Pet Technician

**Job Description**:
**About the Company**:
Alto is a subsidiary of the multinational PACT Group and one of New Zealand’s leading rigid plastic packaging companies. We have three divisions that work as one across the circular economy and Alto Packaging Ltd falls under the Pact Packaging division which converts primarily plastic resin into packaging and related products that service customers in the food, dairy, beverage, nutraceutical, household and personal care, chemical, agricultural, industrial and other sectors. We are passionate about innovation and constantly expanding our diverse product portfolio across a variety of packaging and product substrates and expertise. Our objective is to deliver customers the best possible sustainable packaging and supply chain solutions.

**About the Role**:
We’re looking for a mechanically minded person to work as part of the operational team, providing PET specific technical services. The role is about ensuring the efficient running of the production machinery and ensuring the process has the capability to meet all facets of the customer’s requirements in a manner that does not compromise the safety of the team members.

**This role is afternoon shift, 3.00pm - 11.00pm, Monday to Friday at our Henderson site. Reporting to Team leader/Shift supervisor.**

**Key responsibilities include**:
**OH&S Responsibilities**:

- Participate in any risk management process as outlined by the company.
- Responsible for completing a “Hazard Identification report” for occupational health & safety issues that may cause an accident/incident and reporting to Team leader or Safety Committee Member.
- Responsible for reporting any injuries that may be sustained.
- Responsible for taking reasonable care to avoid injuries.

**General Responsibilities**:

- Assist the Team leader in maintaining production quality and output to specified standards.
- Assist the Team leader in ensuring that products are manufactured and packed in accordance with specifications.
- Conducts machine setting changes to ensure quality and efficiency meet specifications and efficiency targets.
- Address processing concerns identified by QC checks
- Ensure all machines are in a well-maintained condition and routine machine checks are carried out
- Clean up any spillage around machine.
- Ensure bags of regrind and any material left over from jobs are closed, clearly identified and labelled.
- Troubleshoot machine when a problem needs rectifying.
- Cleaning extrusion heads when instructed.
- Follow policies and procedures implemented by the company and as per Induction Handbook
- Other duties as instructed by the Team leader, which are deemed to be an appropriate part of the daily responsibilities, etc.

**Qualifications**

**Your skills and experience**

To be successful in this role, you’ll have:

- 5 Years minimum experience as a Blow moulding Operator/Technician.
- Metal or Electrical trade qualification would be an advantage.
- Forklift license would be an advantage

**In return we offer**:

- A workplace that focuses on Zero Harm
- Supportive leadership
- Competitive wage rate based on experience
- Discounted health insurance premiums through Southern Cross

**About us**

Our vision is to lead the circular economy through packaging, reuse and recycling solutions. It’s a future-driven group commitment, designed to create lasting value.

We’re the largest plastics recycler in Australia and New Zealand and one of the region’s biggest user of recycled materials. We have 6,000+ team members, operate 110 manufacturing facilities across 15 countries, and our customers include some of the world’s largest brands that consumers know and trust.

As a global leader in circular and sustainable packaging solutions, we’ve committed to lead the circular economy through a $500 million investment plan.

For us, it’s about finding new and better ways of doing things. Ways to grow business, to give back to the environment and to enrich people’s lives every day.

Our promise is to create a better and more prosperous world all round.

That’s our future Pact. Let’s lead the way together.