Production Operator (Extrusion) (REQ647) at SPARTECH INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC in Crawfordsville, Indiana

Job Description:

Description

Extruder Machine Operator - Starting Wages are $19 - $22 per hour!!

Crawfordsville, IN

How can you make a difference at your job and can have the opportunity to grow?

Join the Crawfordsville - Spartech Team!

Crawford Industries, now a part of Spartech, LLC has an opening for an Extruder Operator on our team in Crawfordsville, IN.The Crawfordsville operation of the organization specializes in extruding and converting flat plastic sheet. Plastic sheet may have graphics added and the die cut into license plates, the "lamp shade" used in veterinary clinics, signage, file folders, 3-ring binders, covers for school date books, for example. We reuse our scrap plastic whenever possible to create our environmentally friendly products. Come join our Extrusion team as they extrude plastic sheet to help create all kinds of products for our customers.

General Summary and Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Sets up and operates assigned extrusion line to produce quality plastic sheet at established rates.

Key Responsibilities to include:

• Review the process sheet for each job assigned to confirm that set-up and materials furnished will yield product required.
• Perform set up and operate an extruder to produce quality sheet as specified on the process sheet at the established rates within posted tolerances and free of streaks and contamination.
• Perform safe start up and shut down of extrusion line as required.
• Complete first piece inspection and hourly quality inspections verifying gauge, size, squareness, opacity, surface condition. and overall appearance of the sheet.
• Work with Extrusion Utility on upcoming color or material changes.
• Grind webbing from downstream operations when available as like colors are extruded.
• Band skids as required and move loads to next work center as necessary.
• Assist maintenance during roll changes.
• Keep machine and area clean.
• Report mechanical problems to the Lead Extruder Operator, Extrusion Manager, and/or shift maintenance.
• Assist other operators as needed.
• Accurately report all direct and indirect labor activities.