Production Operator

Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

1. Places cores in the finished product rolls
2. Uses a handheld carton closing device to close the packaging on products
3. Takes the material on the skid together to increase stability
4. Inspects the packaging materials for damage prior to the material being bagged
5. Maintains work area in neat and orderly condition per housekeeping
6. Assists the department in clean-up on days when the line is down for maintenance
7. Works safely

SCHEDULE: 12 hour shifts (2-2-3) rotating between day shift and night shift every two weeks.


EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

High School diploma or general education degree (GED). Positive attitude and a willingness to contribute to a continuous improvement environment is expected.


PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to have the ability to use hands to fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; to raise and lower objects without mechanical aids; to extend hands and arms in any direction to reach, push or pull objects; to bend at the knees and at the waist; and to talk or hear.

The employee is frequently required to be able to stand for long periods of time, to walk, to have the ability to balance when assisting in the thread-up of the machine and to climb industrial ladders and use catwalks and stairs in the work area.

The employee must have the ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 50 lbs., frequently lift and/or move 25 lbs., and occasionally lift and/or move up to 80 lbs. Product & raw materials in excess of 50 lbs. must be moved with two employees.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Ability to wear and use required safety equipment, including safety glasses, steel-toe safety shoes, hearing protection, head protection, and gloves.


WORK ENVIRONMENT:

While performing the duties of this job, an employee may be exposed to fiberglass mat, asphalt, granules, fumes or airborne particles that fall below OSHA PELs. The employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is exposed to vibration from machines.

The employee occasionally works in high places when assisting with thread-ups and above the floor level on catwalks and/or stairs, and is exposed seasonally to hot and cold weather.

The noise level in the work environment requires hearing protection.