We’re the UK’s leading manufacturer of decorative surfaces and laminate worktops, making more than 100,000 each month. Based in Shildon, County Durham, we’ve been going since the early nineties, but our history goes much farther back.

We’re proudly part of Wilsonart Engineered Surfaces, driven by a mission to create surfaces people love, with service they can count on, delivered by people who care.

Together we’ve enjoyed 60 years of innovation, design and production of beautiful surfaces with no intention of slowing down. Wilsonart Engineered Surfaces was grown from a little company called Ralph Wilson Plastics founded in Temple, Texas, USA in 1956. The rest, as they say, is history.

Principal Purpose

To ensure products of the highest standards are manufactured on time and to cost whilst ensuring that all quality and H&S requirements are adhered to.

As a team member the role is expected to positively engage, constructively contribute and support the successful conclusion of lean sigma projects

Principal Elements

• Professionally represent Wilsonart and its activities to external customers, suppliers, regulators and third parties.

• Follow, understand and comply with all relevant Wilsonart policies and quality system procedures and practices. • Contribute to the implementation of continual improvement processes within Wilsonart and undertake actions to satisfy internal and external customers.

• Work effectively with colleagues to participate and contribute to the successful completion of both personal, team and business goals/objectives.

• Ensure that all duties are performed in accordance with prescribed policies and procedures with due consideration to health, safety and environmental risk, for yourself and others.

• To work with relevant/required departments to ensure all activities are planned and agreed to meet timescales and customer demand

• To continuously look to develop and improve the packaging operations and controlling procedures through discussion and pre-agreement with relevant team leaders to ensure quality, efficiency and costs are optimised.

• Active role in Kaizen Teams and continuous improvement processes.

Skills and Experience

• A thorough and complete understanding of the product, the post former and supporting processes and procedures, which control these activities, to ensure reproducibility of products with effective problem solving, setting and awareness of correction needs.

• Factory based wood machining background is preferred but not essential • Operator level skills of worktops or similar products from blank to finished product.

• Lock out procedures, Tooling changes and set up of tooling/equipment to required standards, safely and with minimum disruption (smed approach). Qualification: (Minimum)

• Full training will be given Experience:

• Factory environment experience

• Understanding and be able to follow work instructions (SOP’s) COSHH and risk assessments. 

Key Challenges

• To achieve the requirements of the production schedule in any given BU to allow for 100% customer service in conjunction with quality and H&S demands. Key Attributes 2

• An ability to forward think and problem solve by learning and understanding of any BU process, equipment and the products use.

Knowledge of:

• A thorough and complete understanding of the product, the packaging process and associated procedures, which control these activities, to ensure reproducibility of products with effective problem solving and time management.

• Awareness, knowledge & understanding of lean improvement techniques is advantageous but not essential. • Actively participate in lean activities and processes.

Annual appraisals to be undertaken by the Manager and objectives set for the forthcoming year. The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation from time to time. Health and Safety All employees have a duty to take care of their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by specific actions at work. Employees must co-operate with the company on all aspects of Health and Safety to meet the legal requirements as outlined in the company H&S policy and procedures.

Manisha Mistry-Patel

Wilsonart Ltd | Lambton Street Industrial Estate, Shildon, County Durham, DL4 1PX |

Manisha.patel@bushboard.co.uk