MACHINE OPERATOR - EXPERIENCED

Description

The Machine Operator is responsible for setting-up, adjusting, and operating machinery as well as inspection of workpieces to ensure they meet the quality standards for both Laminate Technologies and our customers.

Requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Read blueprints and/or job orders to determine production specification.
• Set up, program, and/or operate machines, such as cutters, saws, drills, shapers, routers to make workpieces.
• Start machines, adjust controls, and/or make trial cuts to ensure machinery is operating properly.
• Observe equipment operations so that malfunctions can be detected and notify appropriate persons of any malfunctions.
• Operate and observe machinery used in the production process to detect defects or machine malfunctions and adjust machines as needed.
• Inspect workpieces for smoothness, defects, and measure workpieces to determine accuracy of machine operation using rules, templates, or other measuring devices.
• Examine raw Woodstock for defects and verify conformance to quality standards.
• Examine/inspect finished workpieces to verify conformance to quality standards using hands, rules, calipers, templates, and/or gauges.
• Lift raw materials, finished products, and packed items, manually or using lifting tools as required.
• Count finished product to determine if product orders are complete.
• Mark or tag identification on parts/totes
• Load and unload items from machines, conveyors, and conveyances
• Assist other machine operators as needed such as supplying or holding materials or tools, or cleaning work areas and equipment.
• Maintain equipment and clean working areas.
• Record information, such as the number of products tested, meter readings, or dates and times of production processes.
• Follow established company and work area safety policies including the wearing of all required PPE’s.
• Follow established company policies, policies and rules outlined in Member Handbook as well as procedures required in the standard operating procedures/work instructions.
• Maintains open communication with supervisors, team leaders and material handlers regarding production status (i.e. down time, material shortage, etc.)
• Maintains daily production sheets utilizing the correct task codes for production time, down time, scrap, etc.; ensures that daily production totals are accurate.
• Assist in maintaining work area (i.e., sweeping, emptying trash, return tools to proper location, etc.)
• Other duties and responsibilities as directed by your supervisor.