Machine Operator II Injection D Shift LX

Job Description

Title:

Machine Operator

Reports to:

Production Supervisor

Performs repetitive production and packing operations to mass process products such as plastic bottles.

• Work from a production schedule located within the work area.
• Randomly check product produced every hour to ensure customer specifications are met.
• Monitor flow of product into processing machinery.
• Tend machines such as palletizers, case packers, injection machines and box machines to maintain product flow.
• Work at different workstations as production needs require.
• Work on lines where tasks vary, as product of various shapes and sizes move along lines.
• Check finished product for possible defects.
• Wear all required personal protective equipment.
• Assure and participate in all plant safety/accident prevention policies. Includes maintaining a safe work environment and following safe work practices.
• Maintain housekeeping of work areas.
• Follow all HACCP, GMP and Product Safety rules and guidelines.
• Train current and new members of the department to perform job related tasks as needed.
• Learn new on the job skills as training opportunities become available.
• Perform any other tasks that may be assigned.
• Attend monthly shift meetings at 6 am for day shift or 6 pm for night shift.

None.

Education and Experience:

High school diploma or general education degree; or at least one-year manufacturing related experience and/or training or equivalent combination.

Language

Skills:

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

Physical Demands:
Must manipulate product with both hands, both above and below shoulder height. Must stand on a solid surface for a minimum of 12 hours. Must ascend and descend stairs and ladders. Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Must demonstrate repetitive motion with a pallet jack and push/pull up to 700 pounds throughout the day (12‑hour shift). Requires close visual inspection of product.

Must perform job functions in temperatures of over 100 °F during summer season and 50 °F during winter season.

• Lock Out / Tag Out
• Bloodborne Pathogen
• Hearing Conservation / PPE
• Right to Know / Hazardous Communication
• Emergency Evacuation
• Ladder Safety / Fall Protection
• Confined Space Entry