Job Description
In this function you will operate machinery used in manufacturing high-quality food packaging products.
Shift Times: 5:45pm-6:15am (C & D shifts). Rotating 12-hour shifts with every other weekend off
RESPONSIBILITIES & QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications
Prior Experience with Extrusion Machine Operation
Manufacturing Experience
Willingness to work and follow verbal/written instructions
May be required to use floor loading trucks
Ability to work safely, willingness to train in cross-functional areas, and work overtime as needed.
Tasks
- Reads job specifications to determine machine adjustments, and material requirements
- Adjusts settings and controls to ensure sheet is within defined processing standards
- Ensures sheet quality by performing required quality assurance tests and inspections
- Operates at or below Company scrap targets
- Understands and completes daily MCL tasks
- Works to reduce rejected rolls per-month measurement
- Makes high-quality food packaging through the thermoforming process
- Ensures that all product manufactured on assigned machine is within Company quality limits; immediately recognizes quality issues and takes action
- Monitors in-line inspection; completes any re-inspection that is ordered due to quality issues from assigned line
- Follows plant quality practices including Good Manufacturing Practices, or GMP’s
Productivity
- Works to achieve 100% on-time completion of scheduled production
- Operates two types of extruder lines including proper start-up/shut-down
- Operates two types of forming machines
- Adjusts machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials
- Monitors machine operations and observes lights and gauges to detect malfunctions; presses control buttons to activate machinery and equipment
- Operates relevant material handling systems
- Understands basic functions of the extruder auxiliary systems
- Handles rolls and moves finished product to the curing area
General & Administrative
- Completes and fills out daily logs/reports as required
- Completes all assigned cleaning/preventive maintenance tasks
- Delivers scrap to reprocessing area in the appropriate manner
- Executes basic Troubleshooting and adjusts basic processing problems.
- Immediately notifies supervisor of any/all processing or maintenance problems on assigned line
- Assists other employees to set up machines and transport finished work pieces
- Reports to work on-time and follows D&W attendance policy and guidelines
- No direct supervision responsibilities
Safety
Ensures equipment used in extrusion process is operated properly and all safety mechanisms and guards are in place
Understands how to handle machine properly during an emergency, which includes power outages, machine failure, workplace injuries, etc.
Follows plant safety procedures and guidelines; wears and utilizes personal protective equipment (PPE) as required
Understands and performs Lock-out/Tag-out procedures
Informs supervisor of safety issues; reports any workplace injury or incident immediately
Hourly rate varies based on shift with opportunity for added incentives such as:
- $1000 Referral Bonus
- Night shift differential
Our Benefits include
- Medical, Dental and Vision
- 401K with 50% company match up to 6%
- Short & Long-Term Disability
- Company paid Life Insurance
- FSA (Medical & Dependent care)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Safety shoe subsidy and prescription safety glasses discount
Machines & technologies you'll use:
- Extrusion Machine
Salary info:
$20 - $28 / hr