Machine Operator Laminator

£11.52 to £13.93 basic salary – Depending on experience

Additional benefits

• Shift Premium 20% when working a back shift which is every second week
• Quarterly performance related bonus
• Workplace Pension contributions
• 25 days holiday with bank holidays on top

Weekly rotating shift pattern: 6am to 2pm Monday to Friday. 2pm to 11pm Monday to Thursday, 2pm to 6pm on a Friday. Whilst training the hours will be 8am to 5.15pm Monday to Thursday, 8am to 5pm on Friday.

Quality without compromise

Are you looking to ensure top-notch quality in laminated products? Laminating machine operators play a crucial role in guaranteeing high-quality outcomes. They manage various job needs, arrange materials meticulously, and maintain equipment for optimal performance. By inspecting materials, adjusting settings, and conducting preventive maintenance, these operators uphold production quality standards.

What are you going to do

• Operate our Laminating machine running solid board reels & PE liners to laminate solid board sheets for food packaging companies to specified quality standards.
• Mix glue and maintain glue system for laminating machine, keeping clean.
• Safely load laminating reels into reel stations to consume all reel to the core and monitor change overs, Preparation, Splicing and reel alignment, Webbing & band tension.
• Ensure laminating quality is of the highest standard of accuracy, size and flatness required for converting.
• Ensure the machine is cleaned between orders and at the end of each day, including rollers, glue section, waste skips, reel stations, etc.
• Monitor and fine-tune machine running speeds to maintain efficiencies consistently to achieve targets & customer deliveries.
• Coordinate with the Team Leaders & planning team to maximize reel changeovers and output.
• Reduce machine downtime by providing feedback to engineering teams to maximize running time and output.
• Weekly routine maintenance cleaning down machine to maintain high BRC standards, working with engineering team to grease and replace any worn parts.
• Learn & operate other process lines & machines such as folder gluers, die cutters & printers when requested as part of the company’s training and development plans.

Person Specification

• Excellent attention to detail a must.
• A team player – prepared to help others.
• Quality focused to produce top quality board.
• KPI focused to deliver required outputs for customers.
• Experience within the packaging industry.
• Machine operating experience.
• Forklift driving advantageous due to multi-skilled work available.

The job description is not exhaustive. From time to time you may be required to perform other duties and responsibilities which are not included in the above description, but are within your capabilities and where necessary training will be given.

Our offer

As a Machine Operator Laminator at Solidus, we offer you a challenging position within a dynamic and ambitious international organization that is constantly changing. We offer you an attractive benefits package and a pleasant working environment in which you work together with enthusiastic and driven colleagues. The organization has very flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths, allowing for direct communication with UKBU and sales directors, BU managers, vendors & suppliers, and operational & commercial supply chain colleagues across the UK business unit as required on a project-by-project basis.

We are Solidus. Involved with our environment since 1870. With pride in our history, we make circular packaging and sustainable solid board solutions for customers all over the world. In the past from straw, now from recycled paper. Here you get the possibilities to learn, to develop, and to make a difference. We do this with 1400 colleagues throughout Europe, driven by passion for technology and progress. Together we contribute to less waste and a cleaner world. An international player and still always close by, full of innovation, new ideas, and opportunities for everyone. So whatever your talent or ambition is, grow the way you want. Let’s grow together!

Does the position appeal to you and do you want to contribute to the success of Solidus? Then we would like to hear from you. To apply, please contact our recruiter Laura Dyson at mobile number: 07958222577 or send a cover letter and CV to laura.dyson@solidus.com.

Commercial acquisition as a result of this vacancy is not appreciated.