Production Assistant

Smurfit Westrock; Leicester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a hands-on operations assistant to support make-ready targets and ensure quality, volume and yield meet customer requirements. The role involves handling cartons, feeding lines, packing, pallet movements and paperwork, with emphasis on hygiene, safety and teamwork in a manufacturing setting.

You will work closely with the quality department and Despatch to maintain smooth production flow and participate in ongoing housekeeping and training as required.

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working with machines in relevant environments.
• Good numeracy and literacy with basic PC skills.
• Flexible attitude and ability to work as part of a team.
• Quality conscious and self-motivated with initiative.

Responsibilities

• Carry out area clearance procedure.
• Flick sorting and feeding cartons into folder/gluer feed across machines.
• Pack glued cartons into outer cases and apply labels.
• Move pallets of cartons to line and Despatch area.
• Complete paperwork relating to orders produced.
• Maintain general housekeeping and liaise with quality department.
• Perform other tasks as required.

Skills

Team player

Self-motivated

Numeracy

Literacy

PC skills

Flexible attitude

Initiative

Quality conscious

Experience with machines

Job description

To assist the 1st minder in meeting the planned output for quality, volume and yield to customer requirements and to achieve performance targets for make-ready.,

Qualifications: Educational and professional:

• Carry out area clearance procedure.
• Flick sorting and feeding cartons into folder/gluer feed across the department range of machines from low-speed complex lines to high performance Alpinas.
• Packing glued cartons into corrugate outer cases and apply labels.
• Moving pallets of unglued cartons onto line.
• Moving pallets of glued cartons into Despatch department.
• Correctly complete paperwork/VWT relating to orders being produced.
• General housekeeping of the machines and department.
• Liaise with quality department where required.
• Any other tasks as requested.
  Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
• Ability to maintain hygiene and procedural standards required in our industry
• Previous experience of working with machines (ideally in a printing, pharmaceuticals, or food environment)
• Quality conscious
• Good basic standard of numeracy, literacy and PC skills., Flexible attitude
• Self-motivated
• Team player
• Work on own initiative
  Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.