KY Foam Line (062151) - Extrusion Operator

Intertape Polymer Group; Bardstown (KY); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Colonial Group in Bardstown, Kentucky seeks an Extrusion Operator to run and maintain production lines for hand wrap and machine wrap rolls. You will ensure safety, efficiency, and quality on the floor, aligning with customer orders.

You will monitor processes, perform quality tests, log results, and adjust settings to meet specifications. Candidates need basic reading, math skills, and the ability to lift up to 50 pounds. This is an hourly, non-exempt role on site.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 1+ years of production experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to communicate information in one-on-one and small group situations.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic and unit conversions for weight, length, and time.

Responsibilities

• Prepare line for shift with adequate material on hand for efficiencies.
• Set up line by operating equipment to form web and thread film through winders.
• Adjust line controls and process conditions to meet specs.
• Monitor film quality and adjust die bolts, winder settings, and related controls.
• Record test results for prestretch, gauge, and cling; adjust equipment as needed.
• Verify roll weights and ensure proper recipe verifications at shift changes and product changes.
• Ensure correct packaging, labeling, tagging and putaway of product.
• Assist in Hold Card process for nonconforming product and investigate causes.
• Move, stage and consume materials; return unused items to proper locations.
• Complete daily paperwork and line closeouts.

Skills

Production experience

Lift up to 50 lbs

Basic math

Reading skills

Team communication

Safety awareness

Education

GED or equivalent

Job description

Position Description

Title: Extrusion Operator

Department: Converting/Extrusion

Immediate Supervisor: Manufacturing Supervisor

Status: Hourly Non-Exempt

Position Purpose: The Extrusion Operator operates, maintains, and controls the production equipment and process on the production floor to produce a high quality finished hand wrap or machine wrap roll in a safe and productive manner to efficiently service customer orders by performing the following duties.

Principle Accountabilities

• Prepares line for shift by ensuring an ample supply of materials is on hand or is readily accessible for the efficient operation of the line


• Sets up the line by operating the equipment to form the web, threading the line, and pulling the plastic film through the winders.


• Adjusts the line to correct specifications by setting necessary controls and process conditions.


• Monitors the line to maintain quality under continuously changing conditions by adjusting die bolts, Extrol controls, edge pinning, winder settings, and other process settings to ensure quality of film produced.


• Conducts quality tests by checking film samples for proper prestretch, stretch force, cling, puncture and gauge as compared to quality specifications. Ensures that film doesn’t have any other quality deficiencies. Records results of tests and makes adjustments to process/equipment as required.


• Periodically verifies rollweights against target and records those roll weights on Cast Winder Check sheet. Ensures that recipe verifications are completed at the start of each shift and after every product change.


• Ensure that all product is properly packaged, correctly labeled, tagged and putaway.


• Participates in the correct application of the “Hold Card” for all nonconforming product, including initial investigation of cause.


• Properly operates and connects the push-pull system to railcars as assigned by pump tickets received from scheduling.


• Properly move, stage, and consume all materials. Return all unused materials to the proper location.


• Completes daily paperwork and line closeouts.


• Lifts heavy objects by hand, pallet jack, or forklift


• Maintains a clean and safe work area, machines, and equipment.


• Identifies and reports deficiencies in product quality or packaging.


• Operates automatic core cutter.


• Operates railcar unloader.


• Operates baler and denisifer as assigned.


• Operates grinder and repelletizer as assigned.


• Weigh, label, tag, and identify all scrap correctly and properly locate.

Essential Skills and Experience

• High school or general education degree (GED)


• 1+ years of production experience.


• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondences, and memos.


• Ability to write simple correspondence.


• Ability to communicate information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees.


• Ability to perform simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Ability to perform these operations using units of weight, length, and time measurement.


• Ability to apply commonsense understanding and experience to make decisions regarding rolls that do not meet quality standards, machine adjustments to maintain quality, machine start up and shut down.


• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.


• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds