Print Assistant and Setter

**Join the Forum Team**

Due to Forum’s continued growth we are looking to recruit a print assistant and setter to join our busy print department, in Horncastle Lincolnshire. This is fantastic opportunity for either a time served printer to work with a progressive printing company or a time-served factory operative to train in a recognised printing profession on a variety of 4 to 8 colour flexographic printers.

**About Us**

Forum Packaging Ltd has been manufacturing paper products for more than 50 years and is one of the leading packaging companies in the UK supplying all types of paper sacks and preprinted material to a wide variety of market sectors.

**The Role**

The hours of work are; a three shift rotating system - Monday to Friday: 6-2, 2-10, 10-6 (37.5 hrs per week).

**Skills and Personal Qualities**:

- Willing to learn and train in all print department roles
- Practical and good manual dexterity with some basic mechanical knowledge
- Punctual and reliable
- Be able to effectively communicate verbally and in writing
- Be quality conscious and pay attention to detail
- Positive, flexible approach and capable of multiskilling
- Able to think logically and have a methodical approach to tasks and problems
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload
- Be able to work well as part of as team
- Be able to use own initiative
- Ability to work accurately, efficiently and to tight deadlines
- Achieve optimum output whilst maintaining high quality standards
- Keep calm under pressure
- Able to follow instructions and complete within given timescales

**Experience and Qualifications**:

- Minimum of two years’ experience working in a print or manufacturing environment
- Previous printing experience, ideally in flexographic printing, would be beneficial
- Working with computer systems and computer literate
- Experience of working on a three shift system, morning, afternoons and nights
- Have a good understanding of health, safety, quality, hygiene and environmental procedures and standards
- Ideally you will have a minimum of three GCSEs (or equivalent)

**What we can offer**:

- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
- Competitive salary (starting from £12.96)
- Pension scheme
- DIS Benefit (after 12 months)
- Sick pay scheme (after 12 months)
- On site parking

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From £12.96 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

**Experience**:

- Manufacturing or Print: 2 years (required)
- three shift working: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person