Extrusion Technician

ROLE: Extrusion Technician HOURS: Day shift: 06:00-18:00, Night Shift: 18:00-06:00 4 on 4 off- Permanent Role SALARY: £16.00ph basic plus £2.00ph night shift allowance BASE: Birchwood Way, Somercotes, Alfreton Eurocell are a stock market listed Plc and the market leader for uPVC products within the building industry. We know that our people are our greatest asset, we are successful, dynamic, ambitious and looking for great team players to grow with us. We have an additional opportunity for an Extrusion Technician to join us at our Birchwood Site, Somercotes, Alfreton. As a Technician you will be responsible for maintaining production equipment elements as well as start up, operation, change over, shutdown and preventative maintenance to ensure production targets are met. WHAT OUR EXTRUSION TECHNICIANS DO: Set up and troubleshoot extrusion production lines to the required specifications Ensure the product is put into production within the time frame specified Inspect and sign off of product to ensure quality standards are met Contribute to the control of the manufacturing process of all finished and semi-finished goods to the required quality standards To support production management to implement / execute the operations improvement Actively seek out potential Health, Safety & Environmental issues and support actions to reduce/eliminate risk WHAT WE NEED FROM OUR EXTRUSION TECHNICIANS: Previous Technical experience to carry out tooling set up, troubleshooting and quality control Competent in reading technical drawings Experience in product inspection and checking Competent level of relevant `on the job' training and experience required Attention to detail and logical decision making Experience of forward thinking and planning ahead Good written and verbal communication skills Good level of numeracy skills Understanding of key safety activities Experience of working within a factory environment and working long shifts, on your feet WHAT WE OFFER OUR EXTRUSION TECHNICIANS: You will be rewarded with a very competitive basic salary of £16 p/hr plus £2 p/hr shift allowance for night shift 25 days holiday, plus statutory holidays - normally 33 days in total each year Free Healthcare plan for all employees Enhanced Maternity and Paternity benefit Free Life Assurance Plan of 3x your Annual Salary Christmas shutdown Option to join the Eurocell Share Save Scheme at discounted rates, and share in our company success Company Pension Plan Employee discount on Eurocell products Discounts across many well-known online and high street retailers A blend of training, including e-learning and on the job training to help your career development Care First Employee Assistance Programme, available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for confidential support and advice Colleague Referral Programme; we pay you for successfully referring people to join our team Excellent opportunities to grow with us, and progress your career We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Agency Applications outside PSL Agency Partners will not be considered. If agencies have an EXCEPTIONAL candidate that you feel we should know about, or believe that you can offer specialist expertise in a particular sector, we're happy to receive and review your PSL application via our Agency PSL Application. Please note that we do not accept unsolicited calls or emails from agencies, please refer to our Agency Statement on our careers page