Operator I

FXI is a leading producer of foam innovation in the Bedding, Furniture, Industrial, Home & Office, Healthcare, and Transportation markets. We provide tailored solutions that delight customers and consumers. With headquarters, a high-tech R&D facility, and multiple North American manufacturing locations, FXI fosters a culture of innovation and achievement. Our products include finished goods, sub-assemblies, services, and raw materials for OEMs, fabricators, and retailers.

Responsibilities

• Perform all job functions within the Operator II classification.
• Be flexible in job assignments that may change several times a day.
• Read, understand, and comprehend orders to determine style, compound, and quantities using basic math for ordering, verifying, measuring, and counting.
• Use a tape measure reading 16ths.
• Ensure trailer wheels are chocked; raise/lower dock plates; hook/unhook hydraulic hoses; carry pressure and locking bars and secure in trailers; raise squeeze doors from floor to vertical position; clean out trailers.
• Load and unload trailers (e.g., buns, bales) with lifts and by hand; transport within the plant.
• Unload baler and stack bales.
• Pull buns from inventory based on schedule/order and return to inventory; pull tickets from buns.
• Accurately and legibly complete required paperwork; report any deficiencies.
• Load and stack product into carts to heights above head.
• Cut fiber/foam on saw, bag, and transport product using various means; carry and push scrap carts and buggies.
• Operate lift truck on the production floor; load and unload trailers safely; change propane tank.
• Determine and draw layouts using nesting techniques for optimal foam utilization; obtain patterns from rack and re-hang.
• Transport foam, place onto machine, cut, unload, write pertinent information on cut product, and place in staging area; complete required paperwork.
• Use Contour Book to determine schedule and use keyboard.
• Run several machines simultaneously by utilizing efficiencies based on machine cycle times.
• Cut foam/fiber of all types, styles, and sizes (e.g., pattern, straight rail) on auto vertical, bandsaw, and contour machines.
• Inspect buns for tears, splits, and defects; plan cutting for maximum yield.
• Use discretion when accepting/rejecting foam to be cut.
• Make blade adjustments on cutting units to specified dimensions; activate blades and conveyors from consoles.
• Check dimensions of material for conformance to cutting instructions and standard allowances.
• Generate and/or affix bun tickets to buns; record production figures; enter order information into computer terminal.
• Continuously check for proper equipment conditions; notify supervisor of operational concerns.
• Follow lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures.
• Load scrap into carts and transport to/from grinder room.
• Perform monthly roll inventory.
• Roll up flat sheet stock while sitting, tie with string, and throw roll over the head to the floor for loading.
• Retrieve full scrap carts; remove scrap foam from carts, buggies, and floor; place into baler.
• Set machine settings, operate baling unit, tie bales, remove from unit using lift truck, and complete paperwork.
• Stay updated on all changes in product and process; know how to check for quality problems and where to find answers; understand quality standards of products produced.
• Promote and support an environment of cooperation.
• Take direction from multiple supervisors and leaders.
• Work independently under general direction to set priorities, manage workload, meet deadlines, and accomplish goals despite changing deadlines and interruptions.
• Anticipate and remove obstacles affecting jobs; find simpler, faster, and less costly ways to produce results while maintaining high quality.
• Demonstrate sufficient endurance for tasks assigned over long periods (e.g., 12 hours/day, 6 days/week to meet customer-driven workloads).
• Maintain good housekeeping by sweeping, emptying trash, etc.
• Assist production supervision as required.

This job description is indicative of the type of assignments expected and not a complete list of all duties.

Schedule

• 12 hours/day, 6 days/week as required to meet customer-driven workloads.