Production operator

Would you like to join a global, growing company that innovates for a more sustainable tomorrow? UPM could be the team for you. We are frontrunners in developing renewable alternatives to fossil-based materials. Besides enabling both businesses and consumers make more sustainable choices, we strive to create a positive UPM experience for all our employees around the world. We live by our values - trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage. Together we can renew the everyday, for a future beyond fossils! Learn more about us as a workplace

We are now looking for a motivated and ambitious Production Operator to join our high performing team in Eastfield, Scarborough on a 12 month fixed term contract.

What you will do

• Adhering to UPM Safety Principles, Values, ISO Standards, and Standard Work Operating processes throughout our production operation
• Ensuring product and customer order specifications are met
• Ensuring safety, process, and quality issues are communicated promptly to the Leading Hand
• Supporting continual improvement and collaboration within and across cells actively
• Ensuring effective handover of all the relevant information at shift changeover

Working schedule

Monday - Friday 3 Shift Pattern Week1: 6am-2pm Week2: 2pm-10pm Week 3: 10pm-6am

Who you are

• You are ambitious and keen to develop, with a clear interest in progressing into a leadership role
• You communicate effectively and work well as part of a team
• You ideally have experience working within a manufacturing environment, but this is not essential

Safety and well-being

We care about each other and the well-being of our colleagues. We prioritize the safety of all our employees, ensuring everyone returns home safely.

A meaningful job

We do our work with professional pride, producing high-quality, sustainable products for our customers globally. Our community is built on great team spirit and commitment.

Development opportunities

We offer you great opportunities to learn and grow throughout your career.

Caring for people and the environment

Responsibility is at the core of everything we do. We are committed to ambitious sustainability targets, and we keep aiming higher.

Together we can renew the everyday for a future beyond fossils!

Company Benefits

• Competitive rates of pay
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays
• Pension (Company contribution up to 10%)
• free canteen for all employees
• free on-site gym
• Private Healthcare
• access to Employee Assistance Programme

Additional information

This is a great opportunity to further build your manufacturing skills and develop towards a potential future leadership role. The position holder will report to Shift Supervisor. For further information about the role, please contact Ruth Pople, Manager, HR Adhesive Materials at .

Application deadline: August 25, 2026

UPM Adhesive Materials (formerly UPM Raflatac) offers high-quality self-adhesive paper and film products including label materials, graphics solutions and removable self-adhesive products. We operate 14 factories and deliver our innovative and sustainable products through our global network of distribution terminals. We are one of UPM's growth businesses and employ around 3,200 people. Our sales reached almost €1,6 billion (USD 1,7 billion) in 2024. Read more:

UPM is a material solutions company, renewing products and entire value chains with an extensive portfolio of renewable fibres, advanced materials, decarbonization solutions, and communication papers. Our performance in sustainability has been recognized by third parties, including EcoVadis and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. We operate globally and employ approximately 15,100 people worldwide, with annual sales of approximately €9.7 billion. Our shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. UPM - we renew the everyday