Material Handler

**Baker Perkins, a technology brand of Coperion - owned by Hillenbrand**, is a trusted technology provider in the food industry, operating from the UK and USA. We offer comprehensive solutions, from design to lifetime support, for leading brands worldwide. Our continuous innovation in equipment and processes, along with services leveraging the latest technology, ensures efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Join us at Baker Perkins, where we push boundaries in the food industry.

We are now hiring for our site in **Peterborough**:
**Material Handler**

**Job Purpose**
To ensure efficient material flow and maintain a clean, safe work environment in the Machine Shop and Assembly areas, supporting production operations and adhering to Health & Safety standards.

**Main Duties**

You will maintain a clean and organised workspace by performing tasks such as sweeping, emptying bins, cleaning machinery, and ensuring all equipment and materials are properly stored.
- **Material Flow Management**: Transporting components between Machine Shop, Assembly, and Fabrication areas to maintain production schedules.
- **Area Maintenance**: Sweeping Assembly and Metal Finishing areas (including under mats/benches weekly); emptying black bins and compacting waste.
- **Machinery & Safety Compliance**: Ensuring drills/fixed machinery are swarf-free daily; returning slings/chains to racks post-shift; emptying scrap bins and removing broken pallets/scrap wood promptly.
- **Logistics Support**: Loading/unloading vehicles; retaining paperwork during transport; maintaining spill kits and ensuring safe component storage.
- **Housekeeping**: Keeping scrap compounds and surrounding areas tidy; cleaning customer equipment pre-dispatch if required.
- **Health & Safety**: Adhering to forklift, crane/slinging, manual handling, and COSHH procedures; reporting irregularities to management.
- **Flexibility**: Covering other Manufacturing areas during absences and performing additional tasks if qualified.
- Ability to conduct daily manual handling tasks.
- Basic understanding of production workflows and material movement processes.
- Proactive approach to maintaining cleanliness and efficiency with limited supervision.
- Strong initiation and self-motivation to complete tasks and ensure a safe running environment.
- **High desirable criteria**includes a Forklift truck and crane/sling operation qualification/license (training available if unqualified).Proven experience within a similar position or transferable skills

**_Join us in “Shaping What Matters For Tomorrow”
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**Baker Perkins is an Equal Opportunities Employer.**

**Who we are**:
Coperion is an industry leader in compounding and extrusion, feeding and weighing, bulk material handling and service, bringing a wealth of know-how and experience to the market. Customers benefit from Coperion’s divisions of Polymer, Equipment & Systems, and Service that are optimally networked on a global basis to offer ultimate support in the design, manufacturing and implementation of ideal systems. Staffed by engineers, chemists, technicians and a variety of industry experts, these Divisions form a powerhouse of process solutions for their customers. Coperion is an Operating Company of Hillenbrand.