Operator II

Safety

• Follow all employer safety and health regulations as required by company policies, procedures and practices.
• Ensure the safe and efficient operation of all downstream equipment to meet or exceed company established safety culture.
• Follow Lock out/Block Out/Tag out policy.
• Wear proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) where required.
• Proactive in addressing unsafe conditions and confronting unsafe behaviors in the facility.
• Address all unsafe acts or conditions immediately and report to Shift Production Supervisor.
• Participate and/or conduct safety training as scheduled.

Daily Operations

• Skilled understanding and experience operating machinery.
• Exemplifies Leadership while on and off the production floor.
• Trains new and existing employees on various operations procedures.
• Thorough understandings of entire operations processes from start to finish.
• Maintain and explain deviation from expected Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Complete any machine and task specific training as documented on Operator Development Plan.
• Perform necessary Operator Checklists.
• Collect and record quality measurements as directed.
• Correct any deviations from quality standards in order to produce product within specifications.
• Monitor and respond accordingly to any deviations within Statistical Process Control (SPC) charting.
• Communicate problems, progress reports and continuous improvement ideas to management staff, maintenance and production personnel.
• Perform maintenance tasks as outlined by Maintenance Manager and in response to machine malfunctions.
• Troubleshoot machine and process issues.
• Establish and request regular meetings with their managers, volunteer for plant improvement teams, request additional training, seek higher education opportunities, and meet or exceed self-development and performance goals.
• Provide suggestions for training topics.
• Maintain accurate production reporting documentation.
• Participate actively on plant teams and activities including safety, quality, sustainability, community involvement, OEE, maintenance, employee wellness, brainstorming and continuous improvement.

Quality/GMP/Food Safety

• Responsible for producing and/or packing the best quality product at all times which meet or exceed company expectations and customer quality expectations.
• Label and/or tag all production, and maintain raw and packaging material traceability by recording lot codes as required.
• Isolate and track all non-conforming products and materials.
• Perform quality and downstream testing and measurements, and record results in the specified system or form as directed.
• Communicate out of specification conditions, food safety and food defense issues to the appropriate personnel.
• Follow all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), personnel practices, HACCP, and prerequisite food safety programs.
• Ensure work is performed in a manner which prevents foreign material contamination.
• Maintain a clean, organized work area through effective housekeeping, sanitization, and waste management practices by following the master cleaning and sanitization schedule to ensure the food safety of materials, products and processes are not impacted.
• Proactively resolve housekeeping and sanitization opportunities.
• Prevent and resolve any housekeeping and sanitization issues.

Preventive Maintenance

• Perform scheduled production equipment changeovers as outlined by the plant production schedule.
• Perform changeovers with limited impact to Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Perform scheduled Preventative Maintenance tasks as outlined by the plant PM program.
• Manage preventative maintenance tasks in Computerized Maintenance Management Software, as directed, including generating work orders.
• Proactive in addressing machine inefficiencies during preventative maintenance.
• Ensure equipment is clean and in ‘showroom condition’ after preventative maintenance is performed on production equipment.
• Continually evaluate equipment for improvement areas.
• Tag components or parts that need repair, replacement or improvement.
• Notify Maintenance Manager when parts inventory becomes low or reaches a reorder point.

Qualifications

• Possess a High School diploma or GED equivalent and successfully complete the entrance examinations and interviews.

Abilities Required

• Able to come to work promptly and regularly.
• Able to take direction and work well with others.
• Able to work under the stress of deadlines.
• Able to concentrate and perform accurately.
• Able to react to change productively and to handle other tasks as assigned.

Physical Activity Required

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs and equipment, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist.
• Crouching: Bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Standing for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: Moving over long distances to accomplish tasks.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds with no less than 40 dB at 500 Hz, 100 Hz, and 2000 Hz with or without correction.
• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements of the arms, hand and/or fingers.
• Vision: Must be able to prepare and analyze data and figures.
• Eye sight capable of seeing small defects at distances close to the eyes.
• Exertion: Medium Work – Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Environmental Working Conditions

• Subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions.
• Subject to extreme heat. Temperatures above 100 for periods of more than one hour.
• Subject to noise.
• Subject to vibrations.
• Subject to being exposed to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, chemicals, etc.
• Subject to atmospheric conditions, i.e. fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases or poor ventilation.
• Subject to oils. Air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids.

Disclaimer

• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Equal Opportunity Employer

• Ring Container Technologies is an equal opportunity employer.