Production Shift Technician — 12-Hour Continental Shifts

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions; Rushden; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parking on site

Job summary

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions invites applications for a Production Shift Technician in Rushden, Northamptonshire. You will support safe, efficient operation of production machinery, with reactive and preventative maintenance to keep targets on track.

You will work with Production, Engineering, Technical and Quality teams to troubleshoot issues, optimise machine performance and contribute to continuous improvements across the site.

Qualifications

• Strong technical experience in manufacturing or production.
• Experience with machinery set-up, fault finding and process optimisation.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot production and processing issues.
• Experience with mould changes, mould trials and production optimisation.
• Good understanding of machine cycle optimisation and production efficiency improvement.
• Experience with ancillary production equipment and automated packing equipment would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Set up production machinery and ancillary equipment safely and to required standards.
• Provide technical troubleshooting support and respond to production and equipment issues.
• Identify, investigate and resolve processing and production issues to minimise downtime and waste.
• Support efficient shift operations and cover for the Shift Manager when required.
• Conduct mould trials and support introduction of new moulds into production.
• Optimise machine cycle times and performance to achieve production targets.
• Set up and optimise downstream equipment including testers, vision systems and skimmers.
• Configure and optimise cobots and auto-packers to packing specifications.
• Monitor equipment performance and recommend process improvements.
• Maintain accurate records and shift documentation.
• Support development of technical skills across the shift team.
• Promote and maintain high standards of safety, quality and housekeeping.

Skills

Machinery setup

Fault finding

Process optimisation

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional teamwork

Tools

Cobots

Vision systems

Bottle testers

Skimmers

Job description

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions invites applications for a Production Shift Technician in Rushden, Northamptonshire. You will support safe, efficient operation of production machinery, with reactive and preventative maintenance to keep targets on track.

You will work with Production, Engineering, Technical and Quality teams to troubleshoot issues, optimise machine performance and contribute to continuous improvements across the site.