Machine Operator

Job Description

SUMMARY Responsible for all aspects of safe machine operation in area of assigned responsibility including movement of finished product.

SCHEDULE 12 hour schedule. 7a-7p. 4 days on and 4 days off.

• Randomly check parts produced every hour to ensure that customer specifications are met.
• Place parts in specified relationship to each other.
• Monitor flow of parts into assembling machinery, secondary equipment, and storage containers.
• Tend machines, such as presses and crystallized, within the molding area, according to machine (product) standard.
• Work at different work stations as production needs require.
• Work on line where tasks vary, as parts of various sizes and shapes move along the line.
• Assist in training new operators as needed.
• Check all finished parts for any possible defects (including grease, flash, punctures, and other defects).
• Complete daily report of parts produced and any scrap parts that resulted.
• Notify Lead Person, Mold Technician and/or Production Supervisor whenever items produced do not meet quality requirements, or if machinery need repair.
• Use calculator to arrive at accurate calculations of different production-related data.
• Wear all required personal protective equipment.
• Maintain housekeeping of work areas.

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The Machine Operator has the authority to shut down production equipment to prevent the production of defective product and place product on hold if it does not meet the customer/company specification.

The Machine Operator has the responsibility to successfully complete the position training program found in the plant training manual.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read a limited number of two and three syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES Certificate and training in safe forklift operation are required.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers, handle, or feel; talk or hear;

and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and color vision.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

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