Extrusion Technician: Plastic Compound Production

Foster Corporation; North Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Foster Corporation in North Las Vegas, NV seeks a Manufacturing Operator to join a team focused on producing specialty plastic compounds efficiently and safely. The role emphasizes following instructions, prepping raw materials, and maintaining equipment between runs.

Responsibilities include setting extruder parameters, maintaining quality, and keeping a clean work environment while complying with safety and ISO guidelines. The position is multi-shift and requires reliable attendance.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret documents including safety rules, operational instructions, procedure manuals, and SDS sheets.
• Ability to write routine reports.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.

Responsibilities

• Determines production requirements by reading and implementing general and special instructions on each sales order.
• Reviews and applies the manufacturing bill of materials to each sales order.
• Responsible for the preparation of the raw material including any related drying, pre-blending, or staging requirements by looking and planning.
• Responsible for machine and equipment preparation by looking and planning.
• Ensure that all equipment, including upstream and downstream, is thoroughly cleaned in accordance with our work instructions and/or other special instructions that may be indicated on the production schedule.
• Sets extruder operating parameters according to the manufacturing master reference set-up sheet.
• Throughout the production run, ensures that operating parameters are tuned to establish maximum extruder performance and quality.
• Maintains a clean working environment by consistently removing manufacturing debris from the floor, and machine surfaces, and by cleaning work surface areas to prevent the build-up of manufacturing residue.
• Take immediate action to prevent and correct unsafe operating conditions and/or injury.
• Operates as a team player to assist all company employees in meeting or exceeding customer expectations and minimizing interpersonal conflicts.
• Other duties may apply.

Skills

Reading instructions

Safety compliance

Math skills

Team collaboration

Tools

Batching software

Machine operation

Job description

Foster Corporation in North Las Vegas, NV seeks a Manufacturing Operator to join a team focused on producing specialty plastic compounds efficiently and safely. The role emphasizes following instructions, prepping raw materials, and maintaining equipment between runs.

Responsibilities include setting extruder parameters, maintaining quality, and keeping a clean work environment while complying with safety and ISO guidelines. The position is multi-shift and requires reliable attendance.