Cut and Crease​/Die Cutter

Salary range: negotiable depending on experience

Additional benefits

• Shift Premium 10% included when working earlies and lates
• Quarterly performance related bonus
• Workplace Pension contributions
• 25 days holiday with bank holidays on top
• Onsite parking
• Weekly rotating shift pattern – 6am to 2pm Monday to Friday. 2pm to 11pm Monday to Thursday, 2pm to 6pm on a Friday.

• Setup, run and maintain Bobst die-cutting machine – Bobst 1420 E and Bobst 1420 ER (with blanking). The more you learn, the more you earn.
• Inspect and manage the machine to their best ability to guarantee the production of high-quality products, meeting production targets while maintaining a safe and tidy work environment
• Perform daily maintenance and troubleshooting, such as changing dies, die repairs, lubricating and cleaning machines
• Understand various job needs by learning different job types, assessing the needs of each job
• To maintain production quality by inspecting all produced materials carefully to identify any errors that might have occurred during production and correct them to prevent client dissatisfaction, e.g. missing creases, excessive cracking, inaccurate cutting pressure.
• Responsible for ensuring that equipment is always in good shape
• When malfunctioning, take the equipment for repairs and liaise with the engineering team to achieve highest efficiencies

• Experience operating and setting flatbed cut and crease machinery (minimum 2 years, e.g., Bobst, Heidelberg).
• Experience working in packaging environment
• Ability to stand for long periods
• Report to Team Leader / Engineering Team any tooling damages or upgrades / replacements required.
• Weekly routine maintenance cleaning down machine following BRC hygiene requirements for Product food safety, working with engineering team to grease and replace any worn parts.
• Experience using personal protective equipment and understanding of workplace safety procedures
• Ability to work in a fast – paced environment

The job description is not exhaustive. From time to time you may be required to perform other duties and responsibilities which are not included in the above description: but are within you capabilities and where necessary training will be given.