Production Operator - Rotating Shifts / 12 Hour Shifts - Day Shift (7am - 7pm) Job

Arkema; Wauwatosa (WI); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global adhesive specialist in a dynamic production role that emphasizes safety, quality, and efficiency. As a Production Operator, you'll be responsible for producing and packaging products while adhering to strict safety and quality standards. This position offers an opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, where your contributions will directly impact the company's success. With a commitment to employee development and a collaborative work culture, this is a great chance to advance your career in a supportive setting. If you're ready to take on challenges and grow professionally, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health benefits from day one

Collaborative work environment

Supportive development opportunities

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required with forklift experience.
• Ability to read English and perform basic math skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Produce, inspect, and package products per batch formulations.
• Follow EHS and Quality procedures to ensure safety and quality.

Skills

Forklift operation

Basic math skills

Problem-solving techniques

Ability to read English

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Automated equipment

Semi-automated equipment

Forklifts

Basic hand tools

Job description

Production Operator - Rotating 12 Hour Shifts - Day Shift (7am - 7 pm) - Wauwatosa WI

JOB DIMENSIONS

• Produce, inspect, and package products per batch formulations utilizing various mixing, blending, and packaging equipment.
• Follow all EHS and Quality procedures to safely produce quality product.
• Record manually and via computer, all material usage, accurately fill out process batch sheets.

12 hour shifts, rotating 3 days, 7 am-7 pm

ACTIVITIES

• Follow process batch sheets to produce quality products per prescribed standards.
• Adhere to all plant policies, practices, and procedures to ensure safety, quality, service, and cost objectives are met.
• Practice continuous quality improvement in all processes.
• Participate in Bostik's Safety programs to achieve the objective of safe behavior and the goal of Zero Incidents.
• Monitor and adjust equipment as necessary and permissible to ensure safe and efficient operation.
• Work cooperatively with all employees and leadership to meet plant/shift objectives.
• Maintain and improve the level of housekeeping in the work area and facility.
• Complete all required paperwork accurately and legibly.
• Operate various pieces of equipment including but not limited to lamination equipment, packaging equipment, forklifts, palletizers, and basic hand tools.
• Use computer controls to operate equipment.
• Participate in continuous improvement projects and Kaizen events.
• Rotate to other work functions as required by process flow.

CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT

• Work in a fast-paced production environment where safety, accuracy, and speed are essential. Simultaneous competing priorities require effective and efficient multi-tasking to succeed.
• Ability to stand, lift up to 50 lbs., and walk throughout the workday.
• Ability to work in a non-climate-controlled environment.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Use of production equipment, material handling equipment, and hand tools.
• Use of computer for data management and training.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Operate equipment and report issues to leadership as needed.
• Complete daily goals.
• Use problem-solving techniques to eliminate waste and errors and drive overall improvement in daily objectives.
• Understand production and process equipment.
• Adhere to Bostik, OSHA, and local regulations/policies.

Qualifications / Experience Required

• High school diploma or GED.
• Ability to read English and perform basic math skills.
• Forklift experience.
• Ability to operate automated and semi-automated equipment.
• Willingness to work an off shift and overtime as necessary.

A career with Bostik offers a collaborative work environment and supportive development to reach your career goals, with benefits starting day one as part of our competitive total rewards strategy. Bostik, an Arkema company, is a leading global adhesive specialist in construction, consumer, and industrial markets. For more than a century, it has been developing innovative adhesive solutions that are smarter and more adaptive to the forces that shape daily lives. From cradle to grave, from home to office, Bostik’s smart adhesives can be found everywhere. With annual sales of €2 billion, the company employs 6,000 people and has a presence in more than 50 countries. The diversity of our employees is an asset we value and commit to from recruitment through career management. Bostik is an EEO/AA/Drug Free Workplace. The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications.