Position: Lamination Specialist
Location: Welshpool, Powys
Hours: 08:30 - 17:00 Monday to Friday
Salary: £40k - £42k
About the business:
If you are an experienced Laminator who is looking for a new role, you have come to the right place. My client is well renowned packaging company which focuses on looking toward a sustainable future with confidence. If you want to make a different in a global and cosy company, this is the right choice for you.
Main Duties and Responsibilities for a Lamination Specialist:
- Adhere to all Health and Safety requirements
- Commissioning and setting process parameters for new technologies
- Leading coating and lamination development from an operational perspective
- Share in-depth knowledge and experience of solvent-based lamination processes; solventless would be advantageous
- Creating training documentation for the lamination and coating department
- Training lamination operators
- Providing support to the lamination department as required
- Setting and operating lamination machines in accordance with the production plan
- Quality checking of products at various stages of the lamination process
- Carry out basic maintenance procedures as required
Experience / Background for a Lamination Specialist:
- Responsible for daily and pre running machine checks, setting, running the machine solving any issues arising including full clean down after each job to prevent any material contamination
- Setting machines to correct specifications including tensions, pressures speed and other parameters
- Checking adhesive weights, temperatures of the mix, rollers and correct ratios
- Creating standard operating procedures for existing and new customers
- Setting up and monitoring of the manufacturing process in order to detect any defects or deviations from standards and to make adjustments as necessary to rectify faults and minimise waste in the process
- Liaising with the Production / Supervisory Team on all matters of production and quality control
Characteristics and Requirements
- Extensive experience on a wide variety of lamination machinery specifically Nordmeccanica machines
- Experience of working as part of a team and a flexible approach to work is essential, including the ability to work the required shift pattern in line with the business needs.
- Applicants should be conscientious with high quality standards
- Applicants must have a good attendance and time keeping record.
- Good communication skills are essential.
- Knowledge of 5S, TPM, Kaizen and Kanban systems would be an advantage.
Basic PC skills
Holiday and Benefits:
- 33 days per year
- Company Pension Contribution of 5.5%
- KPI bonus up to an extra £1500 per year
- Extensive Wellbeing benefits on offer
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