Encapsulation Setup Specialist

Thorne•Summerville, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Thorne, we work to deliver high-quality, science-backed solutions to empower individuals to take a proactive approach to their well-being. Each day begins with a mission to help others discover and achieve their best health. We count on our team members to challenge and push the boundaries to make that happen. At Thorne, you’ll be joining a team of more than 750 passionate individuals committed to our cause of providing superior health solutions at every age and life stage. At Thorne, our production team is the heart of our operation, where science meets precision to create high-quality health and wellness products. Our hourly production roles offer hands-on experience in a clean, safe, and innovative manufacturing environment with opportunities for growth and development. Whether you're Mixing raw ingredients, operating machinery, calibrating a machine, or performing maintenance ensuring products meet our strict quality standards, every team member plays a critical role in delivering trusted solutions to our customers. Operating Schedules: 1st Shift 7:00am- 3:30pm 2nd Shift 3:00pm-11:30pm (+$2.25 Shift Differential) 3rd Shift 11:00pm-7:30am (+$2.25 Shift Differential) All shifts include Saturdays plus overtime as required to meet production needs.

Requirements

Minimum High school diploma or GED is required.
Prior manufacturing experience preferred.
Ability to work overtime as required.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
Ability to perform minor mechanical machine troubleshooting.
Ability to recognize fastener size and differentiate if standard or metric and, if required, torque to proper level per SOP and/or instruction manual.
Ability to recognize bearing and or shaft failure.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure used in the Maintenance Department, using whole numbers and decimals
Must be able to safely work with ingredients and products that are possibly allergenic sources including, but not limited to, nuts, soy, dairy, fish, and shellfish.

Responsibilities

Demonstrates a working knowledge of hand tools and maintains those tools in clean, good working order.
Takes the initiative to make sound decisions, within the guidelines provided.
Contacts Supervisor as required and applicable.
Any machine or parts damage found is reported promptly to Supervisor, Maintenance, and Department Manager.
Aids the Encapsulation and Maintenance Technicians with repairs and preventative maintenance tasks on encapsulation equipment.
Demonstrates a working knowledge of encapsulation equipment and demonstrates ability to attend to equipment requirements (tear downs, set-ups, troubleshooting, etc.) quickly and proficiently.
Works alongside and receives training from Maintenance and/or Production training personnel.
Performs regular encapsulation equipment greases and checks.
Maintains a set of sliders clean, greased, and eady.
Checks for damage and verifies good working condition.
Checks segment & disc bores with the applicable precision pin, repairs as required.
Alerts Maintenance if major damage needs to be repaired.
Checks capsule forks, closing pins, ejection pins, hollow clean pins, and separation pins for damage and tolerance.
Alerts Maintenance if major damage needs to be repaired.
Checks tamping pins for straightness and alerts Maintenance of major damage or out of tolerance conditions.
Checks all rectifier parts for damage and verifies parts are in good working condition.
Checks all segment carriers for proper level and aligns any segment carrier out of level tolerance.
Checks capsule polishers for damage; verifies in good working condition.
Ensures change over parts are always ready for a 3 and modified 2 cleans.
Notifies supporting departments of any change over parts problems to allow fixes during the next 3 and modified 2 cleans.
Maintains parts (cleaned, greased and in good working condition) ready for use.
After every run, inspects for damage and ensures all changeover tooling (machine parts) are in good working order.
Observes the daily flow of the department and determines which job has priority.
Employee keeps supervisor informed of project and machine status.