As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller’s (NYSE: FUL) innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day. Founded in 1887, with 2023 revenue of $3.5 billion, our mission to Connect What Matters is brought to life by more than 7,000 global team members who collaborate with customers across more than 30 market segments in over 140 countries to develop highly specified solutions that enable customers to bring world-changing innovations to their end markets.
Objective of Role:
Decant adhesives and coatings using a variety of filling equipment, and pack into assorted packaging.
Key Accountabilities:
1. Always ensuring the correct PPE is used including gloves, masks, safety shoes, eye protection etc
2. Setting up and running a variety of decanting stations in SDA and SDA Flam including:IBC and drum changes (removing connectors, safely draining pipes and re-connecting next IBC etc.)Scales to ensure correct weight controlCorrect pump speeds
3. Labelling containers and pallets as required by the product specification
4. Understanding and implementing production documentation including production works orders, bills of materials, pack codes, single point lessons, labelling requirements
5. Calculating fill weights considering the specific gravity of bulk material
6. Packing cartons, pallet boxes and pallets according to production works order specifications
7. Be able to handle (pack, stack, palletise etc) safely containers weighing a minimum of 8kg and up to 20kg
8. Cleaning down carefully and thoroughly all production equipment including scales at the end of production run or shift
9. Maximising productivity from all process equipment by minimising downtime and waste
10. Ensuring that production works orders are completed according to the standard time and production plan
11. Monitoring, controlling, and recording information on paper and electronic systems including calculating run times and quantities per hour, shift etc.
12. Be able to use lifting and handling equipment including drum changers and pallet trucks (hand and powered)
13. Wrap, strap, and band pallets in accordance with specifications manually or using wrapping and banding equipment
14. Contributing to continuous improvement projects
15. Understanding the Kanban system for packaging inventory and re-ordering
16. Be able to perform quality inspections on finished products
17. Knowledge and understanding of the safety requirements in an ATEX (flammable) product environments
18. Maintain an excellent standard of housekeeping during production and at the end of shift
Knowledge & Qualifications:
19. Must have good basic mathematics i.e. addition, multiplication, division, working out percentages etc
20. Must have good English comprehension to be able to interpret and follow process and safety instructions precisely
21. Competent and confident in using automated filling equipment
22. FLT licence is preferred also but not essential
23. The ability to manually lift, place and stack containers weighing a minimum of 8kg for the duration of a shift is a minimum requirement for this role. Some manual handling tasks require up to 20kg’s being lifted
Behaviours:
24. Work in accordance with the core values of the company, namely, Safety, Care and Trust
25. Ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines to meet customer expectations
26. Committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of yourself, co-workers and the environment
27. Dependability, takes personal ownership of all aspects of the job role
28. Promotes team spirit and morale with a positive can-do attitude, even in difficult situations
29. Committed to achieving excellence in both quality and efficiency
30. Punctual
31. Willing to learn new systems and new technology
32. Ability to use own initiative
33. Works well with others
34. Works well on single operator stations