Ink Technician Operative

Ink Technician Operative Location: Wigan, Lancashire, WN5 0LQ Salary: £32,287 per annum + Excellent Benefits! Contract: Full time, permanent. Shift patterns detailed below Benefits: Ongoing training and development, Funding for role specific professional qualifications, Banded salary grades to support progression, 19 Days holiday inclusive of Bank Holidays (11.5 hours days) plus annual Christmas shut down, Full uniform / PPE supplied, Discretionary bi-annual bonus scheme, Contributory pension scheme, Cycle to work scheme and Flu and eye test vouchers! Saica is one of the leading European players in the development and production of recycled paper for corrugated cardboard with a production of 2.5 million tons of paper. With more than 10,000 employees across Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, UK, Ireland, Turkey, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and The USA, Saica Group has four business divisions: recycled paper production for corrugated cardboard (PAPER), recyclable materials recovery (NATUR), production of corrugated packaging (PACK) and flexible packaging (FLEX). Sustainability at Saica begins with our values – we care, we value and we challenge. We are now recruiting for an Ink Technician to assume responsibility for ensuring that high quality inks are made and maintained and that your role is conducted in a safe and controlled manner. You will be responsible for understanding the customer requirements for colour specification and ensuring that they are met to the highest possible standards. As our Ink Technician you will be responsible for: * 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. In order to be successful in this role you must have / be: * 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 * Exposure to quality, health, safety and environmental standards and practices within a production setting * 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. You will work a 12 hour shift pattern, spread over a 4 week cycle. This will typically be: * Week 1 – 4 nights, 3 off * Week 2 – 3 days, 1 off, 3 nights * Week 3 – 3 off, 4 days * Week 4 – 7 off Saica is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. If you feel you have what it takes to be successful in this role then please click “APPLY” and submit your up to date CV and covering letter for consideration. No agencies please