Process Technician

We are recruiting for a permanent Process Technician for our Banbury based client. Your role will be to optimise and maintain the safe and efficient operation of mould production processes to ensure consistent quality and on-time delivery. Working closely with tool changers, production teams, and support functions, the role focuses on identifying process inefficiencies and proposing improvements to enhance plant performance. It promotes a collaborative, team-based environment, ensures accurate and timely administration, and provides technical expertise to support continuous improvement. The role also involves leading the tool change team with a right-first-time approach, aligning with production priorities and plans, setting up new processes for new or first-time tooling, and driving SMED activities to reduce tool change times.

As a Process Technician, you will need to have/be:

• An understanding of injection mould tools and how they work
• Good team worker
• Self-motivated and focussed, with a 'hands on' flexible attitude
• Ability to work under pressure on own initiative
• Strong attention span with a good eye for detail
• Able to follow formal procedures
• Manual dexterity
• Good communication skills
• 5+ years processing and a good knowledge of cascade injection
• Good literacy & numeracy skills
• Good analytical skills.
• MAFACT processes and principals (internal training).
• must be able to work using their own initiative, and be able to liaise with other functions and departments at all levels within the company.
• Ability to identify different colours of products (i.e. Ishihara).

Details:

• Salary: £47, 000
• Working Hours: 40 hours per week, 3 shift rotation
  • Monday to Friday 7.00am - 3.00pm
  • Monday to Friday 3.00pm - 11.00pm
  • Sunday to Thursday 11.00pm - 7.00am
• Location: Banbury (fully onsite)
• Duration: Permanent

Role of Process Technician:

• Lead and motivate the tool change team, promoting a right-first-time and continuous improvement culture
• Ensure a safe, healthy, and compliant working environment at all times
• Optimise existing production processes to achieve best-in-class cycle times, quality, and reliability
• Identify and support opportunities to improve current equipment or introduce new equipment to enhance manufacturing processes
• Drive improvements in housekeeping through effective, standardised processes
• Carry out random audits of the tool change process to ensure standard practices are followed, including checks for oil and water leaks, cycle times, and water flow
• Support and advise production start-ups where issues or deviations arise
• Accurately record all process changes on log sheets to ensure full traceability and support ongoing analysis
• Support the "three deviation" rule and participate in validation activities
• Support lock-out processes for optimised systems (e.g. EOAT and robot programmes), ensuring root causes are addressed rather than short-term fixes
• Conduct and support risk assessments in line with company and legislative requirements
• Support and participate in trials for new product ranges and processes
• Maintain documented evidence of process trials to validate and standardise optimised processes
• Review the system to identify processes requiring assessment or improvement
• Update, publish, and maintain process standard conditions as required
• Attend toolmaker trials and internal meetings to review tooling plans, progress, and performance as required

Benefits of working as a Process Technician:

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Share scheme
• Employee assist program
• Free on-site parking
• Pension scheme
• Workwear
• Company Share Participation Scheme