Who We Are

On July 1, 2025, IPL Plastics merged with Schoeller Allibert to form IPL Schoeller (the ‘company’). The Company’s operations are split across North America (11 manufacturing plants) and Europe (16 manufacturing plants).

The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. IPL Schoeller is a leading manufacturer of sustainable rigid packaging solutions across a range of end market segments including returnable transit packaging, consumer and industrial packaging, environmental containers and agricultural packaging. The company employs c.4,100 employees across North America (1,600 employees) and Europe (2,500 employees.)

The role

A vacancy has arisen for a Process Technician to join the team at our Rotherham site (S61).

This is an integral role at the site with responsibility for ensuring that the injection moulding equipment on site is running correctly, meeting production efficiency targets and maintaining the required quality standards.

This is a full-time role (40 hours per week) working to a 3 week rotating pattern:

Days – 6.00am to 2.00pm

Nights – 10.00pm to 6.00am

Afters – 2.00pm to 10.00pm

Key responsibilities include:

· Install and start up moulds in accordance with SOPs and safe practices

· Complete colour, tool and plate changes working to SMED principles

· Ensure 'first off' products are produced to the required specification and ensure quality checks have been completed before clearing for production

· Investigate, diagnose and solve problems relating to the moulding process where performance is below the required level

· Liaise with other departments to ensure problems are resolved quickly

· Work alongside stakeholders other departments to ensure that skills and transferred across the Operations function to increase machine availability and drive improvements

· Support training and development of junior colleagues and production operators, ensuring knowledge transfer on equipment and basic maintenance

· Ensure clear shift handovers by effectively communicating key updates and actions

· Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, whereby you may carry out tasks outside of your core scope of day to day responsibility (e.g. CI projects, new product introductions, machine moves etc.)

About You

You will have:

· Ideally achieved an ONC qualification in an engineering discipline, following a time-served recognised apprenticeship.

· Injection Moulding qualification equivalent to IMT3 or above, with knowledge of large format moulding operations (Desirable)

· Sound application of IT systems and Microsoft packages.

· The ability to work as part of a team or on your own initiative in a fast-paced, prioritising your workload in a challenging environment.

· Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, to be comfortable interacting at all levels of the organisation.

What we can offer the right candidate

You can expect a competitive hourly rate with opportunities for overtime working.

Additional benefits include:

· 7% employer contribution pension scheme

· 25 days holiday, plus standard bank holidays (33 days in total)

· Life assurance benefit of four times your annual salary

· Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) from day one

· Monthly recognition scheme

We also host various events throughout the year, making sure that hard work is recognised and rewarded.

If you have the above experience and are looking for a role where you can make a real difference, apply today to find out more!