Department:
Production Reports To: Meltblown Shift Supervisor
Day shift needed: 12 hours shifts 8am-8pm
FLSA Status:
Hourly, Non-Exempt Direct Reports: None
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
A Machine Operator is responsible for operating various pieces of machinery, operating a clamp-lift and forklift, monitoring various aspects of product quality, maintaining good housekeeping in the Production area, and assisting the Shift Supervisor with any necessary activities.
The following is a general list of duties that will be performed by the Machine Operator as required.
Each duty may not be required on a daily basis, but may be required as deemed necessary by the Supervisor.
This list is not all inclusive; therefore, various duties or changes may occur as required.
The responsibilities of this position involve important and sensitive information of the company; therefore, this position must maintain, at all times, extreme professionalism and confidentiality.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements/physical demands 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.
MACHINE OPERATION FUNCTIONS:
- Read, follow, and set-up order using the Production Order, Order Instructions, Specifications, and Recipe (if applicable), and any other information that may be pertinent to meeting the customers requirements.
- Solid understanding of the Production Schedule and Production Order Instructions and how these relate to what raw materials, packaging supplies, machine setups are required.
- Retrieve raw material from the warehouse to support production (base material, resin, supplies).
- Load base rolls onto the un-winders and operate the machine.
- Prepare splices and operate the splicing system.
- Operate the winder and maintain through knowledge of rewinder controls and settings. Able to make necessary adjustments to correct minor slitting, folding, or creasing issues.
- Set slitting knives to according to Production Order Instructions and change dull / damaged blades.
- Cut cores as needed for current and upcoming production orders within established tolerances
- Accurately load and align cores on winding shaft
- Able to calculate order completion time
- Operate the trim exhaust system or build waste cake as necessary.
- Package and wrap rolls per customer specifications and understands the various packaging arrangements.
- Offload rolls and place in the warehouse.
- Operate the Polycomm wrap station. Adjust tension to ensure product is properly protected.
- Operate the core cutter.
- Operate the bale press.
- Assist with line startups and process changes.
- Assist in repairs / actions to put line back into production.
- Operate the waste recovery system on the winder.
- Operate the trim exhaust system on the winder.
INSPECTION / QUALITY CONTROL FUNCTIONS:
- Familiar with the use and location of related ISO training procedures, work instructions and forms.
- Inspect roll formation and maintain cleanliness.
- Verify roll meets production order requirements - width, diameter, etc.
- Maintain production documentation and label rolls within the established guidelines.
- Collect product sample from the finished roll(s) for testing by the QA Lab.
- Inspect and identify basic material defects (formation, fly, drips, stains, hard polymer, calander defects, poor bonding, wrinkles, folds)
MISCELLANEOUS:
Participate in on-going Safety, ISO, and quality training.
Support Company and Department goals
Continue on-going training, as time allows, to develop knowledge and skills.
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