Extrusion Operator
Role Overview
Operates plastic extruder to produce finished goods which meet customer’s specifications and to perform other task incidental to preparing products for delivery to customers.
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Qualifications
- Education:
- High School
- Experience:
- 1+ years of manufacturing experience (Extrusion experience is a plus)
- Competencies/Skills:
- Must be able to read, write and perform basic mathematical problems.
- Must have experience in reading production specifications and/or blueprints
- Must have aptitude to follow verbal and written instructions
- Ability to identify the root-cause of defects in product and recommend processing adjustments to eliminate defect in product
- Must have ability to read tape measure and micrometer
- Must be able to operate material handling equipment such as pallet jack and lift truck
Responsibilities
- Essential Duties:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, including but not necessarily limited to the following:
- Responsible for personal safety and monitoring the safety of others.
- Daily start up and efficiently running extruder to produce finished goods requested by customer in a safe manner utilizing start up documentation and set points.
- Communicate with previous shift lead as well as oncoming shift lead about key information or trouble issues during shift and resolution path
- Review and post weekly schedule for production line
- Coordinate and direct personnel into needed positions with alignment from Supervisor
- Assure all supplies are in place when needed
- Coordinate and arrange daily break schedules aligned with Supervisor and assist as needed
- Daily production reporting of material usage, material and labor scrap, and sheet productivity
- Daily lift truck pre-shift inspection and usage of lift truck
- Reads production sheet to determine what part is to be produced.
- Fills machine hopper with raw material and keeps it full during production run.
- Perform quality checks by taking samples and comparing with blue print and measuring with calipers. Make machine adjustments to maintain specifications.
- Gauge / thickness adjustment throughout the shift to align with production schedule and part blueprint.
- Package finished goods.
- Assemble boxes, spools and skids.
- Package finished goods on spools and/or in boxes and/or on skids.
- Housekeeping: Maintains clean and orderly work area by keeping tools and equipment in proper places and all materials off the floor.
- Performs other routine duties as directed by supervisor.
- Effectively communicate with others
- Overtime may be required
Preferred Qualifications
- 1+ years of manufacturing experience (Extrusion experience is a plus)
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