D&W Fine Pack, a Mid Oaks Investments portfolio company, provides a wide range of products serving the food service and food packaging industry. We have an immediate opportunity for a Machine Operator 2. In this function you will operate machinery used in manufacturing high-quality food packaging products. RESPONSIBILITIES
- Follows plant safety procedures and guidelines; Housekeeping Standards are followed/trains others
- Know emergency procedures and what to do in the event of power outages, machine failures, workplace injuries, etc.
- Wears and utilizes personal protective equipment (PPE) as required; gives feedback on proper usage
- Demonstrates and identifies Lock-out/Tag-out procedures
- Informs supervisor of safety issues; reports any workplace injury or incident immediately
- Demonstrates safe behaviors & trains others on Hazard Identification; Reports identified hazards
- Produces high-quality plastic sheets using extrusion processes and practices
- Ensures sheet quality by performing required quality assurance tests and inspections.
- Demonstrate the ability to know material differences when processing for extrusion
- Operates at or below Company scrap targets
- Works to reduce rejected rolls per-month measurement
- Understands and completes daily 5S tasks
- Understand/identify defective or contaminated product, remove defective or contaminated product according to standard
- Understand how to identify gels or specks in material
- Understand silicone/anti-fog concentration and levels to meet standards
- Understand how to clean the coders
- Demonstrates proper use of coating measuring device and collection of QC retains
- Demonstrated the ability to sanitize Extrusion Lines using processes and practices of the facility
- Initiates quality testing on time and uses the data to make appropriate adjustment according to the specifications
- Supports company Food Safety efforts through commitment and compliance with SQF (Safety Quality Foods) standard practices and policies.
- Follow plant quality practices including Good Manufacturing Practices or GMP's
- Operates extruder machines and assists other Machine Operators
- Works to achieve 100% on-time completion of scheduled production
- Enters information into the plant Real Time Monitoring System (RTM), if applicable
- In Extrusion, handles rolls, and moves finished product roll to curing area
- In Extrusion, makes roll ticket and puts on product as required
- Uses the plant's AGV system to order/store rolls, if applicable
- Ensures proper roll receiving, packaging and documentation
- Maintains his or her work area in neat condition – Understands 5S & assists others
- Understands the production schedule and work orders, train and assist others
- Stop or reset machines when malfunctions occur, troubleshoot, and document downtime/scrap for efficiencies
- Demonstrate ability to complete changeovers per line, adjust, troubleshoot, for an effective start up
- Ability to move finished goods from Extrusion into the warehouse such as locations, scanning, inventory, moves, and receiving. Demonstrate/Train others.
- Assists other workers with specific chores as requested
Additional Tasks
- Completes and fills out daily logs/paperwork as required
- Completes all assigned cleaning/preventive maintenance tasks
- Delivers scrap to reprocessing area in the appropriate manner
- Identifies all processing or maintenance problems on assigned line; troubleshoot and document downtime/scrap
- Involved in a committee or provides continuous improvement ideas
- Mentors and trains new Operators
- Reports to work on-time and follows D&W attendance policy and guidelines
- Collaborates with other Team Members for a positive work environment
- Drive the business with the D&W culture of being customer focused, collaborative, and be on the cutting edge
- Prioritize the focus on D&W's core values of safety, teamwork, quality and productivity
Starting Pay: $23 to $25 based on experience Additional $1.25 working 2nd or 3rd shift BENEFITS We offer a competitive salary & comprehensive benefit package which includes: • Medical • Dental • Vision • Wellness program • 401K with company match • STD/LTD • Company paid Life Insurance • FSA (Medical & Dependent care) • Employee Assistance Program • Plus more!