Job Description

Purpose

This position responsible for keeping extrusion lines supplied with the correct materials for each process. Other duties as required and assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Trained as an Authorized Employee in Lock-out/Tag-out (LOTO) and follow all LOTO rules and regulations.
• Checking all work orders/specification sheets for specific work instructions.
• Producing accurate mixes for each extrusion line.
• Accurately complete all paperwork as required by ISO, GMP, HACCP.
• Operate Railcar unloading system.
• Producing labels for material bins, gaylords, and cartons, ensuring accuracy of labels and contents.
• Assigning lot numbers according to the ISO procedure.
• Operate all color feeders.
• Ensures all materials are covered/protected.
• Accurately preparing daily mix logs.
• Producing labels for material bins, gaylords, and cartons, ensuring accuracy of labels and contents.
• Must be trained to operate; Powered Industrial Vehicles: Forklifts, Electric Pallet Jacks.
• Ability to operate material grinding systems.
• Ability to add, subtract, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratios, and percentages to practical situations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. *

Education and/or Experience

High school graduate or equivalent GED certification.

Must be self-motivated and have good organizational skills.

Language Skills

Fluent in English, both verbal and written. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, work orders, operating instructions and procedure manuals and manufacturing terminology. Ability to print simple sentences and legibly complete reports. Ability to follow and understand verbal instructions. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations, to other employees of the organization and respond to questions.

Mathematics Skills

Ability to add, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratios, and percentages to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.*

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to hear and talk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move 50 pounds and occasionally lift/move 75 pounds or more with help from others or a mechanical lifting device. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The 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 will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is on occasion exposed to mechanical moving parts and vibration, fumes, airborne particles, and loud noise levels that require hearing protection. Occasional exposure to hot/humid conditions, outside environments of extreme heat, cold and wet conditions are possible.

*The job duties, physical demands and work environment characteristics described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Where possible, reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions where it does not cause undue hardship or safety risks to the company and/or the employee.