Slitter / Rewind Operator

About the job

NEW VACANCY! (PK8020)

SLITTER / REWIND OPERATOR WEST YORKSHIRE

£11 PH Starting Salary + Monthly Bonus (Including Birthday Bonus) + Pension.

Hours: 40 Hours Per Week / Shifts usually 6-2 / 2-10

Our client is a privately owned and profitable packaging manufacturer supplying into food and pharmaceutical industries with an enviable reputation for customer service, innovation and product quality.

The company are currently looking to recruit a Slitter / Rewinder Operator to join their busy team. To be responsible for setting up the machines (Kampf, Dusenbury, Eldec, & Titan) running production to slit continuous lengths of materials into specified widths, cleaning, and all maintenance on the machine.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Identifies and ensures that proper materials are used for production
• Ensures mistakes are not made and materials match as necessary
• Manages pre-run testing of the material to ensure the correct coding weights and bond strength are applied
• Runs the proper amount of material/footage to the job order
• Completes proper checking of production and material
• Cleans the slitter daily; organises machine and material parts during closing operations
• Prepares for production at the end of each day for the following day
• Spaces rotary blades on machine shaft, according to width specified on slitting work order.
• Loads material on machine supports and threads material over tension bar.
• Starts machine and observes flow of material through machine to detect irregular cutting and/or winding.
• Moves levers to stop, start, and regulate speed of machine and to align material with rotary blades.
• Disengages winding shaft and removes finished rolls of material.
• Completes required documentation accurately and timely.
• Meets or exceeds prescribed job standard for line speeds, scrap and set-up times.
• Reports any unsafe working conditions to the Production Supervisor.
• Participates in on-going training opportunities and supports a continuous quality improvement environment.

Skills & Abilities Required:

• 2-3 years of experience in production, slitting and printing setting is preferred, other related machinery operation will be considered.
• Must have outstanding troubleshooting skills.
• Must have good judgment with decision making in regard to Safety and Quality.
• Ability to complete production related documentation on both computer and paper forms.
• Must have excellent team skills.
• Ability to work additional overtime if required to get the job tasks completed.
• Self-motivated and ability to make decisions.