Kerrie Latham, HR Manager | bpi

The bpi division sits within the Engineered Materials Division of Berry Global Inc. a US listed company with an annual turnover of around $13bn and over 40,000 employees.

The bpi division has manufacturing sites across the UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland and Romania.

Berry Leominster is a polythene extrusion plant which manufactures agricultural films.

The business is currently recruiting for Extrusion Operators working 12 hours shifts on a 2 days / 2 nights rota basis.

Skills and Experience

Experience in the operation of polythene extrusion equipment

Experience of working in a manufacturing environment (min 2 years experience) training will be given

Good team working and communication

Positive and pro-active attitude

Be able to work unsupervised and using own initiative

Ability to handle multiple priorities to ensure deadlines are met

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Working safe in accordance with site procedures and safe systems of work
• Reporting all hazards and act on them accordingly
• Housekeeping on all extrusion lines, recycling units and packing automation
• Monitor of product quality and ensure all quality checks and testing is carried out in line with specifications
• Monitor and manage line output rates, utilisation, scrap levels against plan/targets on each line
• Operate extrusion machinery and monitor and manage recycling equipment on each unit
• Ensure accurate data is recorded and inputted correctly
• Ensure a good handover of information to the incoming operator