Slitter Operator - 3rd shift

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary:  

The primary responsibility of this position is to set up and operate slitting machines; to cut film to specified widths, lengths and diameters in a way that meets or exceeds standards for safety, quality and productivity.

Job Duties:

• Maintains a clean and orderly work area/warehouse
• Maintains a safe working environment by following all company safety policies and procedures and reports unsafe conditions and incidents, while maintaining quality standards 
• Maintains company's quality standards and follows computer procedures to handle damaged material and quarantine material
• Installs and aligns shear or razor blades for slitting feedstock materials
• Starts machine, adjusts blade and controls, using wrenches, rulers, gauges, templates or other tools, and monitors operation
• Tests and adjusts settings as required for producing according to specification
• Selects, cleans, and installs spacers, lay-on bars, sleeves, and blades to set machine up to run in conformance to specifications
• Reads production schedule, customer specification, and other documents to determine set up or adjustment of equipment
• Threads feedstock from reel through slitter and secures on rewinder
• Observes machine operation and examines rolls for flatness, holes, surface and other defects
• Measures dimensions of rolls using tape measure, gauge, template, ruler and square, for conformance to specification
• Other duties as assigned

Job Qualifications:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED), 
• Must have manufacturing work experience running a machine (not assembly)
• 1 - 3 years of slitting experience preferred
• Ability to perform math calculations including fractions 
• Must be able to read tape measure, including micrometer
• Ability to work at a fast pace
• Ability to multi task and read production tickets
• Must be computer literate
• Must be dedicated to continuous improvement