Technician

ALPLA UK Limited; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global manufacturing company in Bridgwater is seeking a Technician to ensure machines run smoothly and maintain quality standards. This position requires experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and offers a starting salary of £30,000, with benefits and career progression opportunities. The role operates on a shift basis with 12-hour shifts and on-call duties.

Benefits

Benefits

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Reliable and self-motivated with a desire to grow.
• Proactive, methodical, and safe working methods.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure machines run to specification and minimize downtime.
• Report defects and perform remedial work as instructed.
• Conduct quality checks on products at the packing station.
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping and cleanliness.

Skills

Experience in fast-paced manufacturing

Operating/running machinery

Good communication skills

Education

Mechanical background or training

Job description

What you will enjoy doing

Purpose of job / mission :

To ensure that the machines run to the specification established by the Technician Department and that the containers are produced to the customers agreed specification – also a focus on minimizing downtime and scrap levels.

Tasks & responsibilities :

To ensure that machines and equipment are in good running order. To report any defects to supervision and carry out any remedial work as instructed by supervision which is within the technician's level of competence.

To ensure that product arriving at the packing station is to an acceptable quality standards – This involves regular checks on the quality of production, both for visual faults and weight and filling in correctly all relevant paperwork.

To remove, clean, refit, realign or carry out other necessary adjustments to parts of moulding machines which are within the level of competence of the technician. This includes work on heads, tooling, blowpins, blades, and ancillary equipment.

To ensure that raw material supplies are constant by changing over bins. To report to supervision if a fresh bin in usable condition is not available by the machine before a problem is created on the machine.

To ensure that the moulding machines, ancillary equipment and the immediate work area are maintained to a high standard of housekeeping and cleanliness at all times.

What makes you great

Skills / Experience :

• Experience of working within a fast‑paced manufacturing / production environment
• Previous experience of operating / running machinery
• Good communication skills

Your profile - we are interested in applicants who are :

• Reliable, self‑motivated with a desire to grow with us
• Proactive, methodical and safe working methods
• Excellent communication and team working skills
• Proven experience of working well in a team environment
• Mechanical background or training / qualifications

What you can expect working with us

Technician – Shift Basis – 4 on 6 off (12 hour shift – Days / Nights + On Call)

Starting salary £30,000 (Dependant on experience) + Benefits & Career Progression

At ALPLA, we stand for high‑quality plastic packaging throughout the world. Around 22,000 colleagues produce quality packaging for foodstuffs, cosmetics and industrial cleaning brands for many blue‑chip clients across 182 ALPLA sites in 45 countries.

ALPLA UK offer career development and progression opportunities – we support and upskill, a perfect opportunity for someone looking to enhance their career within a Global Manufacturing organisation.