Material Technician

Job Details

Job Location: Delavan - Delavan, WI 53115

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range: $20.00 - $25.00 Hourly

Travel Percentage: None

Job Shift: Any

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Starting pay range: Minimum $20.00 - $25.00/hour
How do our shifts work? Full time status | 4 Days on 4 Days Off
Day

Shift: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Night

Shift: 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM

* One opening on each shift

Schedule:

4 Days per week and Benefits Eligible
Additional hours of overtime may be available

At Radius Packaging, we prioritize our employees' growth, collaboration, and well-being. Our culture is rooted in our Values and Guiding Principles - The Radius Way:
Champion Positive Change, Act with Integrity, Strive for Excellence, Emphasize Community, and Work Together. We are a recent recipient of the Plastics News Excellence in Employee Relations Award, which recognized us for our commitment to fostering a supportive workplace environment and nurturing a strong company culture. We were specifically honored for our continuing education initiatives, recognition programs, engaging employee events and opportunities for career advancement.

Radius Packaging has also been named a Top Workplace by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in 2024 and 2025.

OUTSTANDING COMPANY CULTURE
Radius Packaging credits their success to putting people first- both its members and its customers. Celebrating its5
3rd
anniversary
, Radius Packaging creates an environment focused on collaboration, innovation and hard work, where members are excited to learn and grow. Through various events, educational resources, committees, clubs and programs, members find more than just a job at Radius, but a community that prioritizes each members' financial, mental, physical and emotional needs. Radius is proud to continuously invest in their member sand provide them with opportunities to pursue their passions at work, at home and in their communities.

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

The Material Technician will be responsible for facilitating the movement and inventory control of the material flow, achieving efficient and safe material handling of raw materials while illustrating positive contributions to their environment. This proposal outlines the need for a dedicated backroom specialist to support the growing demands of our inventory, shipping, and storage operations. As our business expands, the need for efficient backroom management is critical to maintaining operational excellence and customer satisfaction.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.

• Manage the resin delivery system including vacuums, blenders, grinders and bulk storage to machines efficiently.
• Execute daily PM activities to assure seamless function of the equipment.
• Must receive, organize and maintain accurate records of resin, cold melt and regrind inventory. Utilize sample probe to sample incoming materials received from New Berlin to prevent cross contamination.
• Support operations with changeover duties related to back-room areas such as color changes, drain gravity bins, change fines, clean out hoppers, and blender platforms.
• Coordinate with shift supervisor for timely stock replenishment and removal of resin material during changeovers.
• Follow shredding process, performing color changes, operating and maintaining shredder machines.
• Conduct daily audits of backrooms and top mezzanine to maintain 6S cleanliness.
• Elevate intricate machine issues related to shredder, hoppers, railcars, and vacuum pumps to maintenance team in a detailed and professional manner.
• Communicate operation specific information related to resin inventory, dunnage, scrap, 6S, and process deviations in the Red Zone system.
• Conduct quality verification checks to monitor consistent resin material flow by changing railcar compartments to ensure the molding equipment is consistently replenished with accurate resin material.
• Operate material handling equipment such as pallet jacks and…