# Plastics Specialist (Ref: 23733)

**Company**: HM Prison & Probation Service
**Location**: Stafford, West Midlands
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: GBP 54,148 - 59,366 per year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

We are seeking a Plastics Specialist to lead the delivery, implementation, and site-level coordination for the plastics industry across Prison Industries HQ.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

- Leading the delivery and implementation of objectives in the Prison Industries HQ Plastics Strategy through local site support and coordination

- Supporting the development of costings for internal and commercial plastics products using approved costing models

- Leading operational scheduling, site coordination, and delivery across plastics workshops

- Delivering hands-on technical support to sites and instructors to maintain daily performance

- Identifying upskilling opportunities for workshop staff and liaising with providers to support training delivery

The Plastics Specialist will also contribute to business cases from a site-level delivery and implementation perspective, providing information on cycle times, capacity, and maintenance requirements.

The ideal candidate will have:

- Proven track record in tooling, production management, and plastics manufacturing

- Familiarity with quality, health, and safety standards, and materials compliance

- Competent in the use of management information systems (MIS), manufacturing requirements planning (MRP), and specification software

- ONC/HNC or NVQ equivalent in a related industry

- In-depth technical knowledge of injection moulding and tool design

In return for your hard work, you will receive a salary of £54,148 - £59,366 per year, plus a range of benefits including access to learning and development, a working environment that supports flexible working options, and a Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.

## Skills

### Required
- tooling
- production management
- plastics manufacturing
- quality standards
- health and safety
- materials compliance
- MIS
- MRP
- specification software
- injection moulding
- tool design

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