Company Description

About Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company that provides branding and information labeling solutions, including pressure-sensitive materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, and a variety of converted products and solutions. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of labeling and functional materials that enhance branded packaging, carry or display information that connects the physical and the digital, and improve customers’ product performance. The company serves an array of industries worldwide, including home and personal care, apparel, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive. The company employs approximately 36,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Reported sales in 2022 were $9.0 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Description

Production Operator - Fixed Term Contract

Start Date: January 2024

Location: Cramlington, Northumberland

Salary/Shift Allowance: Circa £28,250 (includes 25% shift allowance) with step progression

Hours: 40 hours per week, working on a 12 hour shift pattern

When applying, please can you confirm whether you would be prepared to have an initial contract with a recruitment agency for a period of 12 weeks.

What we can offer:

• Attractive salary package / Bonus opportunity
• 25 days annual leave plus usual bank holidays (pro rated to your shift pattern)
• Optional Private Medical Insurance
• Pension with up to 10% Employer contributions
• Life assurance 4 x basic salary
• Employee Assistance scheme including life & legal advice. 
• Free on site Parking
• Subsidised Hot/cold food Canteen
• Structured learning and development / Mentoring program
• International environment 
• Events such as International Women’s Day, Earth Day, etc.
• A growing, and welcoming team with a good spirit!

*We are very proud to confirm that we are a Better Health at Work - Gold award Employer*

We have an exciting opportunity for a Production Operator at our factory in Cramlington, to join our Operations Team. 

The purpose of the role is to make certain that the Cramlington Site is satisfying its internal and external customers through the following:

Undertaking a variety of production tasks which could include the operation of paper slitting machinery/automated packing line, picking and returning material from stock and inventory control, packing and fork-truck driving. Working as part of a team, the Production Operator will be required to support and contribute towards the drive for continuous improvement and support departmental improvement initiatives encompassing People; Safety; Quality; Service & Cost. 

Your mission

• Make safety number one priority at all times
• Ensure 100% support of Behavioural Safety Programme and active support across the shift
• Be an effective member of the Team in line with business goals via daily supervision and the application of the Avery Dennison GPS process
• Demonstrate excellent teamwork with counterparts on other shifts and other key contacts within the Plant and Avery Dennison organisation
• Support and drive continuous improvement initiatives across the shift in line with key quality targets i.e. Quality Index; Customer Complaints; Quality Audit Schedules
• Work closely with Process Engineering and Quality department to identify and address main drivers affecting quality and implement solutions
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to drive key service metrics i.e. flexibility; reliability; volume flexibility
• Work closely with Engineering to ensure effective support and maintenance around critical production assets

Qualifications

• Strong team player
• Effective communicator
• Results driven and willing to take initiatives
• High level of safety awareness – i.e. Demonstrated competencies in Risk Assessment; Permit to work and the Avery Dennison Behavioural Safety Programme preferred
• Strong analytical skills/problem solving abilities
• Computer literate essential
• High degree of commitment, values and integrity
• Able to demonstrate track record of delivering results in line with business goals
• Experience of working within a process operation environment
• Computer literate essential
• High degree of commitment, values and integrity
• Able to demonstrate track record of delivering results in line with business goals
• Experience of working within a process operation environment

Additional Information

At Avery Dennison we are committed to fostering an environment of inclusion as an integral part of the employee experience.

We're committed to workplace diversity because it’s the right thing to do – both for employees and for the business. We create a more inclusive workplace where every employee has an opportunity to be and do their very best.

So whatever your race, sexuality, disability, religion, gender or even non-gender, we recognise and celebrate your differences.

Every voice. Every day