Production Operator (Die Cutter Operator) (REQ620)

Spartech LLC; Crawfordsville (IN); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Die Cut Operator, where you'll play a vital role in manufacturing diverse plastic products. This position involves setting up and operating automatic die cutters, ensuring quality production while maintaining safety standards. With a commitment to sustainability, the company reuses scrap plastic to create environmentally friendly products. You will benefit from competitive salaries, incentives, and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and retirement plans. This is an exciting opportunity to grow within a leading organization that values innovation and excellence in manufacturing.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

Life & Disability Insurance

401k with Company Match

Paid Holidays

Vacation Eligibility after 6 Months

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of die cutting experience preferred.
• Ability to read and use measuring tools like tape measures.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate an automatic die cutter efficiently.
• Detect and repair equipment problems before major breakdowns.

Skills

Die Cutting Experience

Basic Math Skills

Mechanical Skills

Tape Measure Usage

Physical Stamina

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Automatic Die Cutter

Hand Truck

Micrometer

Job description

Die Cut Operator

Crawfordsville, IN

How can you make a difference at your job and can have the opportunity to grow?

Join the Crawfordsville – Spartech Team!

Crawford Industries, now a part of Spartech, LLC has an opening for an Auto Die Cut Operator on our team in Crawfordsville, IN. The Crawfordsville operation of the organization specializes in extruding and converting flat plastic sheet. Plastic sheet may have graphics added and the die cut into license plates, the “lamp shade” used in veterinary clinics, signage, file folders, 3-ring binders, covers for school date books, for example. We reuse our scrap plastic whenever possible to create our environmentally friendly products. Come join our Die Cut team as they cut material to help create all kinds of products for our customers.

General Summary and Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Sets-up and operates an automatic die cutter.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Check job traveler for each job as assigned to confirm set-up and materials furnished will yield product required.
• Makes complete set-up for the job on the appropriate press.
• Operates the press in an efficient, safe manner.
• Detects equipment problems before they become major breakdowns.
• Makes repairs to dies.
• Locate, correct, and repair minor screen problems such as pinholes.
• Make appropriate adjustments during the run to ensure quality of product produced.
• Accurately report all direct and indirect labor activities.

Required Skills/Experience:

• High School diploma or experience demonstrating equivalent skills and abilities
• Three (3) to five (5) years of die cutting experience, preferred
• Basic math skills
• Able to read and use a tape measure and micrometer
• Basic mechanical skills
• Frequently lift up to 60 pounds
• Able to use a hand truck to move materials
• Able to stand for extended periods of time
• Able to wear appropriate PPE – gloves, safety glasses, bump cap, hearing protection, and safety toed shoes.

This position reports to the Converting Supervisor.

We offer competitive salary, incentives, and benefit programs.

• Medical, Dental, & Vision
• Life & Short/Long-term Disability
• Dependent and Supplemental Life Insurance
• Holiday Pay
• 401k with Company Match.
• Eligible for vacation after 6 months.
• During your training period your performance will occasionally be reviewed with the possibility of wage increases.

Spartech LLC, headquartered in Maryland Heights, Missouri is a leading manufacturing organization in the Custom Sheet & Roll Stock and Packaging industries with numerous locations throughout the United States. We have a broad customer base with extensive product offerings. Many of our materials are used in products you might see every day— for example if you start your morning with a yogurt or your child eats a single serving peanut butter—you may have already seen some of our materials. More unique uses of our materials can be seen in Military or security applications, for example, with bullet proof materials. From routine daily-life to life-saving applications—we make a difference. Our broad scope of products and services keep our environment interesting and challenging with a culture focused on success.

Spartech, LLC provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status, or other legally protected classification in the state in which a person is seeking employment. Spartech will use E-Verify to ensure employment eligibility of newly hired employees where required.