Key Responsibilities: (including but not limited to)
· Follow all safety requirements, traffic patterns, pedestrian pathways, PPE standards, and equipment procedures.
· Recognize pinch points, crush zones, hot surfaces, moving equipment, and other material handling hazards.
· Complete required forklift/hilo inspections and operate material handling equipment safely.
· Report unsafe conditions, damaged equipment, spills, and material handling concerns immediately.
2.
Shredder Operation & Scrap Handling
· Drive a forklift/hilo throughout the plant to routinely collect process scrap from the Vacuum Forming Department and other designated locations.
· Transport scrap to the shredder area and identify acceptable scrap versus contaminated material containing labels, cardboard, or other foreign objects.
· Operate and monitor the shredder, displays, bins, and material flow equipment, including required changes between surge bins and boxes.
· Weigh, label, transact, and move regrind to the appropriate storage or processing area.
3.
Material Monitoring & Transfer
· Monitor resin flow, silo levels, visual indicators, alarms, and equipment conditions to ensure each extruder receives the correct material without interruption.
· Respond to low material levels or interrupted flow and communicate concerns to the Operator or Team Leader before production is affected.
· Understand the material transfer path from railcar and silo systems to the extrusion lines and support material routing as assigned.
· Collect finished sheet packs from the front of the extrusion lines, then weigh, label, band, and secure them using the correct pallets and supplies.
· Complete inventory transactions using the required scanner or system and move sheet packs to the sheet supermarket, warehouse, or shipping area.
· Maintain FIFO and proper separation of sheet by product, destination, and status.
· Perform special sheet-handling tasks, including sheet inversion, when required by the production process.
5.
5S & Continuous Improvement
· Maintain 5S standards and complete assigned cleaning, inspection, and basic preventive-maintenance tasks in all assigned Extrusion areas.
· Support problem solving and improvement activities related to safety, material flow, scrap, downtime, and workplace organization.
· Perform other duties as assigned to support safe and efficient Extrusion operations.