Extrusion Lamination Team Leader

Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet 

We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We’re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki.

You could be part of our vision. Because it’s our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It’s every one of us working together.

We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together.

• Work as first line machine operator and monitor the Tandem Extrusion Lamination machine, including extruders, unwinder, laminating/nip stations, chillers, winding and associated systems.
• Set and control critical process parameters such as extruder temperature, melt temperature, pressure, screw RPM, line speed, coating weight, nip pressure, corona treatment and web tension.
• Ensure correct resin, additives, substrate and adhesive/material specifications as per job card and approved recipe.
• Carry out machine start-up, changeover, shutdown and grade/product changeover as per SOP.
• Monitor laminate quality for bond strength, coating weight, appearance, wrinkles, air entrapment, tunnelling, delamination, gauge variation, edge build-up and winding quality.
• Maintain required OEE, productivity, wastage and line-speed targets while ensuring product quality.
• Identify process abnormalities and take immediate corrective action to minimize breakdowns, defects, rework and wastage.
• Conduct first-level troubleshooting of machine/process-related issues and coordinate with Maintenance, Quality, Production Planning and Process/Technical teams when required.
• Ensure accurate recording of production quantity, wastage, downtime, process parameters and material consumption in ERP/system and relevant production records.
• Follow approved SOPs, work instructions, quality standards, safety procedures and 5S requirements.
• Ensure proper handling and reconciliation of resins, substrates, cores and other production materials.
• Participate in RCA, 5-Why, CAPA, Kaizen and continuous improvement activities to reduce wastage and improve machine efficiency.
• Maintain housekeeping around the machine and ensure safe working conditions at all times.
• Communicate shift-wise production status, machine abnormalities, quality issues and pending actions during shift handover.
• QualificationITI, Diploma, or Graduate
• .ExperienceMinimum 8 years of experience operating Extrusion lamination machines mainly tandem machine