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Job Title: Multi-Skilled Machine Operator

Location: Kettering

Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 dependant on experience

Shift: Day shift (Monday - Thursday 07:30 - 16:30, Friday 07:30 - 14:00)

Job Type: Full Time - Permanent

Holiday: 24+ bank holidays. 19 days to be taken during scheduled factory closures with 5 days floating

Seddon Boxes is a small family-owned packaging manufacturer. We produce bespoke paper-over-board rigid boxes as well as adults and children's jigsaw puzzles.

We are recruiting for enthusiastic new staff members who possess excellent problem-solving skills to be trained to operate different types of machinery.

Main responsibilities:

Daily recorded machine pre-use safety checks
Machine set-up according to individual bespoke job specification
Problem solving machine faults
Modification of tooling
Regular quality checks to ensure the produced goods meet the desired criteria
Manually recording daily outputs on written productivity timesheet
Manually load materials into machinery
Supervision of packing personnel and machine assistants
Ensure production outputs are as expected, meeting the specified run rates and KPIs
Daily machine clean down
Regular machine maintenance
Ensuring your work area is neat and tidy and meets the required housekeeping standards
Adhere to all company Health and Safety policies and procedures
Ensure compliance to relevant company systems of working and accreditations
Potential future requirement to train alternative staff members on the machine as/when requiredDesired experience

Experience running a machine or an engineering background - full training will be provided
Able to remain calm under pressure
Able to work logically to fault-find and resolve production issuesPlease include your salary expectations in your application.

Benefits

Day shift only
2pm Friday finish
Onsite parking
Voluntary overtime paid at enhanced rates
Employee Assistance ProgrammeYou must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this vacancy. Recruitment agencies need not apply.

Seddon Boxes is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Finishing Operator, Press operator, packaging machine operator, bindery operator, CNC Operator, printing press operator, machine operator, mechanical engineer may also be considered for this role