Job Description

In the course of a vacancy, we are offering the following 2 positions within the Papermaking Department of WEPA UK as Papermaking Operator (PMO).

Your responsibilities:

• Adhere to health and safety policies, procedures, and safe systems of work, including the use of PPE and reporting near misses.

• Ensure compliance with quality procedures to maintain product standards.

• Assist the PM Lead in the safe and efficient operation of the paper machine.

• Operate and monitor the papermaking process from Wet End to Reel End, including auxiliary systems.

• Perform blade changes, reel dressing, reel changes, core loading, and housekeeping activities.

• Conduct Wet End daily testing requirements and support product quality testing.

• Ensure correct product quality data is recorded and maintained.

• Support delivery of the production plan by ensuring timely and accurate machine bookings within the system.

• Monitor and manage machine efficiency (ME), sheet breaks, and waste levels.

• Providing accurate and complete information to the incoming shift through shift handover is key to the role

• Support EAM maintenance routines completion and assist with operational checks.

Your profile:

• Experience operating industrial production machinery, ideally within papermaking or continuous manufacturing environments.

• Strong understanding of machine efficiency, downtime management, and production processes.

• Ability to monitor and maintain product quality specifications.

• Good organisational skills with the ability to manage production bookings and reporting accurately.

• Strong problem-solving ability and a practical, hands-on approach to operational challenges.

• Work Ethic: Ability to work under pressure, prioritise tasks, and maintain a positive, proactive attitude.

• Commitment to health, safety, quality, and environmental standards.

• Good communication skills to support effective shift handovers and team coordination.

• Ownership & Flexibility: A sense of responsibility with a flexible approach to meet operational demands.

We offer:

Our employees are an important key to our success. We offer you a responsible and varied job with sufficient freedom to work independently in an open and communicative team. Deadline for all applications is Friday 22nd May 2026.