Technical Operator

About the role

As a Technical Operator you will be responsible for maintaining, operating and improving equipment to meet key operational targets in safety, quality, productivity, cost and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, repair and improve lines to deliver the production plan at maximum efficiency and quality.
• Lead daily performance reviews and ensure timely corrective actions, ensuring that all team members are fully trained to required standards.
• Cook up operator activities to optimise skills and resources.
• Plan, resource and continuously improve changeovers to minimise waste and meet area targets.
• Drive ongoing improvement of team performance and equipment reliability.
• Plan and lead maintenance tasks ensuring repair activities are logged in CMMS and completion of autonomous and planned maintenance is actioned.
• Lead breakdown response and coordinate engineering activities.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventative actions.
• Escalate line stoppages or prolonged breakdowns according to timelines.

Requirements

• Experience with high-speed packaging lines in FMCG, food, chemical, or pharmaceutical environments is required.
• Time-served engineer with mechanical and/or electrical training with strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills.
• Strong knowledge of engineering practices, GMP, and KPI-driven operations.
• Ability to balance operational responsibilities with performance optimization.
• Drives continuous improvement using CI tools and problem-solving approach.

Skills for Success

• Analytical skills with drive to implement improvements.
• Planning and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Problem solving skills, with an ability to see potential problems early and build in suitable contingencies.
• Excellent team working and team building skills.
• Basic computer proficiency.

What we offer

• Inclusion at the heart of everything we do, supporting our people at every step of their career journey.
• Investment in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally.
• A range of other benefits in line with the local market.
• Global share plans offering the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes.
• Short-term incentives to recognize, appreciate, and reward outstanding results.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feel like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.