1st Shift Production Technician - Medina

Ravagon Manufacturing•Medina, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Each Production Operator is responsible for packaging, bulk transfer, blending, and screening of resin for distribution. This role involves operating various equipment, following instructions for packaging and blending, inspecting filled containers, and maintaining accurate records. The technician will also be responsible for minor maintenance tasks, inventory assistance, and ensuring a safe and compliant work environment according to OSHA, Company safety policies, and ISO requirements.

Requirements

High school diploma preferred or two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum 3 years forklift experience
Ability to maintain machinery necessary to perform a specialized task.
Ability to operate hand tools and mechanical equipment.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

Operate rail pumps, blenders, silos and packaging line
Follow packaging and/or blending instructions to properly complete a pack out/blend.
Feed product to conveyors, hoppers, or other feeding devices, and unload packaged product.
Inspect filled containers to ensure that product is packaged according to specifications.
Recognize and correct discrepancies with paperwork, silo/packaging board.
Update rail/silo monitoring system after material usage
Assemble and fill boxes/gaylords.
Scale bulk trucks
Load and unload bulk trucks and railcars using the NEUERO
Identify contaminations by visual inspections
Operate tow motor safely and efficiently
Conduct and record material movements
Accurately and legibly fill out warehouse tally sheets, samples, label requests and row charts
Generate labels using Labelview
Maintain a clean work space; General cleaning of production work areas (Wed & Fri)
Clean and put away stray empty boxes
Perform minor maintenance (cleaning filters, break down screener to clean, cleaning the J-Tubes with the Goodway power cleaner, silo washout/clean out, weekly/monthly inspections on blenders, clean out/washout railcars, etc.)
Load and unload bulk trucks
Conduct month end packaging supplies inventory
Assist with performing physical inventory
Maintain a safe working environment; Observe all OSHA and Company safety policies
Generate and identify Corrective Action and Preventative Action Requests
Follow all ISO requirements; this includes but is not limited to being held responsible for completion of ‘CAR’ reports and submitting processing information when problem issues occur with damaged product, lost product or other issues.
Ensure all ISO documentation is current and adhered to
Other duties as assigned.