Job Description

What we offer:
#INDLP
The only way to truly know the benefits of this culture is to experience it as an EMR employee, but some examples of the support we offer include:
• Competitive pay rates and a bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus the option to buy or sell leave
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Employee support, including life assurance and critical illness pay
• Wellbeing Scheme, giving every colleague – and their dependents – unlimited access to GPs and counselling, as well as cash back on a wide range of health and wellbeing treatments
• 24/7 anonymous access to advice on any aspect of health and wellbeing
• Financial wellbeing support, including access to affordable loans, savings plans, advanced earned pay and financial education
• Savings on online purchases from retailers and utilities to entertainment and beyond
• Cycle 2 work scheme

We’re proud to have achieved Great Place To Work status for three years running - and to be recognised among the UK's Best Workplaces in Manufacturing, Production & Transportation.
But it's about so much more than badges to us, it's about being recognised by our people for the continuous work we do to do better for them.

About Our Opportunity:
Are you looking to have a sustainable career? Whilst truly making the world better, fairer and greener for the next generation.
This role is bursting with opportunity for the right person. As an Operator Maintainer, you will develop fundamental knowledge, skills and expertise throughout your career. We will support you with all the training you need to be successful such as upskilling you to operate & maintain our plant. So, with the right attitude this will give you the opportunity to progress with your career.
Our team is growing; this means we will be introducing a new shift pattern in the coming months and you would be joining the EMR Middlesbrough team at an exciting time. The current role details are:
Current Shift Pattern: The role covers a 3-shift rotation working Monday to Friday conducting the 8- hour shift patterns below:
Mornings: 0600 – 1430
Nights: 2200 – 0630
Afternoons: 1400 - 2230
Overtime is available on a weekend at the discretion of the management team.
Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays (6.6 weeks)
Average hours per week: 40

The new shift pattern is expected to start no later than July 1st 2026, once this starts the role details will be:
Shift Pattern: Panama shift pattern (week one: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, week two: Wednesday & Thursday) rotating between days to nights. Hours are 0800-2030 (days) - 2000-0830 (nights).
Holidays: 17.5 days a year plus bank holidays (6.6 weeks)
Average hours per week: 42

What You Will Be Doing:
This role has a variety of responsibilities to keep you busy throughout the day. Key responsibilities and duties are listed below.
• Operating machinery and equipment when trained, including start-ups, shutdowns and maintaining operations at the agreed level, maximising productivity
• Conducting appropriate checks on machinery/equipment, including but not limited to pre-start-up check sheets, pre-production checks, mid-production checks, post production and random checks. Reporting any faults/hazards/defects immediately to your shift Manager/Supervisor
• Always acting safely and responsibly, carrying out your duties to the best of your ability.
• Following all procedures and complying with company SOPs / safe working practices.
• Carrying out Total Preventative Maintenance activities on machinery and equipment used, (only when trained).
• Clean down of machinery/equipment and protect the plant from damage by foreign objects / items not intended for processing.
• Carrying out all general work and housekeeping duties as defined by management / Supervision.
• Operating company vehicles, including front loaders, FLTs (Counterbalance & Reach), 360 material handlers, scissor lifts, telehandlers and pallet trucks (only when licenced and trained to do so).
• Following instructions from your Line Manager, Supervisor or Team Leader in a timely and cooperate manner
• Working as part of a team, assisting fellow work colleagues and working together with other teams and departments to ensure that overall business objectives and targets are reached
• Taking a proactive stance on Site health and safety. Ensuring the health and safety of yourself and others, including any visitors and contractors.
• Willingness & flexibility to perform other tasks and duties that are not ‘usually’ performed day to day, required for business reasons

About You:
Personal requirements for the role:
• Team player with ‘can do’ attitude
• Experience using hand tools & power tools
• Hands on with a good work ethic
• Proactive in your approach to work
• Punctual & reliable
• Keen & enthusiastic
• Physically fit
• Forklift truck experience (in-date license desirable)
• Manufacturing/process experience (desirable)
If you feel you meet the above requirements, and you enjoy working in a motivated, team orientated industrial environment. Then this role will be right up your street!

Who we are:

Our purpose is to create a future where the materials we use don’t need to be extracted from the planet.’

At EMR, we give new life to unwanted materials. Every year, we recycle 10 million tonnes of metals and plastics, saving 19 million tonnes of carbon from entering the Earth’s atmosphere, diverting waste from landfill and protecting resources and habitats.
We couldn’t do any of this without our team members. In return for all they do, we do everything we can to create an environment of belonging, value, support and growth.
We’re proud to have achieved Great Place To Work status, but it’s about so much more than a badge. It’s about being recognised by our people for the continuous work we do to do better for them:

‘The people who work here are from varied backgrounds and have a variety of beliefs, all of which are accepted and respected.’
‘I’m encouraged to keep a healthy work-life balance so that I can be performing at my best.’
‘I’ve been supported every step of the way in my career progression.’
‘‘EMR offers a fantastic and inclusive environment; collaboration across the whole business, humility and hard work.’

We couldn’t do any of this without our team members. In return for all they do, we do everything we can to create an environment of belonging, value, support and growth, underpinned by our Company values of We Care and We Do.
• We Care
◦ Integrity – our people are Respectful and Honest
◦ Trust – our people are Collaborative and Genuine
• We Do
◦ Accountable – our people are Determined and Responsible
◦ Innovative – our people have a Growth Mind-set and are Progressive
If you want to be part of something bigger than yourself, have a role that really makes a difference and work with likeminded people towards the same purpose, click the link to apply.

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