Job Description

Position Summary: The Inspection Servicer services the Inspection Department by operating and maintaining the baggers, transporting finished fabric to the Inspectors, stocking tubes, and separating and handling remnants, all in an efficient and safe manner.

Position responsibilities:

• Operates and maintains the baggers and conveyors to maximize inspection department efficiency. Spray twice daily, each shift. Empty plastic on each bagger at the end of each shift.
• Assesses, troubleshoots, corrects, and clears bagger warning codes to minimize machine downtime.
• Corrects any roll transport sequencing issues in a timely manner to ensure rolls drop to their designated locations.
• Changes the poly film rolls on the baggers and performs calibration function and ensure it is not empty.
• Services inspection by using the tugger to bring finished fabric to the inspectors and precisely place the A-frames and buggies at the inspection machines, and watch out for the red lid.
• Returns empty A-frames and buggies to the staging area. If bathing big rolls, fill up on greige A foam.
• Keep Inspectors fully loaded with product to minimize wait on work time.
• Read and interpret work order documents to determine which product goes to which inspectors. And priority list provided by the Supervisor.
• Ensure all priorities are transported to inspection in a timely manner.
• Services hoist equipped inspection machine by loading full rolls on the frame using hoist & lock down clamps.
• Un-rolls remnant rolls and separates the fabric by three different classifications to maximize our waste fabric sell price. Change out full remnant boxes and empty tubes.
• Secures empty tubes from the storage area and keeps adequate supply at inspection machines. Consolidate near empty tubes in racks and if a rack is empty, remove.
• Using a forklift, secures pallets of poly film from the dock and places to the bagger area. Returns empty pallets to the dock area.
• Places racks of used or broken tubes to the dock area.
• Assists in the unloading the twice weekly tube truck delivery as needed.
• Retrieves the replacement cleaning fluid drum from the chemical storage building.
• Maintains good housekeeping in work area. Empty trash and remnant barrels at every machine as needed.
• Ensures that the inspection area is properly staged for the next shift, with work placed at all staffed machines and all production supplies stocked and housekeeping completed.
• Performs forklift and tugger inspection and checklist daily each bagger
• Plug in both the tugger and forklift at the end of each shift.
• Bag small rolls that will not go through the baggee and rolls returned from the warehouse and send them into the bagger.
• Deliver all sample rolls to the Sample Department.
• Follows all safety procedures and policies and advises manager of any unsafe conditions.
• Any other duties as requested by manager.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Associate should demonstrate proficiency in the operation and proper use of hoist, broom, hand truck, skid, bags, A-frames, buggies, tubes, forklift, rider, and bagging machines.
• Trained and certified in the operation of forklift, tugger, and hoist.
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong team player
• Commitment to company values
• Valid Driver’s License

Education requirements:

• HSD / GED

Travel Requirements:

• N/A

Reporting to this position:

• N/A

Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time when arriving and departing from the corporate headquarters building. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.