Precision Bottle Line Operator – Quality & Safety

Silgan Plastics; Flora (IL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Silgan Plastics is seeking a Machine Operator to keep production lines running while meeting established specifications. The role emphasizes safety, quality, and housekeeping as foundational duties on the manufacturing floor.

Responsibilities include ensuring safe machine operation per GMP, understanding bottle quality requirements, maintaining efficiencies, and diagnosing issues. The position may involve color changes, minor maintenance, and participating in quality inspections.

Qualifications

• Maintains machine operation to meet specifications
• Adheres to GMP and housekeeping standards
• Troubleshoots machine/process issues as needed
• Communicates problems clearly to supervisors

Responsibilities

• Ensuring machine is functioning safely in accordance with GMP and housekeeping standards
• Understanding bottle quality requirements and documentation of those requirements
• Sustain efficiencies and scrap on production machines that meet company goals
• Ability to effectively communicate machine, process, quality related issues
• Effectively diagnose problems and logically troubleshoot tasks
• Comply with direction from supervisors and managers
• Perform and complete color changes when required
• Perform minor preventive maintenance to the machines during their shift
• Complete quality inspection and record them in our statistical process control software
• Mechanical and Process related troubleshooting on specific processes in the plant
• Perform any additional assigned duties as needed to support the plant

Job description

Silgan Plastics is seeking a Machine Operator to keep production lines running while meeting established specifications. The role emphasizes safety, quality, and housekeeping as foundational duties on the manufacturing floor.

Responsibilities include ensuring safe machine operation per GMP, understanding bottle quality requirements, maintaining efficiencies, and diagnosing issues. The position may involve color changes, minor maintenance, and participating in quality inspections.