Paper Production Operative

**POSITION TITLE**:
Paper Production Operative

**LOCATION**:
Hull, Lockwood Street

**HOURS**

37.5 per week Mon - Fri

**REPORTS TO**:
Production Supervisor

**Purpose of the role**

To be a team member within the Production facility, mainly focusing on the setting and running of production machinery, to ensure the department delivers industry leading customer service by being a proactive member of the team, working in a safe and productive manner.

**Key responsibilities of the role**:

- Work as part of the team operating various pieces of production machinery, associated with paper conversion, namely Polar/Perfecta programmatic guillotines, Heidelberg platens, used for foiling and cutting & creasing, handfed platens, creasing machinery, taping machinery, pad production punch, wiro machinery and perfect binding machinery.
- Work in line with daily KPI’s.
- Maintain excellent levels of quality control.
- Carry out basic maintenance on the various pieces of equipment as required.
- Contribute to the adequate and appropriate staffing levels within the broader production team, when required.
- Operate various lifting/handling equipment including power pallet trucks and hand pallet trucks.
- Work effectively and safely in line with all health and safety requirements.
- Carry out any other duties within the broad remit of the role as requested from time to time by the relevant supervisors and managers.
- Build and maintain good communication/relationships across all teams and to contribute to operating as one.

People Paper Planet Strategy
- Actively engage with all aspects of our People, Paper and Planet strategy.
- Work with your team to achieve targets for your area in line with our overall social and environmental aspirations.
- Undertake any other duties within the remit of the role as required and requested by relevant supervisors, managers, and directors.
- This role is ideally suited to someone with experience in a production/manufacturing role, ideally someone with experience within the paper/paper print finishing industry.
- Experience of working under tight time pressures.
- Adequate literacy, numeracy and IT levels for the role.
- Good communication skills for liaising with direct team members and teams across all levels in the business.
- A can-do attitude.
- Self-disciplined with a methodical and organised working style - able to manage own workload, quality, and output effectively.
- Reliable and punctual.
- Willingness to learn.
- High standard of personal appearance
- Able to appreciate and fit into a customer focused environment.
- Able to appreciate and fit into a values - focused environment.
- Able to lift and carry to meet the physical requirements of the role.
- Ability to work shifts as and when required.

Our Values

Onward

We are a proud, independent, distinctive business, that never stops thinking. We were born in Hull but have a global perspective. People are our foundation; we love what we do and warmly welcome everyone on our journey.

Human

We stand for doing our best; being true to our word and treating others with respect. We stand for delighting our customers and each other; for bringing possibilities to life; for always asking ‘what more could I do?’ and for having fun while we do it.

Bold

We are not perfect, but we are working hard to become a world class business. One with a growth mindset, which continually improves and where everyone is able to reach their potential and be fully themselves. A successful, sustainable business for good, supporting and building our communities for future generations.

Work Location: In person