Your day, engineered for smooth production
You arrive, review the line-up, and bring complex plastics equipment to life. You dial in set points, verify materials by part number, and keep a vigilant eye on quality, safety, and efficiency. When a hiccup happens, you troubleshoot fast, document clearly, and get the line humming again with minimal disruption. That’s the rhythm of this role.
What you’ll handle
- Start up production machines and confirm machine set points throughout the run.
- Run a range of equipment: extrusion blow mold, extrusion machine, injection blow mold, injection mold, labeler, pad printer, and silk-screen.
- Keep machines in top form: clean filters, perform minor maintenance, and monitor conditions while purging.
- Verify sleeves, boxes, labels, and materials by part number to match the running job.
- Perform in-process quality checks and sample inspections to ensure specifications are met.
- Respond quickly to line issues; make precise machine adjustments.
- Alert your supervisor when repairs or maintenance are needed and re-start machines after work is completed.
- Document problems, root causes, and solutions; record production and quality data (manual or data collector) and close out each run.
- Maintain a clean, organized area and uphold safety and housekeeping standards at all times.
- Assist in training Technician Operators on job tasks and provide relief during breaks and lunches.
- Tackle related duties and special projects as assigned.
- Be accountable for food safety, food quality, and site safety on every shift.
Also part of the job
- May make boxes, pack, and/or test various products.
- May attach labels to products.
Who you are
- Education: High school diploma or equivalent, plus mechanical aptitude/training and technical training on packaging, plastics, and printing equipment.
- Experience: 1–3 years operating machines in the packaging/plastics industry.
- Skills:
- Language: Read, write, and speak at a basic level.
- Math: Apply arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry; add, subtract, multiply, divide; calculate fractions, percentages, ratios, proportions, variables, and formulas.
- Reasoning: Solve practical problems with several concrete variables and interpret written, oral, diagram, or schedule instructions.
- Computers: Basic to intermediate skills, including CNC machine use.
Tools and tech you’ll touch
Mechanics tools, calipers, gauges, weight scales, extrusion blow mold machine, extrusion machine, injection mold machine, injection blow mold machine, lining machine, label machine, pad printer, and silk-screen.
Licenses/Certifications
None required; a fork truck license may be required.
Physical and visual demands
- Standing, walking, bending, lifting, moving, talking, hearing, pushing, carrying, reaching, and grasping.
- Normal mental/visual attention and manual coordination; at times, part-time concentrated attention and coordination.
- Visual clarity at 20 inches or less and 20 feet or more; ability to focus, judge distance/space, and distinguish colors.
- Light to medium work – exert up to 50 pounds of force continuously and up to 50 pounds of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects.
Work environment
Proximity to moving mechanical parts; exposure to noise, dust, high temperatures, heat from equipment, hot water, hot plastic, and heater bands. Protective gear may include hair net, safety glasses, earplugs, and gloves.
Supervisory scope
None
Additional notes
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws.
Legal and accommodation statements
Certain job functions described herein may be subject to possible modification in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.
"Commonly associated" is not intended to mean always or only. There are different experiences that suggest other ways or circumstances where reasonable changes or accommodations are appropriate.
Special Requirements: The physical demands and environment described are essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essentials of this job.
Proficiency
- Injection Molding Experience
- tools