Blow Molder - Evenings

Pepsico•Urbandale, IA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Blow Molder position operates blow molding production machines and other manufacturing equipment. Responsibilities include setting up, operating, and monitoring blow-molding computers for specific production runs and product changeovers. The role requires performing quality assistance checks, ongoing production process checks, and making adjustments to meet operating standards. In addition to blow-molding duties, the position may involve raw material handling, filling, capping, sealing, labeling, or packaging product. The role also includes removing damaged products or supplies, managing production, package, and flavor changeovers, and maintaining required product inspection processes. Basic troubleshooting and minor repairs to ensure efficient equipment operation are also part of the role.

Requirements

18 years or older
Lifting, carrying, and pushing/pulling cases weighing 20-45 pounds per case repeatedly over a long work period
Walking or standing most of the time during the shift
May include stooping, crawling and crouching over and under conveyors
Understanding & using basic math, reading, and computer literacy

Nice To Haves

Experience with blow molding computers (e.g., setting up the computer for the production run, loading the right pre-forms into the system, using computer to monitor production, etc.)
Experience with blow molding production/processing (e.g., ensuring the right raw materials, maintaining thermal stability, monitoring the production process, conducting process checks and making production adjustments as necessary, etc.)
Experience with blow molding product quality assurance (e.g., testing product before starting a production run, periodically checking product vs. specifications, making adjustments to recipes in the production computer to ensure quality, etc.)
Experience with high speed production lines (e.g., high output, high performance equipment, fast paced production environment, etc.)
Experience with pallets (e.g., operating a forklift, stacking/bundling product, etc.)
Experience operating a packing machine (e.g., stacking, bundling, and wrapping product, etc.)
Experience operating a filler machine (e.g., ensuring right mix of product, operating production computer, etc.)
Experience operating a palletizer (e.g., building pallets, managing product changeovers, etc.)
Experience reading blueprints (e.g., read schematics on a machine, understanding production product flow, etc.)
Experience reading schedules (e.g., products being produced, understanding production requirements, production planning, managing changeovers, etc.)
Experience with computers in a manufacturing setting (e.g., electronic settings, line speed, pressures, basic troubleshooting, solving for faults/alarms and resetting equipment, etc.)
Experience with sanitization (e.g., basic procedures/steps, GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES in a food plant, identifying risks, etc.)
Experience with minor mechanical repairs (e.g., jams, using tools, making basic adjustments to equipment, etc.)
Experience with preventative maintenance (e.g., inspecting and maintaining equipment, detecting and correcting issues before they occur, etc.)
Working with high-speed production machinery (e.g., operating machines that produce end-user consumables or machines that manufacture food, etc.)
Troubleshooting basic mechanical systems (e.g., making minor repairs using simple hand tools, etc.)
Preparing documentation (e.g., detailing work and process flows, etc.)
Reading and using standards of operations (e.g., understanding and using processes, procedures, or workflow documentation, etc.)
Driving a forklift (e.g., performing basic operations such as driving forwards, driving backwards, lifting and lowering boom, or maneuvering in tight areas without damaging product, etc.)

Responsibilities

Operate and monitor production line(s) to ensure efficiency
Remove or shift materials and/or finished products to facilitate proper flow
Ensure package and product quality
Perform preventative maintenance
Operate all manufacturing equipment (including new technologies) efficiently and safely
Clean equipment and area before, during, and after shift
Maintain clean work area through good housekeeping practices
Expedite repairs to line, working with maintenance as necessary
Keep daily records of down time and machine operations
Work well with others in a team-oriented atmosphere
Regular, reliable, predictable attendance