotating days and nights shift pattern. We're also open to discussing job share arrangements where operationally possible.  In this hands-on role, you'll: Â

• Operate and monitor highly automated filling, packing and palletising equipment
• Prepare, order and apply raw materials used throughout the production process
• Carry out basic machine fault finding and first-line problem solving
• Perform quality checks through product inspections and online measurements
• Maintain excellent housekeeping and hygiene standards across your area
• Monitor production performance and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality and reduce waste
• Work closely with colleagues across Operations, Engineering, Quality, Health, Environment and Sustainability

You'll be trusted to take ownership of your area, contribute ideas for improvement and play an active part in driving site performance.

If you've got the attitude and willingness to learn, and we'll provide the training and support to help you succeed. Â, We're looking for practical, motivated people who enjoy working as part of a team and take pride in doing a job well., You don't need previous manufacturing experience to apply. What's most important is your mindset, willingness to learn and commitment to working safely.

• Enjoys hands-on, practical work
• Is keen to learn new skills and develop technically
• Works well with others and communicates effectively
• Takes ownership and shows initiative
• Has a strong attention to detail
• Can follow processes and operating standards consistently
• Remains organised and focused in a fast-paced environment
• Is comfortable using technology and learning new systems

Join Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), one of the world's largest consumer goods businesses and the world's largest independent Coca-Cola bottler, producing and distributing some of the world's most recognised brands.

Based in Morpeth, our site is unique within CCEP GB as the home of GLACÉAU Smartwater, manufacturing still and sparkling water for customers across Great Britain. While we're one of our smaller manufacturing sites, we play a significant role in the business and offer the close-knit feel of a local team, backed by the opportunities and investment of a global organisation.  Morpeth has a strong track record of success, innovation and sustainability. The site was the first in GB to manufacture bottles using 100% recycled PET (rPET), has achieved more than a decade of zero waste to landfill, and recently celebrated 15 years without a lost time incident. It's a place where safety, continuous improvement and teamwork genuinely matter.

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), with 39,000 people serving 4 million customers across 31 markets. We combine the scale of a large multinational business with expert local knowledge of the customers and communities we serve, investing, employing, manufacturing and distributing locally.

• Salary: £35,500 (including shift allowance)
• Shift pattern: 42 Hours per Week (Gross Annual Hours: 2,184) | Rotating 3-Shift Pattern Earlies: 06:00-14:00 | Lates: 14:00-22:00 | Nights: 22:00-06:00
• Structured career development + Annual performance related pay bonus and pay reviews + Share scheme + Private medical insurance + Competitive pension contributions + Range of flexible benefits and Corporate discounts, holiday buy/sell scheme, optional health care and life assurance + Free parking + Overtime available + Free hot and cold drinks + Excellent parental benefits + Flexible working