Production Support Operative - EBM

Amcor; Beccles; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Amcor is recruiting an Production Operative at our Beccles site to support the quality of production machines and ensure continuity of material and boxes for smooth department operation.

You will report to the Production Manager with shift patterns varying by department. The role involves ensuring safe, efficient running, equipment checks and pallet labelling to meet daily production goals.

Qualifications

• Ability to work on own initiative to achieve objectives and take accountability.
• Effective verbal and written communication.
• Ability to work as part of a team to meet objectives.
• Desire to provide good service and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Ability to follow instructions to complete tasks.
• Willingness to undertake duties as described in the job description (training provided).
• Desirable: experience in fast moving production environments.
• Desirable: prior Production Operative experience; full training available.

Responsibilities

• Carry out post-production quality checks in accordance with Work Instruction 10 using PPQC stamps, seal boxes and palletize.
• Inform Supervisor/Technician if any bottle is not to specification.
• Ensure machines run safely and continuously.
• Fill pallet labels clearly with relevant information and place on pallets.
• Label boxes with clear numerical identifiers.
• Move full/finished pallets to warehousing.
• Maintain correct material bins, position behind machines, and use probes if needed.
• Ensure sufficient cartons per shift to meet production demand within 5s tolerances.
• Ensure pallets are available in designated areas and top up as required.
• Keep work area safe, clean and tidy; manage waste.

Skills

Initiative

Communication

Teamwork

Customer service

Follow instructions

Willingness to learn

Fast moving production

Education

No formal education requirement

Job description

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 come. 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

About The Role

You’re an innovative thinker, passionate about the planet and eager to play a role in creating sustainable packaging that keeps the world healthy, fed and working. You’ll be supporting the quality of production machines and to ensure continuity of material and boxes is maintained to ensure smooth and efficient running of the department.

You will report to the Production Manager and the working hours are dependent on department.

Shifts will consist of 3 week rotating shift (6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm, 10pm-6am)

Key Job Accountabilities

• Carry out Post Production Quality Check in accordance with Work Instruction 10 using PPQC stamp provided, seal boxes and place on appropriate pallet.
• Always inform your Supervisor / Tech when a bottle is not to specification.
• Ensure the machines are running correctly and safely at all times (shutdown and make safe if necessary).
• Pallet labels should be filled out clearly and correctly with all relevant information, and placed on each pallet numerically.
• Box labels should be placed numerically on each box.
• All full or finished pallets to be put out for warehousing.
• Check that there are always 2 material bins on each machine and where this is not possible, a probe is used in the single bin. Also ensure that the material bins are correctly positioned behind the machines.
• Ensure that enough cartons are made each shift to cope with production demands in accordance with the 5’s tolerances for boxes made.
• Ensure there are pallets available in the designated areas & top up as required.
• Ensure that your work area is kept safe, clean and tidy & remove / empty waste bins as required.

The post holder may be required to perform duties other than those given in the job description. The particular duties and responsibilities attached to the post may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and would not themselves justify the re-evaluation of the post

Qualifications/Requirements

• The ability to work on ones own initiative to achieve objectives and taking accountability for work/actions undertaken
• The ability to communicate effectively and in a professional manner, both verbally and in writing
• Is able to work as part of a team to achieve team objectives
• Wants to give a good service, recognising the importance of customer satisfaction on their own work
• Is able to follow instructions to ensure work is completed as required
• Ability to undertake duties in every respect as laid out in the job description (further to training if required)
• Desirable: Proven experience of working in a fast moving production environment
• Desirable: Previous experience working as a Production Operative is desirable, but not essential as full training is given

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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