Technician

Seda International Packaging Group; Blackwood; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading packaging manufacturing firm in Blackwood seeks an experienced technician. You will provide engineering support, maintain machinery, and ensure production efficiency in a fast-paced environment. Candidates must have over 3 years of experience and expertise in fault finding. The role offers a competitive salary and shift allowances.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in a busy manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of high speed and/or food processing production.
• Able to operate & take decisions independently.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and operational support to the manufacturing area.
• Conduct machine setting to achieve product specifications.
• Perform preventative maintenance on equipment.

Skills

Fault finding and problem-solving expertise

Experience in fast-paced production machinery

Team oriented/collaborative

Adaptable

Job description

An opportunity to join our extremely successful paper packaging manufacturing plant in Blackwood, which has experienced sustained growth for the past 15 years. Involved in producing items for some of the best-known food outlets in the UK, the role offers a structured development program to develop your knowledge and enhance your career

The role is designed to help maximise the department machines’ output and maintain the manufacturing processes within the designed specification. You would need to work with other team members to continuously improve manufacturing performance, on occasion leading by example or managing the team to resolve issues.

Working a 3-shift pattern, Mornings, Afternoons and Nights, Monday to Friday, this role will focus on effective preventative and reactive maintenance, machinery set-up and repairs, supporting the high-volume, state of the art manufacturing equipment

What You Will Do

• Provision of engineering and operational support to a manufacturing area
• Machine setting, to achieve product specification and performance
• Maintenance of automated inspection systems
• Fault finding and corrective action and machine inspections
• Responding to minor/major machine breakdowns
• Preventative maintenance
  
  

Who You Are

• Time-served technician with 3+ years’ experience of working within busy manufacturing environment.
• Experience in fast-pace production machinery in FMCG / Packaging / Food industry
• Knowledge of high speed and/or food processing production
• Fault finding and problem-solving expertise
• Adaptable and able to connect with others
• Team orientated/ collaborative
• Able to operate & take decisions independently where necessary
  
  

Applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK, previous applicants and agencies need not apply.

We Offer You

Salary of £30,906.75 per year, plus 15% (£4,636.01) shift allowance. There may be occasion to work a 7-day continental rota, for which the shift premium is 35% (£10,817.36).

Please send your application to [e-mail]