Color Matcher

Silgan Dispensing; Slatersville (RI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Silgan Dispensing in Slatersville, RI seeks a skilled materials technician to oversee raw materials, colorants, and additives, ensure resin compliance, and prepare color concentrates for molding.

A forklift operator certification is required. You will inspect incoming materials, manage inventory transactions, and collaborate with Sales, Engineering, and Product Stewardship to meet quality and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Forklift operator certification required.
• Experience with color manufacturing preferred.
• Ability to formulate/color match customer targets.

Responsibilities

• Ensure raw materials such as colorants and additives are managed correctly.
• Manufacture color chips using plastic injection molding methods.
• Provide technical support on materials, additives, and colorants to Sales and Engineering.
• Inspect and test incoming raw materials for quality and compliance.
• Schedule deliveries of raw materials and maintain color lab activity records.
• Collaborate with Product Stewardship to ensure FDA and other regulatory compliance.

Skills

Forklift certification

Color matching

Color production

Materials handling

Quality control

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY:

• This position's primary responsibility is to ensure that all raw materials such as colorants, additives, and
• This position requires a forklift operator certification.
• Performs inventory/production transactions and material handling throughout Color facility.
• Responsible for formulating/color matching customer targets for Sales department.
• Approves and/or adjusts all color concentrates prior to submission to molding. This includes ensuring additives are in the correct proportions and resins are in compliance with of Silgan Slatersville, LLC standards.
• Manufactures production and customer color chips utilizing plastic injection molding methods.
• Provides technical support to Sales and Engineering departments on information relating to materials, additives, and colorants.
• Works with Product Stewardship to ensure all ingredients are in compliance with government regulations for packaging, including FDA compliance letters, colorant, and resin specification sheets.
• Inspects, tests, and verifies incoming raw materials.
• Schedules deliveries of raw materials. Responsible for quality control of colorants.
• Maintains a record of sample/color lab activity such as extrusion, henscheling, dye weighing, colorant formula, grinding, unit submissions, and color checks.
• Meet with vendors and corporate sourcing group to discuss pricing issues, new products, and material related problems, which need solutions. Ensure budgetary objectives and corporate objectives are met.
• Assists with performing color production operation including extruding and unitizing.
• Prior experience with color manufacturing is required.

LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER

The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.

All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Continued employment remains on an "at-will" basis.

Silgan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or the presence of a disability, which would not prevent the performance of essential job duties with, or without reasonable accommodation of any other protective status.

Silgan is a drug-free workplace.