Line Operator

Job Description

Job Title:

Line Operator

Department:
Production

Reports to:

Production Supervisor

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Safety Sensitive Position:
Yes

Summary:

The operator is responsible for the direct supervision of the assigned production lines. This position is directly responsible for worker compliance with established safety, quality, quantity and housekeeping.

• Responsible for interpretation of and adherence to production work orders
• Maintains thorough knowledge of all processes and equipment
• Reports any process and equipment problems
• Assists in training production assistants
• Organizes work for smooth operations
• Responsible for all processes, equipment, employees, safety and housekeeping on assigned lines
• Adherence to company policies and procedures
• Responsible for assuring order set-ups, product quality checks and equipment set-ups are done in line with specifications
• Responsible for ensuring scrap goals on assigned lines are met
• Assist the Maintenance Technicians during breakdowns to minimize downtimes
• Report malfunctions or unsafe working conditions to the Sr. Operator or Supervisor
• Understand and actively participate in the company’s EHS policy, goals, and objectives
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, order forms, travelers and checklists
• Ability to speak effectively with Managers, co-workers or before groups of co-workers, Supervisors or others within the company
• Mandatory participation of safety programs and training
• Attend meetings as scheduled
• Wear mandatory assigned Personal Protective Equipment (P.P.E.)
• Be a team player with a positive attitude and work well with others
• Possess good written and verbal communications skills
• Know and understand the importance of safety, quality, housekeeping and teamwork
• Dependable and flexible when work is required in other facets of production
• To ask questions to prevent errors or clarification
• Can work with minimum supervision in a fast-paced environment

• Takes reasonable care for their own health and safety
• Takes reasonable care for the health and safety of others
• Authorized to stop work when a perceived unsafe condition or behavior may result in an unwanted event
• Understands and actively participates in the company’s EHS policy, goals, and objectives

• Requires overall knowledge and experience of extruders, recycling procedures and profiles of resins and their properties
• Must be able to work rotating 12-hour shift including holidays and weekends
• Must be able to bend, twist, and rotate body at all times

• Employees in this job is required to exert 50 pounds of force occasionally (less than 1/3 of time); and up to 35 pounds of force frequently (more than 1/3 of the total time); if over 50 lbs, requires a team lift or mechanical aid such as a roll lift or forklift.
• Must be able to stand for 12 hours
• Must be able to bend, twist, and rotate body at all times
• Reaching with hands and arms for as much as 100% of workday
• Talking to communicate with others Hearing to communicate with others and respond to manufacturing and PIT equipment sounds
• Using arms to grasp, handle, and type
• Walking to operate production machines and to package and palletize finished product

• Outdoors - 1/3 of the time or less
• Near moving mechanical parts - Over 2/3 of the time
• High or precarious places - 1/3 of the time or less
• Near electrical components - 1/3 of the time or less
• Near vibrating equipment and tools - 1/3 of the time or less
• Fumes from equipment or airborne particles - 1/3 of the time or less
• Toxic or caustic chemicals - 1/3 of the time or less
• Extreme heat (non-weather) - 1/3 of the time…