Operator, Molding Machine L3

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS ON 1ST & 3RD SHIFTS

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Monitors and tends injection-molding machines that form plastic products

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Maintains cleanliness of equipment and work area
• Maintains production counts
• Completes quality checks of line equipment and molded parts
• Follows process and packaging instructions
• Ensures molded product is acceptable in accordance with Polymar’s internal procedures.
• Maintains all relevant documentation for their process
• Quickly reports issues when they arise to minimize impact on efficiency and quality of production
• Communicates job procedures and issues to incoming shift or relief employee
• Removes molded product from tooling using one or both hands
• Trims completed product with cutters, clippers or knives
• Moves cartons (up to 40 lbs) and neatly stacks on slid
• Places product into cold water or cooling fixture to prevent distortion
• Has the ability to operate semi-automatic machinery within prescribed cycle time
• Completes all safety training and demonstrates compliance with day-to-day tasks

OTHER DUTIES

• Performs all other duties as required

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE AND/OR TRAINING

• High School diploma or GED preferred
• Minimum 1 years of production or manufacturing experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS

• Identify problems, investigate the root-cause, and make recommendations for solutions

VERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Use verbal skills to communicate with co-workers or customers and/or vendors

WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Complete and maintain documentation/records to effectively convey ideas and information both in written and oral form

MATH SKILLS

• Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, ratios

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Not applicable

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

• Hand tools
• Power Hand tools
• Weigh count scale

MENTAL DEMANDS typically required

• Respond to unpredictability
• High pressure for results
• Independent judgment and discretion
• Organize and prioritize
• Manage multiple projects / tasks
• Read, comprehend and follow instructions/work orders
• Relate to others

PHYSICAL DEMANDS (typically required to perform the essential functions of the job)

• CONSTANTLY INCURRED (more than 75% time on job)

- Ability to stand

- Ability to hear conversation

- Ability to walk

- Ability to stoop

- Ability to sit

- Ability to repeatedly bend

- Repetitive finger movement

- Repetitive twisting or pressure involving wrists or hands

- Ability to use both hands

- Ability to use both legs

- Specific visual requirements

- Ability to communicate orally

- Use depth perception

- Use color vision

• FREQUENTLY INCURRED (25 – 75% time on job)

- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs

– Ability to kneel

- Ability to lift up to 10 lbs

- Reach at high or low level

- Ability to push/pull 15 lbs

• OCCASIONALLY INCURRED (up to 25% time on job)

- Ability to lift up to 40 lbs

- Ability to climb stairs

- Ability to carry up to 40 lbs

- Ability to balance

- Ability to crawl

WORKING CONDITIONS (typically required)

• CONSTANTLY INCURRED (more than 75% time on job)

- Work in dry atmospheric conditions

- Work with machinery with moving parts

• FREQUENTLY INCURRED (25 – 75% time on job)

- Exposure to vibration

- Work alone

• OCCASIONALLY INCURRED (up to 25% time on job)

- Work in heat between 90 degrees - 100 degrees

- Exposure to alcohol

- Work in excessive or frequent temperature changes

- Exposure to grease/oils

- Work with hands in water

- Exposure to intermittent noise above 85dB

- Work weekly more than 40 hours

- Exposure to irritant or toxic fumes

- Work a shift between 8-12 hours

- Exposure to dust (more than nuisance)

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (typically required to perform the essential functions of the job)

• CONSTANTLY INCURRED (more than 75% time on job)
• Safety Glasses
• Gloves: latex, work gloves, etc.
• OCCASIONALLY INCURRED (up to 25% time on job)
• Hearing protection
• Respirator (disposable)