Operator

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Reads entire order to gain an understanding of the exact materials needed and the number of batches required.
• Measures and weighs cleaning materials (rubber/water) to effectively clean rotors.
• Sets heater at appropriate temperature (170-180 degrees) and effectively cleans rotors.
• Reviews and preps mixer order, locating and organizing the raw materials in the order in which they will be mixed.
• Weighs each ingredient, ensuring that the scale is “zeroed out” after each weigh-in.
• Uses plastic bags to hold raw materials as they are weighed.
• Enters amount of each ingredient into the computer.
• Ensures raw materials meet specs, rounding number to the nearest tenth (10th), keeping materials at the lower end of the fraction.
• Shuts down control panel to perform clean-out.
• Inspects and cleans out the mixing area to make sure the entire area is free of debris to avoid contamination: inside the machine, under the machine, the floor surrounding the mixer, the doors to the mixer.
• Returns to order and reviews mixing directions, following each step of the process.
• Checks temperature gauges to ensure the batch is mixed at the correct temperature.
• Tests the temperature of the batch, using a probe to confirm the temperature and ensures the batch is within the correct parameters (to prevent burning).
• Secures mixing area.
• Once the first batch is done, takes a sample to the lab for testing and further instructions: modification of the mix or continuation to phase two.
• When given the go-ahead to continue, drops the batch to the extruder conveyor, checking the extruder control panel to ensure that the batch is moving through the process as it should.
• Communicates with Extruder Operator to ensure the line moves smoothly.