Ink Technician in Wigan

Saica Group offers sustainable paper solutions for the manufacture of corrugated board and flexible packaging, promoting circularity in waste management. With more than 12,000 employees and a presence in 11 countries, Saica Group has four business lines: the production of recycled paper for corrugated cardboard, waste management and environmental services, the production of corrugated board packaging, and flexible packaging.

At Saica Group, we are more than an organisation; we are a community committed to driving sustainable paper solutions while championing circularity in waste management. Our Flex division produces a range of flexible plastic films, with our site in Wigan manufacturing products for major food retailers and suppliers. We are now seeking a motivated candidate to join our team and build a career in the print industry.

Sustainability at Saica begins with our values – we care, we value and we challenge.

About the role:

We are offering an exciting opportunity for an Ink Technician to join our team. As an Ink Technician, you will be responsible for ensuring that high quality inks are made and maintained and that your role is conducted in a safe and controlled manner in line with the required standards and operating procedures. You will be responsible for understanding the customer requirements for colour specification and ensuring that they are met to the highest possible standard.

Ink Technician – Responsibilities:

• Operate in line with site health and safety, environmental and quality standards including BRC, ISO & A2 environmental.
• Make and prepare all inks for production right first time to known data standards and anilox strengths.
• Identify any ink that has been used and returned ready for subsequent runs.
• Ensure that your own dispensing key is used at all times.
• Maintain a clean, safe working environment, ensuring that all spills are logged and cleaned immediately.
• Operate processes in line with lean manufacturing techniques including SMED and the 5S principles.
• Maximise the use of press returns by ensuring that press returns are always used before virgin ink.
• Manage activity via the IFS6 programme, ensuring there is enough ink to complete an order, minimising top up requirements to maximise production time.
• Ensure there is sufficient ink supply for up to 24 hours.
• Make full use of the eXact spectro, IFS6 and IQC, to reduce press downtime to a minimum.
• Log press returns back into the system for future ease of use.
• Assist the Printers on press should any minor adjustments be required, making any changes to the system recipe as required.
• Maintain the distillation plant and optimise waste inks and solvent, ensuring waste generated is minimised as much as possible.
• Assist the Ink Room Manager with other duties as and when required.
• Specifically, help with the offloading of ink deliveries and support stock takes and re-ordering of ink supplies.
• When asked, contribute to site continuous improvement projects.

What we need from you:

• Forklift Truck license essential/training provided.
• X-rite equipment trained.
• Demonstrable knowledge of working with Print Colours.
• Good understanding of continuous improvement techniques, e.g. lean & 5S.
• Exposure to quality, health, safety and environmental standards and practices within a production setting.
• Colour matching experience.
• Fluent English – ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and understand both written and verbal work instructions.
• A reasonable level of fitness is required as the role involves some physical activity e.g. lifting & bending.

The role operates across the following shift patterns: 12 hour shift pattern, spread over a rotating 4 week cycle.

What do we offer?

• Friendly atmosphere.
• Progression.
• Employee of the Month Award (monthly and annually).
• Holiday entitlement 22 days inclusive of Bank Holidays.
• Company Sick Pay Scheme (available after 12 months of continuous service).
• Refer a Friend Scheme of £500.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Employee Discount Platform.
• Eye test vouchers.
• Free Tea/Coffee.

You will enjoy working at Saica if you:

• Care: Are a team-player, support your colleagues and share your ideas.
• Value: Have high standards, want to achieve good quality and great service.
• Challenge: You are self-motivated to improve and achieve. You are open and transparent, tell it as it is.