Job Description
This role of Assistant Cutter Operator is based at Bathford Paper Mill, where paper has been made for over 200 years. This role is based in the Cutter House where the paper is finished to the customers specifications. In this role, you will gain a variety of task-based skills within the Cutter House and on various machinery.
To apply please visit our website: https://portalsinternational.com/welcome/careers/
We have a great opportunity to work in the paper industry for a business that has been reborn. Our customers are pretty unique and the products we sell are really cool (you will never look at a passport the same again).
At Portals, people are at the heart of our business and we want to look after our exceptional team. This is why we offer a competitive employee benefit package including:
- A competitive salary
- Holiday: Included within your shift pattern
- Pension scheme which offers an employer contribution of up to 9% of salary
- Life assurance of four times your basic salary
- 24/7 Employee assistance programme, Lifeworks with access to counselling, financial and legal advice, a number of additional perks with discount codes for stores, gyms and experiences
- Digital GP through Aviva
- Training and development costs associated to role paid for
- £500 Refer a friend scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Love2Shop shopping discount card
- Long service awards
- Recognition platform
- Season ticket loans
- Free/Onsite parking
- Company events
- Give as you earn scheme
- Eye care for Display Screen Equipment users
- Phone discounts through EE
- Costco membership discount
- Sick pay scheme
At Portals we deliver exceptional performance by driving innovation and change, working with pace and a positive attitude. Our values underpin everything we do here at Portals. If you are aligned with our vision and have the experience to succeed in the role below, we would love to hear from you.
Job Purpose:
The operators work to specific measurements and tolerances to cut the paper into the correct sizes for the customers’ requirements whilst still maintaining the correct locations for all the security features. The operators carry out quality and dimensional checking on finished paper to ensure that the quality requirements for the tasks have been met.
The paper is cut using our Strachan Henshaw Machine (SHM) which can cut over 200 sheets a minute whilst maintaining quality assurance. The machine uses multiple operating systems to maintain the correct measurements and quality of the paper. There are different functions in using this machine, however, most paper can be transferred to other machinery, in which you will.
The starting salary is £28,402.16 whilst the initial training takes place. This then rises to £33,025.77 once competent in one role and upon learning other machinery.
After the paper is cut on our machinery, it is then sent into the Salle packing department. The Salle is responsible for counting and packing the reams of paper, ready to be shipped out to our customers.”
Key Responsibilities:
- · Learn to run the SHM machine unsupervised.
- · Understand use of making dockets.
- · Understand the relevence of quoted quality parameters.
- · Upload new paper webs into the cutting station.
- · Take samples.
- · Transport the finished sheets that are fault free.
- · Check finished sheets against templates
- · Demonstarte corrective actions required to meet specifications.
- · Measure the sheet dimensions.
- · Use our systems for data input.
- · Visually inspect sheets.
- · Retain stacking quality of sheets.
Skills, Qualifications and Experience:
- Good analytical skills
- Self-motivated and work with minimum supervision
- Show initiative and be proactive
- Willingness to learn
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Communicate effectively both within the Department and with other Departments especially in handovers
- Good organisational skills to schedule workload to meet production schedules and Sales deadlines
- An understanding of targets and KPIs
- Good level of precision and attention to detail.
- Computer literate, Microsoft Office (MS Word & Excel) and Department-specific systems.
- Think about continuous improvement for future benefits within the department
- Team working to understand the needs of the succeeding shift
- Ability to maintain a high level of quality throughout your work
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £28,402.16-£33,025.77 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
- Overtime
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: RR493
