Slitter Machine Operator

Memphis, TN

$17 Per Hour
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5 days ago

Job Description

A slitter operator is a skilled manufacturing professional who sets up, operates, and maintains machinery that cuts or converts large master rolls (jumbo rolls or metal coils) into smaller, narrower rolls or specific sheets. This role is common in paper, flexible packaging, metal processing, plastic, textile, and printing industries. [1, 2]

Key Responsibilities

- Machine Setup: Read and interpret work orders, production schedules, and CAD/technical specs. Mount master rolls and position blades, knives, or scoring wheels to exact width tolerances (often within fractions of a millimeter). [1, 2]
- Operation & Tension Control: Thread material through rollers, configure machine speed, and manage web tension to prevent tearing, wrinkling, or uneven edges. [1, 2]
- Quality Control: Inspect finished slit rolls or metal coils for width accuracy, edge quality, surface defects, and proper winding using precision tools like calipers, micrometers, and tape measures. [1, 2]
- Material Handling & Packaging: Load and unload heavy coils or rolls using overhead cranes or forklifts, band finished goods, and stage packaging materials. [1, 2, 3]
- Maintenance & Troubleshooting: Perform routine machine upkeep, lubrication, knife changes, and quick diagnostics when issues like dull blades or tracking errors arise. [1, 2, 3]
- Documentation: Record production data, material scrap levels, label finished rolls, and log computer or system entries. [1, 2, 3]

Required Skills & Qualifications

- Education: High school diploma or GED (plus technical or mechanical training).
- Technical & Math Skills: Ability to read blueprints/work orders, understand basic math, and use precision measuring instruments.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Memphis, TN
Salary	$17 Per Hour

Skills

Blueprintsunmatched
CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing)unmatched
Craneunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
Forkliftunmatched
High School Diplomaunmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Loading/Unloadingunmatched
Manufacturingunmatched
Mathematicsunmatched
Operational Controlunmatched
Printingunmatched
Product Packagingunmatched
Production Scheduleunmatched
Quality Controlunmatched
Textile Industryunmatched

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