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 

• Maintains the company’s quality standards 

• Learn and understand the equipment and process of making plastic film 

• Teach new operators the basics of operation, including operating the equipment, performing Safe Work Permits, quality testing, and other tasks required of operators 

• Operation of the extrusion line and its operational functions which would include but are not limited to; machine set-up, films, and resins, color concentrates and/or additives, production speeds (input or output), start and stop functions, change over, downtimes, die and screw tear down, screen pack, line-specific tools and proper lockout/tag-out procedures 

• Maintain extruded product to required gauge, length, width, bond strength, and color, dyne, maintaining surface finish or identifying surface defects and performing quality control tests required.  This includes double-checking and data collection procedures currently in place 

• Transfers data to the daily production log book, quality control documents, or forms used in the production process 

• Work on a rotating shift schedule, including nights, weekends, holidays, overtime, and possible call-ins 

• Follow the production schedule and other related documents necessary to produce and meet customer orders including those with instructions

• Communicate line malfunctions in a timely manner to ensure production downtime is kept to a minimal