Extrusion Operator

IPGBardstown, KY
22h

About The Position

The Extrusion Operator operates, maintains, and controls the production equipment and process on the production floor to produce a high quality finished hand wrap or machine wrap roll in a safe and productive manner to efficiently service customer orders by performing the following duties.

Requirements

  • High school or general education degree (GED)
  • 1+ years of production experience.
  • Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondences, and memos.
  • Ability to write simple correspondence.
  • Ability to communicate information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees.
  • Ability to perform simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
  • Ability to perform these operations using units of weight, length, and time measurement.
  • Ability to apply commonsense understanding and experience to make decisions regarding rolls that do not meet quality standards, machine adjustments to maintain quality, machine start up and shut down.
  • Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
  • The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

Responsibilities

  • Prepares line for shift by ensuring an ample supply of materials is on hand or is readily accessible for the efficient operation of the line
  • Sets up the line by operating the equipment to form the web, threading the line, and pulling the plastic film through the winders.
  • Adjusts the line to correct specifications by setting necessary controls and process conditions.
  • Monitors the line to maintain quality under continuously changing conditions by adjusting die bolts, Extrol controls, edge pinning, winder settings, and other process settings to ensure quality of film produced.
  • Conducts quality tests by checking film samples for proper prestretch, stretch force, cling, puncture and gauge as compared to quality specifications.
  • Ensures that film doesn’t have any other quality deficiencies.
  • Records results of tests and makes adjustments to process/equipment as required.
  • Periodically verifies rollweights against target and records those roll weights on Cast Winder Check sheet.
  • Ensures that recipe verifications are completed at the start of each shift and after every product change.
  • Ensure that all product is properly packaged, correctly labeled, tagged and putaway.
  • Participates in the correct application of the “Hold Card” for all nonconforming product, including initial investigation of cause.
  • Properly operates and connects the push-pull system to railcars as assigned by pump tickets received from scheduling.
  • Properly move, stage, and consume all materials.
  • Return all unused materials to the proper location.
  • Completes daily paperwork and line closeouts.
  • Lifts heavy objects by hand, pallet jack, or forklift
  • Maintains a clean and safe work area, machines, and equipment.
  • Identifies and reports deficiencies in product quality or packaging.
  • Operates automatic core cutter.
  • Operates railcar unloader.
  • Operates baler and denisifer as assigned.
  • Operates grinder and repelletizer as assigned.
  • Weigh, label, tag, and identify all scrap correctly and properly locate.
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