Slitter Operator Lien Rd

Imagine: A Career with Purpose and Possibility

Picture this:
You are part of a global team of problem-solvers whose innovations in materials science can make life better. Every day, you help turn ideas into impact using science, technology, and creativity to tackle real-world challenges. You are part of a company whose work helps improve patient outcomes in healthcare and protects essential consumer goods that people around the world rely on every day.

At Tekni Plex, you’ll join more than 8,000 colleagues across 12 countries, all united by one purpose: creating safer, smarter solutions that touch daily life. Through our two divisions, Tekni Plex Healthcare and Tekni Plex Consumer Products, you’ll help shape industries that matter: healthcare, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, beauty, and personal care.

Here, your ideas count and your work matters. You’ll be encouraged to think boldly, collaborate across cultures, and keep growing every step of the way. You will help protect the integrity of essential products, support patient safety and comfort, and contribute to innovations that make everyday life better, all while building a career that makes an impact.

Because at Tekni Plex, you don’t just deliver products – you help shape what’s next.

Tekni Plex is hiring Slitter Operators for our Madison, WI facility. 1 st shift, 2 nd shift, and 3 rd shifts are available. Tekni Plex Healthcare is currently hiring for teammates in our Slitting Department, located in Madison, WI. Responsibilities include operating the slitter while following customer quality specifications, ensuring dimensions, sizes of rolls, quantity and print quality are accurate. Perform rework/rewinding of rolls with identified defects from primary operations.

The pay range for this role is $20 to $24 an hour. The pay is based on experience.

1 st shift is 7:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday to Friday

2 nd shift is 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm Monday to Friday

3 rd shift is 11:00 pm to 7:00 am Sunday to Friday

• Prepares finished product to ship according to customer requirements
• Monitor and direct the activities of the Slitter Assistant by monitoring their work and advising and/or guiding as needed
• Train Slitter Assistant to a comfortable level of proficiency that will allow them to run through breaks and fill-in as an operator as needed
• Work with supervision, planning and Quality to get rework completed efficiently
• Ensure proper and accurate set up of the machine including the following:
• Review job folder and data on computer regarding job
• Use hoist to hang rolls
• Review blueprints and complete slitting checklist to obtain accurate customer specifications
• Set web guides and knives pursuant to customer specifications
• Wipe rollers with alcohol, adjust gauges, adjust cores or spacers and put lay down arms on slitter
• Prepare machine (check specifications) for next job by reviewing job folder and data on computer
• Ensure machine is operating according to process specifications
• Watch for wrinkles, voids, print quality, and fisheyes on current job running
• Record sets on AS400 and daily totals on scoreboards as required
• Set footage counter, hang rolls, cut out press stops and splices
• Cut cores as required
• Take sets off slitter and put cores on slitter
• Obtain and deliver samples as agreed upon to the lab for Quality Assurance
• Help assistants by labelling, bagging, and putting away sets as time permits
• Assist with rewind/rework operations as necessary
• Follow all safety rules
• Complete other duties as assigned by Manufacturing Supervisor
• This job/role is responsible for helping the site meet their quality objectives.
• Other duties as assigned

• Proficient mathematical and measurement skills. Knowledge of metric conversions
• 1-2 years slitter assistant experience preferred
• Ability to run multiple job 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

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