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. []{style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: nor "}