Skilled Cut and Crease / Die Cutter

Job Title: Cut and Crease / Die Cutter

Location: Skipton

Salary: 13.44 to 15.95 per hour inclusive of shift premium depending on experience

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

About Us:

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, to make a difference. We do this with 1500 colleagues throughout Europe. With a passion for technology and driven by progress. Together we contribute to less waste and a cleaner world.

An international player and still always close by. Full of innovation, full of new ideas, full of opportunities for everyone. So, whatever your talent or ambition is, grow the way you want. Let's grow together!

Please note that the company does not offer sponsorship and therefore candidates must have the legal right to live and work in the UK to be considered for this role

Key Responsibilities:

• Setup, run and maintain Bobst die-cutting machine - Bobst 1420 E and Bobst 1420 ER (with blanking). The more you learn, the more you earn.
• Inspect and manage the machine to their best ability to guarantee the production of high-quality products, meeting production targets while maintaining a safe and tidy work environment
• Perform daily maintenance and troubleshooting, such as changing dies, die repairs, lubricating and cleaning machines
• Understand various job needs by learning different job types, assessing the needs of each job
• To maintain production quality by inspecting all produced materials carefully to identify any errors that might have occurred during production and correct them to prevent client dissatisfaction, e.g. missing creases, excessive cracking, inaccurate cutting pressure.
• Responsible for ensuring that equipment is always in good shape
• When malfunctioning, take the equipment for repairs and liaise with the engineering team to achieve highest efficiencies

About you:

Requirements:

• Experience operating and setting flatbed cut and crease machinery (minimum 2 years, e.g., Bobst, Heidelberg).
• Experience working in packaging environment
• Ability to stand for long periods
• Report to Team Leader / Engineering Team any tooling damages or upgrades / replacements required.
• Weekly routine maintenance cleaning down machine following BRC hygiene requirements for Product food safety, working with engineering team to grease and replace any worn parts.
• Experience using personal protective equipment and understanding of workplace safety procedures
• Ability to work in a fast - paced environment

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 Die Cutter 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 last but not least, a pleasant working environment in which you work together with enthusiastic and driven colleagues. The organization has a very flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths, you will have direct communication with UKBU and sales directors, BU managers, Vendors & Suppliers, Operational & Commercial Supply Chain Colleagues - all levels and Colleagues across the UK business unit as required on a project-by-project basis.

Additional benefits:

• Shift Premium 10% included when working earlies and lates
• Quarterly performance related bonus
• Workplace Pension contributions
• Medicash
• 25 days holiday with bank holidays on top
• Onsite parking
• Weekly rotating shift pattern - 6am to 2pm Monday to Friday. 2pm to 11pm Monday to Thursday, 2pm to 6pm on a Friday.

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Candidates with experience of: Die Cutter Machine Operator, Manufacturing Operative, Manufacturing Engineer, Junior Production Operative, Production Technician, Graduate Mechanical Engineer, Production Machine Operator, Die Cutting Operator, Die Cutting Machine Operator may also be considered.