Process Operator/flt

3 months ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Essity Full time

Do you have some experience as a forklift truck driver in a manufacturing environment? Are you looking for a permanent role? Do you have the flexibility to work shifts? If so, this vacancy at our Prudhoe Paper Mill may be just for you.

Are you looking to become part of an innovative and market leading global manufacturing company that looks after some of the biggest brands in the UK? There are **Plenty® **of reasons to start your Essity career so lets **TORK®**

Our Prudhoe manufacturing site houses two paper machines, seven converting lines and a recycling plant. Converting lines turn semi-finished goods manufactured by the paper machines into the finished product for onward dispatch to a variety of customers. The site runs 24/7, manufacturing products for the consumer goods market with **Cushelle **and **Plenty **being two of our leading brands.

At Essity we offer a high reaching starting salary and enhanced benefits package which includes:

- Pension with up to 10% employer contribution
- Bonus earning potential
- Medical insurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Essity Rewards through our rewards website
- Plus numerous other local incentives

**About the role**

Reporting to a Team Leader, you will work as part of an operating team ensuring that operational performance is maintained to an exceptional standard, with housekeeping and quality a key deliverable.

Day to day you will pick and store (raw) material to ensure our production teams always have access to the correct materials to maintain high levels of production.

We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. So, if you believe you have the right combination of skills and experience, we would love to hear from you.

**What You Will Do**
- Loading and unloading vehicles with empty pallets, ensuring the safety of all within the unloading areas
- Placing adhesive labels on pallets of finished goods, scanning labels with a barcode gun and manually inputting information onto the onboard warehouse management control panel
- Scanning barcodes on vehicles and then loading correct products onto that vehicle
- Receipt and quality check of incoming goods from external and internal suppliers
- Ensuring all housekeeping is completed to a satisfactory standard at all times
- Case picking and assembling of orders through the RF
- Reworking of product on to different pallet types or configuration's, assisting with customer returns and re-working as necessary
- Picking and preparation of delivery orders.
- Issuing raw materials to production areas in a safe, accurate and timely manner
- Removing raw materials from production areas
- Managing stock input and movements on computer systems as required
- Adhere to all Company health and safety regulations, operating procedures, and systems.
- Ensure daily check lists / safety checks are completed on all Fork-Lift Truck (FLT) and Baler equipment before the start of each shift, reporting any faults observed.
- Delivery of raw materials and mother reels into production areas safely and damage free using correct SOP’s whilst adhering to current SLA agreements
- Loading of empty shell / cores onto trailers for Mill returns
- Ensure correct and timely completion and delivery of all relevant documentation
- Booking all deliveries and stock movements (real time) on the computer system as required
- Provide assistance to other colleagues to ensure that housekeeping is of the highest standard within the site operation.
- Assist colleagues, where required, to support completion of daily tasks
- Generate return documentation and load all returns
- Re-load all biproducts / reject material leaving site
- Operating and maintaining balers on site using correct SOPs.
- Removal of bales from conveyors and reloading onto stand trailers ensuring they are safe during transit
- Emptying of bins from the factory into the baler area.

**Who are you?**

You will be an experienced forklift truck driver with a current counterbalance licence and able to demonstrate the following competencies;
- Safety conscious
- Team Player
- Flexible
- Results focused
- Good communication skills
- Ability to follow instructions
- Good verbal and numerical skills
- Basic computer skills

**What We Can Offer You**:
We offer the opportunity to work for a leading global organisation with the potential to advance your career within the fast-moving manufacturing environment.

At Essity, we believe everyone's learning and professional development is unique and want to empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Collaborative and Inclusive Culture | Empowering & Engaged Leaders | Working with Powerful Purpose & Sustainable Impact | Learning an


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