Extrusion Operator (A Shift)

Duties And Responsibilities

• Perform the primary thinking encompassed by this job description.
• Comply with all Company policies and procedures.
• Maintain operation of multiple lines, including loading gaskets and packaging end product for shipment.
• Visually inspect product for quality assurance purposes.
• Measure and record pipe dimensions as required.
• Take the proper action according to SPC Charting.
• Control dimensions to maintain pipe specifications with direct supervision.
• Move bundled pipe from work area (scrap and good product).
• Assist in production line start-up activities and changeovers.
• Follow all operational and safety procedures.
• Cut and band scrap as directed.
• Maintain a clean, safe and orderly work area per established housekeeping standards.
• Understand Belling Operations.
• Report any equipment malfunctions, product defects or unsafe conditions immediately.
• Read and Understand SOP’s contained in Operator Manual.
• Relieve and assist other operators as needed.
• Work as a team with other personnel.
• Follows all SAFETY rules per orientation.
• Possess the skill and ability to purge a line down with supervision.
• Proper stacking of pipe in lifts.
• Perform visual inspection for quality of pipe; seek higher authority when in doubt.
• Remove gaskets from scrap pipe.
• Pipe with gaskets will NOT be placed in the scrap cart.
• Knows and can display how to get all quality readings from the pipe.
• Can accurately fill out and use the Control Charts to maintain weights at or below goal.
• Is responsible for assisting supervisor and manufacturing personnel during changeovers.

Qualifications

• No prior experience or training required.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions in English.
• Communication skills (written and verbal) and be able to work well with operators, shift leaders and office personnel.
• Shares information with co-workers as needed.
• Ability to read a tape measure, add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.