Blanket Dept. Technical Process Operator

About This Role

Control, operate, and maintain high-speed bag making production equipment in the Blanket Department. This role ensures safety, quality, and efficiency while performing troubleshooting, changeovers, and machine adjustments.

Responsibilities

• Control, operate, and maintain multiple pieces of high-speed bag making production equipment
• Safely and efficiently conduct changeovers and troubleshoot process and equipment problems
• Perform machine adjustments which directly affect quality, output, and scrap levels
• Perform required quality checks on finished products through specified and detailed quality control procedures each shift
• Process scrap materials using specified procedures
• Troubleshoot equipment and process failures and complete some minor mechanical repairs
• Perform routine and unique mechanical and maintenance tasks to remove debris/deposits from equipment and parts
• Enter quality and production data into computer systems
• Manually operate packaging equipment, including occasional hand stacking of cartons and cases of finished products onto pallets or staging platforms
• Maintain and update departmental equipment and production performance metrics and reports

Requirements

• High school diploma or G.E.D.
• One year manufacturing experience
• Ability to understand instructions, work procedures, reason and make judgments, problem solve, plan, coordinate, and direct own work
• Ability to work a 12-hour rotating shift schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays, for up to 7 consecutive days
• Ability to communicate clearly and distinctly (oral and written) with peers and supervisors
• Ability to perform effectively under stressful conditions, prioritizing job duties while working with team members
• Ability to tolerate sustained standing/walking up to 10 hours a day, for up to 7 consecutive days
• Ability to perform occasional to frequent lifting of up to 50 lbs.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or G.E.D.
• One year manufacturing experience

Benefits