Production Operator

Company Description

**_ Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer_**

**Job Description**:
**Production Operator - 12 Month Fixed Term**

**Start Date**:As soon as possible

**Location**: Cramlington, Northumberland

**Salary/Shift Allowance**: Circa £22,000 + 25% Shift allowance with step progression

**Hours**: 40 hours per week, working on a 12 hour shift pattern

**What we can offer**:

- Attractive salary package / Bonus opportunity
- 25 days annual leave plus usual bank holidays (pro rated to your shift pattern)
- Optional Private Medical Insurance
- Pension with up to 10% Employer contributions
- Life assurance 4 x basic salary
- Employee Assistance scheme including life & legal advice.
- Free on site Parking
- Subsidised Hot/cold food Canteen
- Structured learning and development / Mentoring program
- International environment
- Events such as International Women’s Day, Earth Day, etc.
- A growing, and welcoming team with a good spirit

We have an exciting opportunity for a Production Operator at our factory in Cramlington, to join our Operations Team.

The purpose of the role is to make certain that the Cramlington Site is satisfying its internal and external customers through the following:
Undertaking a variety of production tasks which could include the operation of paper slitting machinery/automated packing line, picking and returning material from stock and inventory control, packing and fork-truck driving. Working as part of a team, the Production Operator will be required to support and contribute towards the drive for continuous improvement and support departmental improvement initiatives encompassing People; Safety; Quality; Service & Cost.

**Your mission**
- Make safety number one priority at all times
- Ensure 100% support of Behavioural Safety Programme and active support across the shift
- Demonstrate excellent teamwork with counterparts on other shifts and other key contacts within the Plant and Avery Dennison organisation
- Support and drive continuous improvement initiatives across the shift in line with key quality targets i.e. Quality Index; Customer Complaints; Quality Audit Schedules
- Work closely with Process Engineering and Quality department to identify and address main drivers affecting quality and implement solutions
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to drive key service metrics i.e. flexibility; reliability; volume flexibility
- Work closely with Engineering to ensure effective support and maintenance around critical production assets

**Qualifications**:
**What we expect from you**
- Strong team player
- Effective communicator
- Results driven and willing to take initiatives
- High level of safety awareness - i.e. Demonstrated competencies in Risk Assessment; Permit to work and the Avery Dennison Behavioural Safety Programme preferred
- Strong analytical skills/problem solving abilities
- Computer literate essential
- High degree of commitment, values and integrity
- Able to demonstrate track record of delivering results in line with business goals
- Experience of working within a process operation environment
- Computer literate essential
- High degree of commitment, values and integrity
- Able to demonstrate track record of delivering results in line with business goals
- Experience of working within a process operation environment

Additional Information

At Avery Dennison we are committed to fostering an environment of inclusion as an integral part of the employee experience.

We're committed to workplace diversity because it’s the right thing to do - both for employees and for the business. We create a more inclusive workplace where every employee has an opportunity to be and do their very best.

So whatever your race, sexuality, disability, religion, gender or even non-gender, we recognise and celebrate your differences.

Every voice. Every day