Technical Operator

Technical Operator

City: Belle Mead

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.

​Supply​

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

As a Technical Operator you will be responsible for maintaining, operating and improving equipment to meet key operational targets in safety, quality, productivity, cost and delivery. For this role, solid engineering knowledge (typically apprenticeship-trained) will help you to work within an autonomous team where you will follow production standards, focus on continuous improvement and demonstrate strong analytical and coaching skills. Acting as an owner of a packing line, you will often lead a small team of 3–5 operators to drive KPI delivery and optimise line efficiency.

Your responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, repair and improve lines to deliver the production plan at maximum efficiency and quality.

• Lead daily performance reviews and ensure timely corrective actions, ensuring that all team members are fully trained to required standards.

• Coordinate operator activities to optimise skills and resources.

• Plan, resource and continuously improve changeovers to minimise waste and meet area targets.

• Drive ongoing improvement of team performance and equipment reliability.

• Plan and lead maintenance tasks ensuring repair activities are logged in CMMS and completion of autonomous and planned maintenance is actioned.

• Lead breakdown response and coordinate engineering activities.

• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventative actions.

• Escalate line stoppages or prolonged breakdowns according to timelines.

The experience we're looking for

• Experience with high‑speed packaging lines in FMCG, food, chemical, or pharmaceutical environments is required

• Time‑served engineer with mechanical and/or electrical training with strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills

• Strong knowledge of engineering practices, GMP, and KPI‑driven operations

• Ability to balance operational responsibilities with performance optimization

• Drives continuous improvement using CI tools and problem‑solving approache

The skills for success

• Analytical skills with drive to implement improvements

• Planning and organisational skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Problem solving skills, with an ability to see potential problems early and build in suitable contingencies Excellent team working and team building skills

• Basic computer proficiency

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.

Nearest Major Market: New Jersey

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