Job description

The Machine Operator is responsible for all setup, operations, and quality for the machine or machines they are assigned to manage.

Job Responsibilities:

• Perform continuous inspections of products both visually as well as through the use of micrometers and record product and process parameters.
• Complete all necessary paperwork as required, giving particular attention to product weights and scrap.
• Package product according to instructions
• Keep extrusion lines, equipment, and surrounding areas clean and orderly.
• Operate lines, maintaining proper speeds, and adjustments, to ensure the line is operating at the specified production rates and producing a product that meets the quality specifications.
• Weigh and scan all finished goods in the data acquisition system
• Palletizing and banding completed product
• Ability to shut down bag machines properly
• Ability to set counters, winders, and bag machines per job
• Ability to read and understand each job order
• Ability to make minor adjustments on winders such as speed, tension, and core alignments on shafts

Basic Skills:

• Cut plastic from cores using a utility knife and wearing proper PPE
• Cut cores using a table saw
• Maintain a clean environment in all areas of the facility
• Using the correct sized pallet, stacking finished goods on the pallet, and wrapping and labeling a finished pallet per customer specifications
• Inspect for quality per specification sheet
• They must be attentive and self-motivated
• Read and comprehend a standard US English tape measure
• Perform other duties as required and assigned by shift supervisor or facility management

• Behavior Traits – Key Performance Factors
• Ability to work individually and in teams
• Ability to package product
• Ability to recognize quality issues

Education / Qualifications / Background Requirements:

• High school diploma/GED
• 2+ years working in a manufacturing environment
• Strong work ethic and organizational skills
• Able to multi-task in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

Work Environment & Physical Demands:

• Capable of lifting 50+ pounds unassisted
• Able to work on foot for long periods
• Climb stairs, crouch, kneel, bend
• Reliable mode of transportation
• Good communicator