Who We Are
On July 1, 2025, IPL Plastics merged with Schoeller Allibert to form IPL Schoeller, the company. 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 approximately 4,100 employees across North America (1,600) and Europe (2,500).
The Role
Our site in Wolverhampton is seeking a Shift Technician to work on continentals, on a permanent basis with two days and two nights. The Technician will work as part of a team and be responsible for assisting production‑trained staff to ensure the machinery runs efficiently while producing quality goods fit for purpose. The Technician will learn new skills to eventually perform tasks under limited supervision at the same high standard. Work will be on a four‑on, four‑off schedule, with day shifts from 06:45 – 19:00 and night shifts from 18:45 – 07:00.
As a Shift Technician at IPL Wolverhampton you will
- Apply knowledge gained of setting, processing, and running blow moulding machines, progressing through a challenging training plan.
- Perform day‑to‑day general remedial work, including repair of plant, equipment, and machinery, and replacement of consumable machine parts.
- Attend simple breakdowns and conduct remedial action for internal NCRs (non‑conformances).
- Assist and learn calibration and repair techniques for machines and ancillary equipment.
- Escalate electrical and complex breakdowns to the engineering team.
- Help maintain the production areas to a high standard.
- Ensure all necessary documentation is updated and produced in a timely manner.
- Cross‑train for key production roles such as production support, material handling, warehouse, and quality control.
- Provide ad hoc shift cover, sometimes at short notice, for key roles such as Shift Technicians (material handling, warehouse, and QC, if trained).
- Ensure that company production KPIs and labour benchmarks are achieved.
- Escalate any quality concerns or machine issues to relevant staff via raising non‑conformances or confidential reporting when necessary.
What you will bring to the role
- Health and safety compliance.
- Proactive and results‑focused attitude.
- Openness to change.
- Drive for results.
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