Job Description

Wigan WN5 0LQ, UK
31,200 per annum + Excellent Benefits!
Permanent
Advertised on: 14/11/2025
SAICA UK are now recruiting for a Manufacturing Ink Team Leader!
Manufacturing Ink Team Leader - Days
Location: Wigan, Lancashire, WN5 0LQ.
Salary: 31,200 per annum + Excellent Benefits!
Contract: Full time, Permanent - Shift patterns detailed below
Benefits: Ongoing training and development, Funding for role specific professional qualifications, Banded salary grades to support progression, 19 Days holiday inclusive of Bank Holidays (11.5 hours days) plus annual Christmas shut down, Full uniform / PPE supplied, Discretionary bi-annual bonus scheme, Contributory pension scheme, Cycle to work scheme and Flu and eye test vouchers
Saica is one of the leading European players in the development and production of recycled paper for corrugated cardboard with a production of 2.5 million tons of paper.
With more than 10,000 employees across Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, UK, Ireland, Turkey, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and The USA, Saica Group has four business divisions: recycled paper production for corrugated cardboard (PAPER), recyclable materials recovery (NATUR), production of corrugated packaging (PACK) and flexible packaging (FLEX).
Sustainability at Saica begins with our values - we care, we value and we challenge.
Our Flex division produces a range of flexible plastic films, with our site in Wigan manufacturing products for major food retailers and suppliers.
We are now recruiting for a Manufacturing Ink Team Leader!
You will be responsible for ensuring that high quality of inks within the department are made and maintained and that your role is conducted in a safe and controlled manner in line with the required standards and operating procedures.
You will lead and support the ink team to achieve production and quality objectives, while understanding customer requirements for colour specifications and ensuring they are met to the highest possible standard.
You will be responsible for understanding the customer requirements for colour specification and ensuring that they are met to the highest possible standard.
Why Choose Us: By joining the Saica Group, you are choosing more than a job - you are choosing a purpose-driven career that aligns with your values. You will collaborate with like-minded individuals to shape a sustainable future, making a meaningful contribution to our world.
As our Manufacturing Ink Team Leader you will be responsible for:

• Work to site Health & Safety, Environmental and Quality standards (BRC, ISO, A2).
• Lead and support the ink team, providing training, guidance and performance feedback.
• Manage ink and solvent stock levels, including ordering and acting as deputy for the in-plant ink supplier.
• Key SAP user for the Ink department; maintain formulations and job data in Rexson.
• Produce inks to exact colour specifications, ensuring consistency, accuracy and 'right first time' standards.
• Coordinate with Printing, Quality and Planning teams to support efficient production flow and colour control.
• Oversee completion of job sheets, QC checks, traceability and correct labelling.
• Maintain a clean, safe workspace and follow lean/5S/SMED practices.
• Maximise use of press returns, ensure 24-36 hour ink supply, and manage IFS6/eXact/IQC systems.
• Support Printers with minor adjustments and update recipes, process controls and ink standards as needed.

In order to be successful in this role you must have / be:

• Forklift Truck licence essential (training provided).
• X-rite equipment trained and Rexson system software trained to a high level.
• Colour theory, colour matching and formulation knowledge.
• Knowledge of density and dot gain and opacity.
• Good understanding of continuous improvement techniques, e.g. lean & 5S
• Exposure to quality, health, safety and environmental standards and practices within a production setting

Interested? If you have a can-do, will-do approach to join a hardworking, dynamic, passionate, manufacturing team, please send your CV today.
No agencies please.

Skills Required