Manufacturing Technician

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We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

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Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

The Manufacturing Technician is a critical step in the development towards more senior operations roles. This role is responsible for operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting manufacturing equipment to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality production. The position supports continuous improvement, preventive maintenance, and compliance with safety, quality, and GMP standards while helping meet production and customer service objectives.

Your responsibilities

• Perform root cause analysis, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and equipment repairs to minimize downtime.
• Complete changeovers, maintain accurate maintenance records, and support continuous improvement initiatives to optimize line performance.

• Follow all safety policies and procedures, including PPE, HAZCOM, LOTO, machine guarding, and emergency response requirements.
• Report unsafe conditions, participate in safety audits and meetings, and support environmental, health, and safety objectives.

• Follow production documentation, work instructions, control plans, and GMP guidelines to ensure product quality and minimize waste.

The experience we're looking for

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum 1 year of manufacturing experience.
• Ability to operate packaging lines and related equipment, including startup, shutdown, manual operations, and jam clearing.
• Experience with changeovers, washouts, preventive maintenance, basic troubleshooting, and equipment adjustments to maximize uptime.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, initiative, and ability to manage work independently.
• Proficient in using electronic devices for data entry and reporting.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Willingness to work overtime, including weekends, as needed.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and industrial safety procedures.

The skills for success

• Ability to work a standard 40-hour workweek, with overtime and weekend work as needed.
• Ability to stand, walk, climb stairs, and perform frequent reaching, bending, twisting, and lifting up to 25 lbs.
• Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment with typical factory noise and temperature conditions.
• Consistently follow PPE requirements and all workplace safety standards.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

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 feels 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.