Machine Operator - 3rd Shift

About the role

TekniPlex Healthcare, based in Clayton, NC, is seeking a Machine Operator to join their team. This position is available on a 3rd shift basis from Sunday to Thursday, working from 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with potential for overtime.

Responsibilities

• Set-up/Changeover extruder according to specification using material in pellet form to produce products meeting customer specifications, dimensions and weight.
• Troubleshoot all related equipment, including extruder and controls.
• Make machine adjustments to ensure product meets dimensional and physical specifications, including adjustments to dies, speed and temperature.
• Able to install and change appropriate tooling (cores, dies, head, screens, etc.).
• Weigh and mix pelletized materials according to production work order.
• Understand polymer resins and drying requirements.
• Complete product traceability, logs, production reports, data entry, etc. as required to document extrusion related activities.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3 years of manufacturing experience; preferably in extrusion or injection molding.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds on an occasional basis.
• Must be able to obtain forklift certification through the company.
• Ability to stand for 8 hours or more.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and flexible benefits program.
• Paid in full by TekniPlex and shared benefits.
• Work-life benefits providing support and assistance.
• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and other coverage options.
• Life, AD&D, STD, LTD, hospital indemnity, accident, critical illness, and 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Legal plan and identity protection.

Skills

• Read and interpret documents, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Write routine reports and complete time cards and work orders.
• Interpret technical procedures and read blueprints and technical drawings.
• Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations.
• Apply concepts of basic algebra, geometry, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Abilities

• Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations.
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form.

Physical Demands

• Frequent standing, walking, talking, hearing, and reaching.
• Occasional lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Regularly uses hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• Regularly stoops, kneels, crouches, or crawls.
• Occasionally requires use of senses of taste or smell.

Work Environment

• Moderate noise levels.
• Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts and vibration.
• Occasional exposure to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic, flammable or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, extreme heat, and outside weather conditions.
• Ability to adjust focus.