Forming Operator - Journeyman

Job Description

The Forming Operator - Journeyman operates the bottle forming machine, tools and equipment, performs defect analysis (gauging and visual) and necessary adjustments to the machine, feeder, stacker, etc. and assists with breakdown repairs and job changes.

The Plant Forming Operator/Journeyman will:

• Perform necessary doping and swabbing of mold equipment, adjust temperatures of mold equipment to the feeder and change, or assist in changing, blanks, molds, finish mold changes and record reason.
• Reports any bad glass, bad machine conditions, or defective machine parts which cannot be corrected to crew-leaders and supervisors.
• May be assigned responsibility for additional equipment, up to and including, the point at which the bottles enter the lehr.
• Gauge weight and selected physical dimensions on complete set-out and/or random sample and record using the computer terminal.
• Re-qualify all cavities following any major downtime

Qualifications

• Must be able to work an 8-hour rotating schedule
• (rotating between 1st, 2nd, 3rd shifts – days off rotate as well)
• Average High School Diploma or equivalent
• Forming Operator Journeyman Card required
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis