PROCESS OPERATOR - IVC (Dalton, Georgia, United States, 30721)

About the role

Operate and troubleshoot CV line during start, normal operation and shutdown. All tasks and duties are to be performed safely, while continuing to maximize performance measures of the equipment and process.

Responsibilities

• Operate equipment and make machine/process adjustments for optimized production of CV products
• Monitor key equipment parameters and record data as applicable
• Use key equipment parameters to adjust the process for optimized results
• Continually inspect key product characteristics at designated frequencies to ensure A grade acceptability
• Read, analyze, interpret and react to application charts and graphs
• Perform physical line walks at designated intervals to monitor/inspect for product quality, equipment reliability and general housekeeping
• Assist with conducting trials in production processes
• Assist with troubleshooting quality issues
• Assist in developing and updating equipment operating procedures
• Assist with line changeovers, seam splicing preventive care for optimized performance
• Troubleshoot and/or modify equipment systems related failures based on direction from supervisor and/or engineering
• Escalate unresolved failures past length of off quality
• Actively participate in and contribute to leadership decision making on new product and equipment trials
• Participate in continuous improvement teams
• Train new personnel as needed
• Actively seek means to increase technical expertise and competency

Qualifications

• High school diploma or higher preferred
• At least 2 years experience in an industrial environment
• Experienced in continuous production processes
• Previous equipment operation and equipment troubleshooting experience required
• Problem solves and works with sense of urgency
• Able to operate powered industrial trucks
• Must be able to understand the need for meeting goals and production requirements
• Must be able to visualize defects in the product
• Must be able to visualize color defects in the product
• Strong team player (hands on)
• Sense for discipline, order, and neatness
• Willingness to learn new things and agility to work in scope
• Commitment to company values

Skills

• Microsoft Office Products
• Computer skills

Physical demands

• Occasionally required to walk, sit, use hands to handle or feel objects/tools/controls, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, talk, or hear
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Work environment

• Exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time
• Noise level could be high
• May be required to work in high elevations