Technician

Seda International Packaging Group; Blackwood; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift allowance 15%

Continental rota premium 7 days

Job summary

Seda International Packaging Group is hiring for a maintenance engineer in Blackwood. Join a high-output paper packaging plant with a structured development program to advance your knowledge and career.

You will maximise machine output, assist in maintaining processes to spec, and lead by example when required to resolve issues within a fast-paced FMCG environment. Shift work with notable allowances applies.

Qualifications

• Time-served technician with 3+ years in a busy manufacturing environment.
• Experience in fast-pace production machinery in FMCG/Packaging/Food industry.
• Fault finding and problem-solving expertise.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and operational support to a manufacturing area.
• Machine setting to achieve product specification and performance.
• Maintain automated inspection systems.
• Fault finding and corrective action and machine inspections.
• Respond to minor/major machine breakdowns.
• Carry out preventative maintenance.

Skills

Time-served tech

FMCG/Packaging

Fault finding

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

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

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

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).