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Production Operator

Huyton
3 weeks ago
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Operator Maintainer

Location Huyton

Salary £31,000 – 33,000 + pension + 28 – 33 days holiday + progression opportunities

Hours 3 on 3 off – 3 days | 3 off | 3 nights | 3 off

(with 28 holidays off 60% / 7 months of the year)

A genuinely superb & quite unique opportunity for an operator to join a market leading business to help setting up and shaping a department.

  • Brand new state of the art facility with plans for rapid expansion in the near future.

  • Extremely stable and well run company with a track record of reinvestment into people and facilities.

    The Job:

  • Be part of a team to initially help set up the plant / factory with state of the art new machinery and equipment.

  • Responsible for setting up, operating, monitoring the machinery and packaging machinery.

  • Basic production line changeovers

  • Quality checks, making necessary adjustments using hand tools and HMI screens

  • Monitoring production data, equipment, performing resets, replenishing supplies, and troubleshooting assigned areas of the production line as needed.

    The Person:

  • Good communication, stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills important.

  • Manufacturing plant experience eg materials, packaging, FMCG, automated warehousing, stackers, sorters / sortation, robotics, sensors, scanners, labellers, conveyors, printing, materials handling, glass, plastics, paper, converting, metals, medical, pharmaceutical.

  • Familiarity with troubleshooting production issues, such as material shortages and quality concerns.

    To apply please send CV to Tim Fawcett at Control Recruitment Solutions or call the office number.

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