Slitter Operator & Trainer—Quality‑Driven Production

Job Summary

Tekni Plex is hiring Slitter Operators for our Madison, WI facility. The role involves operating the slitter while following customer quality specifications, ensuring dimensions, sizes of rolls, quantity, and print quality are accurate. The pay range is $20 to $24 per hour, based on experience.

• 1st shift: 7:00 am – 3:00 pm, Monday to Friday
• 2nd shift: 3:00 pm – 11:00 pm, Monday to Friday
• 3rd shift: 11:00 pm – 7:00 am, Sunday to Friday

• Prepares finished product to ship according to customer requirements
• Monitors and directs activities of the Slitter Assistant, providing guidance as needed
• Trains Slitter Assistant to a comfortable level of proficiency to run through breaks and fill‑in as an operator as needed
• Works with supervision, planning, and Quality to get rework completed efficiently
• Ensures proper and accurate set‑up of the machine, including review of job folder and data on computer regarding the job
• Uses hoist to hang rolls, reviews blueprints, and completes slitting checklist to obtain accurate customer specifications
• Sets web guides and knives pursuant to customer specifications
• Wipes rollers with alcohol, adjusts gauges, adjusts cores or spacers, and puts down arms on slitter
• Prepares machine (checks specifications) for next job by reviewing job folder and data on computer
• Ensures machine operates according to process specifications
• Monitors for wrinkles, voids, print quality, and fisheyes during the current job run
• Records sets on AS400 and daily totals on scoreboards as required
• Sets footage counter, hangs rolls, cuts out press stops and splices
• Cut cores as required, takes sets off slitter, and puts cores on slitter
• Obtains and delivers samples as agreed upon to the lab for Quality Assurance
• Assists with labeling, bagging, and putting away sets as time permits
• Assists with rewind/rework operations as necessary
• Follows all safety rules
• Completes other duties as assigned by the Manufacturing Supervisor
• This job/role is responsible for helping the site meet its quality objectives
• Other duties as assigned

• Proficient mathematical and measurement skills; knowledge of metric conversions
• 1–2 years of slitter assistant experience preferred
• Ability to run multiple jobs simultaneously
• Ability to handle project‑type work while working individually with little supervision
• Experience working with production computer software
• Broad knowledge of product and customer specifications
• Mechanical knowledge of and ability to adjust gauges, scales, and hand tools
• Strong attention to detail
• Microsoft Suite knowledge

• Medical Coverage
• Prescription Drug Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Basic Term Life/AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life/AD&D Insurance
• Short Term Disability (STD)
• Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Voluntary Buy‑Up LTD
• Hospital Indemnity
• Critical Illness
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Daily Pay
• Business Travel Insurance
• Legal Plan
• Identity Protection

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and legibly complete time cards and work orders. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures and read blueprints and technical drawings, such as machine, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical. Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.

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. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra, geometry, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid…