Manufacturing Operative Bolton, England
Job description
Manufacturing Operative
Mativ (Neenah) Red Bridge, Bolton
- Manufacturing Operative
- Full-time
- Bolton
- Working week - Mon-Thurs 41.25 hours, days, nights and overtime
- Pay: starting rate £12.55/hour including shift allowance and potential to earn more depending on multiskilling up to £13.81/hour
Company Introduction: Mativ (Neenah) Red Bridge International
Mativ Red Bridge (MRB) is the UK based subsidiary of a publicly quoted US multinational, Mativ Inc. (formerly Neenah Inc.)
Located on the edge of Bolton, MRB is a specialist coater and converter of a number of different highly engineered materials, such as paper, cotton, non-woven & synthetic substrates. These are used in a wide range of applications including; the supply of covers for passports, sample books, menus, religious books, supplies coated substrates for specialist, highly durable label applications & coated special effect digital wallpaper bases.
The business is a long established one, with over 90 years in existence & is heavily export focused, supplying its products all over the globe
www.neenah.com
https://www.neenahperformance.com/neenah-performance
Job Description: Manufacturing Operative
You will be based at our Red Bridge site in Bolton and will be working as a Manufacturing Operative. In this role you will work as part of a production team in a batch process, factory environment. You will be based in the coating area and will be responsible for operating a variety of coating and printing machines, some activities will involve manual handling and some physical exertion. Although you will be primarily based in the coating department you may need to move around the site and train in other areas where required. We are looking for someone who wants to run machines, get to know our manufacturing processes, helping to solve quality problems and help make the workplace more efficient and safer.
Main Responsibilities:
You will be working in a manufacturing environment and you will receive training to complete the tasks below:
What you will be doing
- Learn about and train in the coating areas of the business and become multiskilled
- Setting up and operating a variety of coating machines and where necessary, equipment used for mixing, embossing, sheeting, slitting, guillotining.
- Learning about the base materials, coatings and finishes of the products
- Learning about the process routes for products
- Learning about colour matching
- Carrying out quality checks
- Safe working practices + the importance of Health and Safety at Work
- Reporting material and equipment faults to Supervisors
- Cleaning and maintaining work areas
- Learn how the plant operates & what needs to be achieved on a daily, weekly, yearly basis.
- Learn from other departments to get a full understanding of the business
- Getting involved in Continuous Improvement activities
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £12.55-£13.81 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
- No weekends
- Overtime
Work Location: In person
