Senior UV Flexographic Printer - Labels - Relocation package available

We wish to appoint an experienced Senior UV Flexographic Printer at our Burntwood (Staffordshire) manufacturing site to accelerate our journey towards our vision of becoming a world class manufacturer of labels.

BENEFITS Below are just some of our benefits on offer:

• Competitive base salary + Relocation package
• Company-wide profit related bonus scheme (paid 6-monthly)
• Attractive unsociable hours payments
• Modern, professional working environment
• Employee Assistance Programme including 24/7 GP helpline for you & your family
• Contributory Company Pension scheme
• Occupational Sick Pay
• Complimentary car cleaning vouchers
• Valuable internal and external training via Mercian Academy, qualifications and development
• 28 days holiday with additional long service holiday awards + holiday trading
• Convenient location with free, secure car parking
• Career Break Policy
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Group Life Assurance Policy

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a highly motivated printer who is comfortable working full-time hours on a 24/5 Mon-Fri three shift rotation (including nights and 12 hr shifts). You must have a keen eye for detail with solid experience of manufacturing high quality products.

KEY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Many years experience working on servo-driven narrow web UV flexo presses is essential.
• Ideal candidate will have experience with combination printing - including flexo, digital inkjet, variable data, peel and reveal, rotary screen, cross over, turn bar, de/re-lamination, cold foild, piggy back and linerless.
• The ability to work and concentrate under pressure in a high volume factory is essential.
• Relating to our core company values of Quality, Commitment, Teamwork and Honesty is essential.
• Previous experience with variable data and/or premium embellishments is desirable.
• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective lean manufacture of goods is desirable.

Reporting to the Production Manager, you will work alongside our existing printers producing high quality labels. You will be an in-house process champion with a proven track record of world class performance, leading change projects and bringing incremental improvements to the process area.

Continuous improvement is a core part of our culture and you will thrive on finding ways to Kaizan you and your team’s performance. You will be encouraged to bring innovations by attending professional development events.

Mercian Labels is at the top of its game, an independently owned multi-award winning full-service label manufacturing business with strong brand recognition for excellence. Our vision is to become a world class manufacturer of labels and we are passionate about delivering 'Speed & Service’ to our customers.

Growing nationwide in a variety of segments including food (BRC AA), beverage, chemicals, variable data, tamper evidence, smart indicators, expanded content labelling, flexible packaging and more, we operate from a flagship factory in Staffordshire. We are the UK market leader in high volume variable data barcode labels with an enviable reputation for data integrity in demanding medical and retail markets.

In recent years we have invested millions in the latest digital and 8+ colour UV flexo technology, colour management, prepress workflows, ERP systems, IT, manufacturing facilities, but most of all our people! We are a people based business with high standards, passionate about increasing our 'value added’ to customers through automation and continuous improvement in manufacturing productivity.

High quality products are a given, and we are proud of our relentless focus on high OTIF performance day in, day out to keep our customers happy. We recognise we can only achieve our vision with the right people in our team.

If you feel you have what it takes to fulfill this role and have the genuine desire and drive to contribute to a journey towards being world class, please send us a covering letter and an up to date CV stating your current salary and / or salary expectations.