Extrusion Technician

Night Shift

Reading

£26k - £30k pa

Salary is negotiable depending upon experience

About the Company:

A local Plastic Moulding Company now requires an Extrusion Technician to join their team.

Purpose of Role – Extrusion Technician
The main purpose of the Extrusion Technician role is to manufacture extruded products and must ensure that production standards relating to safety, quality, outputs and cost are met.

The Extrusion Technician will have to complete product / tool changeovers on Extrusion machines, process start-up and shut-down together with quality checks including first off approval and routine periodic checks.

The Extrusion Technician will be required to undertake Production Operator tasks as and when required; including visual and dimensional quality checks, packing, labelling, transfer of data to relevant systems (SAP, BARCO, QUALITY DATABASE) and moving by truck to the finished goods yard.

Responsibilities:

Selection of job / tool / product from planning board taking account of priorities

Selection of machine for removal of outgoing tool and insertion of new tool / calibrator

Last of extruded product checked and tooling / production data entered onto the appropriate system Set up Extrusion machine and downstream equipment using relevant data sheets

Obtain first off sample for dimensional and physical testing

Machine put into operation and the operator informed of production so that packaging and labels can be sourced

Document all relevant data on QUALITY DATABASE, BARCO, or SAP

Conduct ongoing quality checks for visual, dimensional and stress testing

Knowledge of Health and Safety and Environmental standards for self and others

Candidate requirements – Extrusion Technician
Extrusion Setting experience

Must want to work night shift

LEAN Engineering Recruitment Ltd are acting as a 3rd party on behalf of our client. All applications will be held on our database for current and future positions.

We will endeavour to get back to all applicants but if you have not heard from LER within 10 working days then your application has been unsuccessful but please feel free to contact us for an update.