Machine Operator

Job Description

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that's transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It's our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win—adapting quickly in an ever changing world— and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world‑class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

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

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.
• Places parts in specified relationship to each other.
• Monitors flow of parts into assembling machinery, secondary equipment, and storage containers.
• Tends machines, such as presses and crystallized which perform in molding area, according to machine (product) standard.
• Works at different work stations as production needs require.
• Works on line where tasks vary, as parts of various sizes and shapes move along the line.
• Assists in training new operators as needed.
• Check all finished parts for any possible defects (including grease, flash, punctures, and other defects).
• Completes daily report of parts produced and any scrap parts which resulted.
• Notifies Lead Person, Mold Technician and/or Production Supervisor whenever items produced do not meet quality requirements, or if machinery need repair.
• Uses calculator to arrive at accurate calculations of different production‑related data.
• Wears all required personal protective equipment.
• Maintains housekeeping of work areas.

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The Machine Operator has the authority to shut down production equipment to prevent the production 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.

Requires strong understanding of blow molding process and the ability to understand basic good manufacturing practices and guidelines. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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

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.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and 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.

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…