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Shift Mechanic

Location: 

Cumbria, GB

Department:  Operations/Production/Manufacturing
Full-time or Part-time:  Full-Time
Job Type:  Employee
Shift:  On site

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Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

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Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home- and personal-care, and other products. Amcor works with leading companies around the world to protect their products and the people who rely on them, differentiate brands, and improve value chains through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons, closures, and services. The company is focused on making packaging that is increasingly light-weighted, recyclable and reusable, and made using a rising amount of recycled content. The company employees around 75,000 Amcor people worldwide, operating in 40-plus countries, across a span of 400 locations.
A vacancy has arisen at Amcor Flexibles Cumbria site, for a Shift Mechanic, reporting to the Mechanical Lead.  This vacancy is being advertised internally and externally. 

The role-holder will work on a continuous shift pattern, as part of a maintenance team providing 24hour, 7-day breakdown services, on the Cumbria site. The role holder will work within a team of co-workers who will focus on pro-active maintenance. This will help reduce engineering downtime and improve overall productivity. There will be a requirement to work alone on small tasks, as well as working within a team on larger scale activities with predetermined teams. 
A self-driven and motivated individual is required. This positive attitude with provide the foundations to work with and understand the diverse equipment in use.
The role holder will possess the capability to grow the role, and it is anticipated that sustained successful delivery within this role will lead to further opportunities within the Amcor organisation.
Responsibilities will include:
Onsite maintenance and engineering support for site assets to ensure OEE is maximised
Working on planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules
Completing planned maintenance tasks
Prioritising workload
Working in a positive manner and is open to a new tasks and challenges
Fully utilise Stock control systems including input, management and improvement activities associated within.
Training and development of co-workers as required i.e. apprentices and other maintenance department staff
Engineering Maintenance and fault finding on advanced industrial machinery; including, but not limited to, printing presses and blown film extrusion lines.
Ensuring all work is carried out in a safe and compliant manner.
Working on a shift pattern, as part of a maintenance team providing 24hour, 7-day breakdown services for a busy manufacturing site.
Ability to use CMMS system for maintenance purposes.

Qualifications / requirements:
•    Time served Industrial Mechanical Technician
•    Experience in an Industrial engineering environment
•    ONC / HNC in Mechanical Engineering
•    Knowledge of PUWER regulations
•    Lifting and slinging
•    MEWP & forklift tuck licence (desirable)
•    IOSH Working Safely (desirable
Job Specific Technical Requirements
•    Engineering knowledge of printing presses and blown film extrusion lines;(desirable but not essential)
•    Understanding of Continuous Improvement / Operational Excellence tools and techniques

About Amcor
Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.
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