ABOUT US

Northwood is a family-owned group of associated companies that provide the manufacturing, supply and transportation of paper hygiene and wiping products for both the away-from-home and consumer market.
Our mission is to be the market-leading partner of choice in the away from home tissue industry. One of only a small handful of companies in the UK market that is fully vertically integrated; Northwood is involved at each point in the supply chain, from raw material supply, tissue and towel manufacturing, end-user product converting, storage and transportation.
Our remit is huge, with a portfolio of products covering two key systems brands, professional wiping, commodity, consumer paper and private label. We sell into a distribution network spanning the UK, Ireland and Europe, which in turn service markets such as healthcare, hospitality, hotels, engineering, janitorial, catering and education.
We are a highly successful, award-winning and ambitious business that has grown from a humble paper sales business to a market leader employing over 800 colleagues, across 11 sites in the UK and Spain.
We differentiate ourselves by excelling in product quality alongside market-leading service and sales support.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:

• You will be mechanically-minded with relevant skills, able to read and interpret engineer drawings, and take a problem-solving approach.
• We need you to be focused on continuous improvement and ongoing development, regarding production, maintenance, and our talented colleagues.
• You’ll be fully qualified in NVQ Level 3 or 4, or you’ll have attained a HNC/HND in Mechanical Maintenance
• You will be conducting equipment guarding and lifting checks, so we’ll need you to be safety conscious and a critical thinker.
• If you have completed a fully indentured (Mechanical and Electrical) apprenticeship with relevant role experience, we want to hear from you!
• It would be a bonus if you have proven experience implementing best practice Business Improvement tools such as TPM, Lean, 5S, Kaizen, etc.

Looking for a hands-on role where you can fully utilise your talents and mechanical expertise? This opportunity could be yours!
We’re welcoming 4 Operator Maintainers to run our state of the art tissue converting machinery, maximising uptime, identifying any faults, and rectifying interruptions/defects efficiently.
With your operational background, you will be familiar with principles including 5S, TPM and Kaizen, and in turn, improving efficiency and sharing best practice with colleagues.