Line Technician (5)

Line Technician (Shifts)

Knottingley Business Unit

Role description:
To manage cold end equipment and provide quality assistance in order to optimise factory performance.

Responsibilities:
Monitor, maintain and improve cold end line bottle handling from lehr discharge to palletiser discharge.
Monitor commercial ware losses and identify whether caused by equipment set up or bottle features requiring hot end attention and making settings adjustments or passing on information as appropriate.
Maintain a log of changes made to inspection equipment and providing reasons for those changes.
Review the log of changes made to inspection equipment to identify and address any repeating problems or issues.
Provide assistance on job changes where required.
Monitor and respond to problems on lehr controls and cold end sprays.
Provide additional assistance where required to the cold end operations to uphold high levels of production quality and efficiency.
Ensure that cold end equipment continues to operate.

Required skills / qualifications:
Engineering related skills for inspection and packaging equipment set up.
Engineering craft apprentice trained qualified.
Understanding of glass defects made in the bottle manufacturing process and the impact of these on quality.
Teamwork and co-operation.
Analytical thinking.

What we offer:
Training and development
Competitive salary Starting Salary £39,152 PA to Max £46,204 PA
Ardagh DC Pension scheme matching up to 10%

Closing Date: 1st March 2023

About Ardagh Group

Ardagh Group is a global leader in metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for the world’s leading brands. We trace our roots all the way back to the Irish Glass Bottle Company, founded in 1932. Since then we have grown rapidly to a team of more than 20,000 people with revenues of almost $10 billion. Today we have a presence across Europe, Africa and the Americas.

Did you know that Ardagh produce many of the beverage cans and bottles you drink your favourite beverages from?
Did you know we produce metal and glass packaging which are permanent materials, meaning they can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality?
Did you know we produce more than 160 million containers per day?

Ardagh is passionate about sustainability and have a reputation for innovation. We push the boundaries of what’s possible, pioneering new production methods, new design techniques and new ways to recycle and save energy. Our aim is to reduce any negative environmental impact whilst remaining economically sustainable and socially responsible.

We believe that the success of our business depends on the success of our people. We strive to create working environments where our employees feel valued, can work to their full potential, and where their achievements are celebrated.

Here at Ardagh, we offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for talented and creative people. If you have ambition and want to make an impact with your career, come and join our team, you’ll enjoy the journey!

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