• Setup and operate a variety of material handling, molding, finishing and assembly equipment
Examples: mold setup, or cutter adjustments
• Responsible for mold change and machine adjustments
• Start up and shut down the molding machines
• Operate forklift to do mold changes
• Use forklift to move and organize molds
• Responsible for filling out the daily process records necessary to control and maintain machine running conditions
• Conduct minor repairs and change inserts, as necessary
• Responsible for the operation, repair, and maintenance of high-volume molding machines
• Monitor production quantities for color change, mold change and product completions
• Execute all activities within the scope of approved procedures and sets priorities necessary to accomplish pre-determined goals based on production needs
• Monitor scrap being produced from process and effect changes needed to eliminate root cause of scrap
• Maintain an acceptable level of housekeeping by 5S standards in the assigned work area
• Promote, attain, and maintain safety, quality, and environmental awareness and requirements in the area of responsibility
• Identify and resolve issues in the assigned working area related to equipment, machines, personnel, process, training, and materials, which conflict in obtaining maximum quality of production and efficiency
• Provide recommendations to engineering about process improvement opportunities for processes, practices, equipment, performance, and efficiency of operations
• Inspect machines hourly in the assigned working area to ensure production of acceptable quality parts to prevent mass production of defective or unacceptable parts (scrap)
• Accurately report daily shift performances, which include but not limited to safety, quality, labor hours, production tickets, scrap, and first part approvals
• Must be able to troubleshoot support equipment (grinders, blenders, hopper loaders, and chillers
• Inform Production Lead, where necessary, of all events affecting the flow of production
• Communicate with on-coming team members with respect to shift performance and scrap
• Act to promptly correct or remove all workplace hazards
• Other duties assigned by management