Ink Technician

Ink Technician

Location: Wigan, Lancashire, WN5 0LQ.
Salary: £31,500
Contract: Full time, permanent. Shift patterns detailed below.

With a presence in 11 countries and over 10,000 employees, Saica Group manufacture sustainable recycled paper, corrugated cardboard and flexible packaging as well as providing solutions for waste management and the recovery of waste. Our Flex division produces a range of flexible plastic films, with our site in Wigan manufacturing products for major food retailers and suppliers.

We have an opportunity for an individual to join our Ink team. This role is responsible for ensuring that high quality of inks are made and maintained and that your role is conducted in a safe and controlled manner in line with the required standards and operating procedures. You will be responsible for understanding the customer requirements for colour specification and ensuring that they are met to the highest possible standard.

Operate in line with site health and safety, environmental and quality standards including BRC, ISO & A2 environmental.
Make and prepare all inks for production right first time to known data standards and anilox strengths. Identify any ink that has been used and returned ready for subsequent runs. Ensure that your own dispensing key is used at all times.
Maintain a clean, safe working environment, ensuring that all spills are logged and cleaned immediately.
Operate processes in line with lean manufacturing techniques including SMED and the 5S principles
Maximise the use of press returns by ensuring that press returns are always used before virgin ink. Manage activity via the IFS6 programme, ensuring there is enough ink to complete an order, minimising top up requirements to maximise production time.
Ensure there is sufficient ink supply for up to 24 hours. As the production plan is subject to change, ensure the 24 hour threshold is not breached.
Make full use of the eXact spectro, IFS6 and IQC, to reduce press downtime to a minimum.
Log press returns back into the system for future ease of use.
Assist the Printers on press should any minor adjustments be required, making any changes to the system recipe as required.
Maintain the distillation plant and optimise waste inks and solvent, ensuring waste generated is minimised as much as possible.
Assist the Ink Room Manager with other duties as and when required. Specifically, help with the offloading of ink deliveries and support stock takes and re-ordering of ink supplies.
When asked, contribute to site continuous improvement projects.

Skills, Qualification & Attributes

Fork Lift Truck licence essential/training provided
X-rite equipment trained
Demonstrable knowledge of working with Print Colours
Good understanding of continuous improvement techniques, e.g. lean & 5S
Exposure to quality, health, safety and environmental standards and practices within a production setting
Colour matching experience

The role operates 12-hour shifts across a 4 week Continental shift pattern:

Week 1 - 4 nights, 3 off
Week 2 - 3 days, 1 off, 3 nights
Week 3 - 3 off, 4 days
Week 4 - 7 off

The site operates a 24/7 shift system spread over four-week pattern. A willingness to work a shift pattern covering days, nights and weekends is essential.

Shift patterns can be subject to change, dependant on business requirements

A reasonable level of fitness is required as the role involves some physical activity e.g. lifting & bending.

What do we offer?

Friendly atmosphere
Progression
Employee of the Month Award (monthly and annually)
Holiday entitlement 22 days inclusive of Bank Holidays
Company Sick Pay Scheme (available after 12 months of continuous service)
Refer a Friend Scheme of £500
Cycle to Work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Employee Discount Platform
Eye test vouchers
Free Tea/Coffee

Interested? If you have a can-do, will-do approach to join a hardworking, dynamic, passionate, manufacturing team, please send your CV today.