Production Technician
- Full-time
Description
Location: Halifax Elland HX5 9JP
Working Pattern: Full-time On-site continental shift - four on four off 7am to 7pm
Are you a plastics processing technician who takes pride in getting a line running right first time enjoys getting to the bottom of a process problem and wants a clear published route to the next grade rather than a vague promise of progression
As a Production Technician at A-SAFE youll be the person who makes sure our production lines start correctly run to condition and keep running through the shift. This is a hands-on process role where your judgement directly affects quality scrap and output on products used to protect people in industrial environments worldwide.
Youll work as part of a close shift team alongside operatives maintenance quality and process engineering setting up injection moulding machines and extrusion lines to the required conditions and troubleshooting issues as they arise. This is not a maintenance role and it is not machine operating - it is the technical judgement in between.
How you will make an impact:
- Youll start up and monitor injection moulding machines and extrusion lines setting them to the specified conditions with as little scrap as possible.
- Youll troubleshoot process issues as they arise working out the cause and putting it right and escalating to your team leader where a decision needs to sit with them.
- Youll carry out tool changes and material changes and set feed systems and tool temperature control units.
- Youll run first-off samples and carry out initial quality checks using the relevant gauges and equipment interpreting the results and taking corrective action before a process is released.
- Youll optimise processes in line with standard operating procedures contributing to cycle time and scrap reduction.
- Youll undertake minor reactive maintenance on machinery and tooling such as oil levels and cleanliness.
- Youll complete and submit production and performance documentation accurately keeping process records up to date when changes are made.
- Youll take and give a thorough shift handover so the incoming team knows exactly where things stand against the plan.
- Youll work closely with operatives supervisors maintenance quality and process engineering to keep production moving.
- Youll make sure health and safety guidelines are followed at all times and that 5S and housekeeping standards are maintained.
- Youll work through a structured training and sign-off programme building evidence towards the next grade on our technical pay scale.
- Hands-on process experience in either injection moulding or extrusion. You do not need both - most of our team joined with one and learned the other here.
- The ability to start up and run a process unsupervised following safe working practices.
- Confidence diagnosing and resolving process and tooling faults and knowing when to escalate.
- Experience of tool and material changes and a working knowledge of process conditions such as material drying and barrel temperatures.
- The ability to interpret technical drawings and work to standard operating procedures.
- A clear understanding of health and safety in a manufacturing environment.
- Happy to work a continental shift pattern - four on four off 7am to 7pm.
- Experience across both injection moulding and extrusion is desirable as is exposure to rotational moulding or PU elastomer processes.
- CNC or robot programming experience is desirable but not essential - it is something you can gain here.
- A certificate within injection moulding or NVQ Level 3 in mould tools and processes is desirable.
- Strong communication skills - handovers sample sign-offs and working with quality and engineering make this a genuinely communicative role.
- A methodical questioning approach to problems and the patience to find the real cause rather than the quick fix.
- Resilience and a willingness to learn our products and tooling from the ground up however much experience you arrive with.
- Pride in quality and attention to detail particularly around paperwork and process records.
- A collaborative team-focused approach - youll be one of five on shift and the team depends on each other.
- The ambition to progress and the self-discipline to work through the training programme and evidence your development.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type : Full-Time
Department / Functional Area: Operations
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1