Machine Operator (Day shift only)

About the job

Job Title: Machine Operator (Day shift only)  

Location: Kettering

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Full Time

Seddon Boxes is a long-established family-owned UK rigid box and jigsaw puzzle manufacturer, based in Kettering. The business supplies packaging and puzzles to many well-known premium brands. We are a small customer focused company that prides itself on producing high quality solutions within industry leading manufacturing times, so flexibility to react quickly is key.

Hours: 

Monday - Thursday 07:30 - 16:30, Friday 07:30 - 14:00 (30 minute lunch break daily)

The factory operates currently on dayshift only. Voluntary overtime available in peak periods.

Role Purpose:

Day to day running of an Emmeci rigid box wrapping machine, ensuring output and quality meets the expected company standards.

Job activities:

• Set up the machine to meet the requirement of the job.
• Ensure the completed box is correct to the production sample and specification.
• Responsible for regularly checking the quality of goods produced to ensure the whole production run meets the desired criteria.
• Ensure outputs are as expected, meeting the specified run rates.
• Maintain the machine to avoid down time.
• Record machine daily outputs.
• Complete the daily Health & Safety sheet.
• At the end of the shift, clean down the machine.
• Ensure your work is clean and tidy at all times.
• Be flexible and work as a team to deliver the business needs.

Ideal Candidate:

• Self-starter with the ability to work autonomously.
• Flexible to suit rapidly changing customer demands.
• Quality focused - is proud of the work they produce.
• Happy to work as a small team
• Is a good problem-solver with the ability to solve technical/mechanical problems logically
• Happy to be trained other machinery periodically as part of job rotation

Desired:

• Box, carton, print, or print finishing manufacturing experience
• Previous experience running machinery in a manufacturing environment
• Mechanical/technical experience

Company values:

• Working as one team to achieve our goals.
• Right first time, every time.
• Building sustainable customer relationships.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Technician, Mechanical Design Engineer, SolidWorks Engineer, Civil Engineer, Structural Engineer, Design Engineer, Civil Design Engineer may also be considered for this role.