Extrusion Operator

Faerch is a company driven by a passion to constantly do things better. This belief has guided us since 1969, when Jørgen Færch founded a food packaging company in Holstebro, Denmark. This company has grown over the years to become one of Europe's leading suppliers of cutting-edge, thermoformed food packaging.

Faerch aims to be among the very best workplaces. This means that we want to secure the best employees and the best managers, and to ensure that their work in the company builds on mutual trust and respect.

We are currently recruiting to make sure we can deliver the best product and service to our customers whilst we work through a period of expansion and growth within the UK.

**The benefits**

Working for Faerch comes with a number of amazing benefit.

We offer in excess of 20 employment related benefits. Here are some of the benefits?
- Competitive salary (regular pay reviews), Overtime (inc of holiday), Bonus, Stakeholder Pension Scheme,
- Company Sick Pay, Occupational Health, Eye care, Permanent Health Insurance (Income Protection), Group Life Assurance (GLA), BUPA Cashplan
- Long Service Awards, Retirement gifts
- Enhanced Maternity Pay, statutory paternity pay, shared parental leave, Childcare Vouchers
- Refer a friend scheme, Cycle to work scheme

**The role**

Reporting to the Extrusion Manager, you will be required to actively participate within the Extrusion department to ensure the business achieves agreed production objectives and targets, whilst complying with Company standards and ensuring correct records are maintained for traceability purposes.

Day to day activities will include;
- Production start-up and monitoring of extruder equipment to achieve output targets whilst meeting quality standards producing sheet to the agreed specification
- Remove sheet specimens according to Company guidelines
- Check, measure, record and evaluate sheet parameters
- Participate in the dismantling and cleaning of equipment; remove scrap and/or unused materials
- Grinding of scrap
- Allocate sheet to the appropriate rack system
- Participate in stock taking
- Carry out general housekeeping activities within the work area.

**Your profile**
- The ability to work to deadlines
- Excellent communication skills
- The ability to work with minimum supervision
- Awareness of current Health and Safety practices
- Reach and counterbalance Fork Lift Truck Licences are desirable

**Hours of Work**

Hours of work will be an average of 40 hrs a week, to be worked, Monday - Friday. On occasion you may need to work additional hours to adapt to business needs.