Machine Operator; FMCG

• Work-life balance and a Christmas shutdown!
• Full training on our paper converting lines and balers
• A newly-refurbished, clean factory with excellent heat and dust extraction
• State of the art FMCG production lines controlled by high tech HMI screens
• Collaborative, talented, and supportive team culture
• Excellent employee benefits including a dental discounts, early access to pay, 24/7 Employee Care Programme, retail discounts, and a myriad of other amenities!

• You’ll maximise the quality of our products by effectively operating our unwinder/rewinder machines, performing regular quality checks, and making adjustments as required.
• Periodically, you’ll organise recyclable material into bales which will be delivered to our recycling Mills.
• You will need to conduct pre-use lifting and equipment guarding checks to ensure your safety.
• We are passionate about continuous improvement, and it is crucial that our colleagues seek out opportunities for cost savings where possible, sharing any great ideas you have.

• 12 hour shifts (6-6)
• 2 days, 2 nights, and 4 off (continuous).

Technical and proactive approach, enabling you to set our machines correctly and carry out basic fault finding and PPMs to reduce downtime.

Experience in a fast-paced FMCG production environment (e.g. Foods, Packaging, Pharmaceuticals, or ideally tissue/paper converting).

Critical thinking with an inquisitive approach, with the confidence to challenge.

Northwood is a family-owned group of associated companies that provide the manufacturing, supply and transportation of paper hygiene and wiping products for both the away-from-home and consumer market.

Our mission is to be the market-leading partner of choice in the away from home tissue industry. One of only a small handful of companies in the UK market that is fully vertically integrated;
Northwood is involved at each point in the supply chain, from raw material supply, tissue and towel manufacturing, end-user product converting, storage and transportation.

Our remit is huge, with a portfolio of products covering two key systems brands, professional wiping, commodity, consumer paper and private label. We sell into a distribution network spanning the UK, Ireland and Europe, which in turn service markets such as healthcare, hospitality, hotels, engineering, janitorial, catering and education.

We are a highly successful, award-winning and ambitious business that has grown from a humble paper sales business to a market leader employing over 800 colleagues, across 11 sites in the UK and Spain.

We differentiate ourselves by excelling in product quality alongside market-leading service and sales support.