Pellet Line Operator

Join to apply for the Pellet Line Operator role at Evergreen
. The position offers a 7a–7p or 7p–7a shift on a 2 on/2 off/3 on schedule. Work only 15 days a month and still receive full‑time benefits and pay.

At Evergreen, we’re in business to change the world. Evergreen was originally founded in 1998 to provide a sustainable, reliable supply of quality polyester resin. Each year, Evergreen recycles billions of PET bottles, keeping them out of landfills, oceans, rivers, forests, and roadways. We also produce hundreds of millions of pounds of recycled PET plastic that goes into new bottles and other products.

We partner with municipal and commercial recycling facilities and industrial customers, accepting recyclable material and offering rebates for PET bottles and other PET material. The end goal is to make landfills a thing of the past, help customers achieve sustainability goals and make the circular economy possible for all of us.

Simultaneously operate one or more pellet lines safely to produce quality plastic pellets, meet team goals, and maintain product safety. Work in a team environment supporting fellow employees to meet team production goals, including quality and product safety.

• Ensure pellet processes on the assigned lines run stably at standard speed and output.
• Use instruments, machine readings, audits, and inspections to verify quality specifications compliance. Document results on time per process records required.
• Have a working knowledge of all extrusion and support operations.
• Operate and make standard process adjustments as needed while maintaining Process Parameters Sheet (PPS) compliance, to ensure product quality, process stability, and output.
• Perform and document operator‑level equipment preventive maintenance (PM).
• Perform process PM (e.g., change filters, change dust collection pots, clean out piping buildup).
• Possess and engage a thorough working knowledge of pellet operations.
• Understand, properly interpret, and apply quality specifications to ensure quality compliance during the process on assigned lines.
• Communicate effectively with fellow employees, sharing information to ensure the team works toward and meets team goals.
• Take material samples on time at all sampling points and do first‑pass assessment of quality.
• Notify supervisor of needed machine and equipment repairs and modifications, via work requests.
• Accurately complete daily production line documentation.
• Provide significant hands‑on contribution to machine repairs, as needed.
• Maintain clean, orderly equipment and work areas.
• Produce safe, legal and quality products.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Excellent attendance record.
• Strong communication skills with all employees.
• High level of integrity, accurate completion of administrative tasks, and ability to take direction effectively.
• Ability to work with little to no supervision.
• Demonstrated mechanical and technical aptitude.
• Capacity to maintain an Evergreen Plastics’ Powered Industrial Truck, Boom lift, and Scissor Lift Operator permits.
• High energy, self‑motivated, with good attention to detail.

Salary: $19.25–$20.75 per hour.

Entry level

Full‑time

Management and Manufacturing

Plastics Manufacturing

Location:

Clyde, OH.