Edge Bander

_**Are you an experienced Edge Bander, looking for a new challenge?**_

Baltic Recruitment are currently recruiting for an Edge Bander to work for a highly reputable client based in Shildon. To ensure products of the highest standards are manufactured on time and to cost while ensuring that all H&S and quality requirements are adhered to whilst fulfilling customer demand.

**Edge Bander Main Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Ensure that all duties are performed in accordance with prescribed policies and procedures with due consideration to health, safety, and environmental risk.
- Active participation in Kaizen Teams and continuous improvement processes.
- An ability to forward think and problem solve by having an understanding of the process, equipment and the products used.
- Ability to set, adjust and operate the Homag / Schelling equipment.
- Ability to scan job travellers and follow basic computer system (scanning).
- Lock out procedures, tooling changes and set up of tooling/equipment to required standard, safely and with minimum interruption (smed approach).
- Understanding and be able to follow work instructions (SOP’s) as well as risk and COSHH assessments.
- Professionally represent the company and its activities to external customers, suppliers, regulators and third parties.
- Follow and comply with all relevant policy and quality system procedures and practices.
- Contribute to the implementation of continual improvement processes within the company and undertake to satisfy internal and external customers.
- Work effectively with colleagues to participate and contribute to the successful completion of both personal, team and business quality objectives.

**Edge Bander Applicants**:

- Self-motivated and work towards achieving set KPI’s.
- Able to work well within a team and as an individual within the manual operation of the lay-up area.
- Ability to learn and follow quality expectations/standards.
- Punctual, self-conscious, and willing to be flexible, including overtime.
- Able to work any required shifts, with the correct notice period.
- A thorough and complete understanding of the Edge Bander process and the procedures, which control these activities, to ensure reproducibility of products with effective problem solving and awareness attributes.
- Factory based wood machining background is preferred, but not essential.
- Operator level skills of worktops or similar products from blank to finished product.

**Working a 2-shift rotation which may go down to 1 shift depending on business needs. Shift times are either 6:00-14:00 and 2:00-22:00 or 8:00-16:30.**

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**Job Type**: Temp to perm

**Salary**: £11.07-£13.28 per hour

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift

Work Location: In person