About this Supervisor Lamination (Machine Operator) role at Huhtamaki
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.
Key Performance Areas (KPIs)
Operate and monitor solvent-based and solvent-less lamination machines, including unwinder, adhesive coating/metering system, laminating/nip stations, drying oven, curing system, rewinder and associated equipment.
- Set and control critical process parameters such as adhesive mix ratio, coating weight, adhesive temperature, roller pressure, line speed, web tension, oven temperature, solvent concentration and curing conditions.
- Ensure correct selection and handling of adhesive, hardener, solvent, substrates and other materials as per approved job card, recipe and specifications.
- Carry out machine start-up, changeover, shutdown, cleaning and product/adhesive changeover as per SOP.
- Monitor laminate quality for bond strength, coating weight, appearance, wrinkles, air entrapment, tunnelling, delamination, edge sticking, web shifting, blocking and winding quality.
- Ensure proper adhesive mixing ratio and viscosity control and monitor adhesive consumption against standards.
- Perform in-process quality checks and immediately highlight any deviation to the Quality and Production teams.
- Maintain required OEE, productivity, line speed and wastage targets while ensuring consistent product quality.
- Identify process abnormalities and take appropriate corrective actions to minimize wastage, rejection, rework and downtime.
- Carry out first-level troubleshooting and coordinate with Maintenance, Quality, Process/Technical and Planning teams for machine and process-related issues.
- Maintain accurate records of production, wastage, downtime, adhesive consumption, solvent consumption and process parameters in ERP/system and production documents.
- Follow all SOPs, work instructions, quality standards, safety procedures, PPE requirements and 5S practices, particularly while handling solvents and chemicals.
- Identify opportunities for wastage reduction, adhesive/solvent consumption reduction, productivity improvement and process optimization.
- Provide effective shift handover, including production status, machine condition, quality concerns, process deviations and pending actions.
- Guide and support junior operators/helpers in machine operation, process control, quality requirements and safe working practices.
Qualification
ITI, Diploma, or Graduate
Experience
Minimum 3 years of experience operating Lamination machines solvent less , solvent base machines
Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet.
