Production - Technical Operator 1

Unilever•Raeford, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Technical Operator 1 - Production role will be responsible for operating production equipment, troubleshoot process faults, and making required adjustments to ensure quality and efficiency. At Unilever – Raeford, we believe in developing talent and leading through our autonomous ways of working. As one team, we will achieve endless possibilities! The Raeford facility is a world-class personal care manufacturing site, utilizing digital tools to be a lighthouse factory globally.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED equivalent
Must have 1-3 years of manufacturing experience
May lift over 5 pounds but under 50 pounds 15 to 40% of time worked
Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, physical and background check.

Responsibilities

Operate production equipment, troubleshoot process faults, and make required adjustments to ensure quality and efficiency
Lead effective and safe changeover, start-up, and shutdown of all equipment in assigned work area
Perform routine cleaning, lubrication, and basic maintenance of equipment. Develop, maintain, and follow cleaning, lubrication, and inspection standards.
Understand WCM principles and demonstrate a commitment to those principles. Lead WCM small group activities including development of necessary documents to complete AM Steps and participating in presentations for step audits.
Ensure production, reconciliation, and inventory documents are completed neatly and accurately
Direct and train new teammates
Collect data as needed to calculate OEE and determine major and minor losses
Submit focused improvement ideas and participate in improvement activities using 5-Why analysis, CAP-Do, and other problem solving techniques
Assist with major repairs, installations, and maintenance
Coordinate activities between compounding, operations, and the warehouse
Understand interaction of equipment and systems, identify equipment abnormalities, monitor equipment condition to improve outputs, interpret data (SPC, graphs, charts, OEE), identify problems (5-Why Analysis, CAP-Do Cycle), and formulate proper decisions
Understand basic manufacturing principles including operation and maintenance of packaging equipment
Perform quality checks on line. Understand and implement quality concepts and controls as related to specific equipment and processes. Locate, understand, and apply Standard Operating Procedures and One Point Lessons. Write and train other team members on SOPs and OPLs.
Demonstrate a personal commitment to plant safety procedures. Work in a safe manner. Follow LOTO procedures. Communicate unsafe conditions to appropriate personnel. Understand how to locate and use MSDS documents.
Demonstrate a personal commitment to housekeeping standards. Ensure work area is kept neat and orderly. Understand and follow 5S process.
Understand different team roles and demonstrate effective communication and leadership skills in areas of responsibility.
Able to move through team positions in both core-job and team leadership roles.
Responsible for following GXP. This includes but is not limited to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Good Documentation Practice (GDP)
All other duties as assigned