PVC Mixer Operator (Night Shift)

Summary

Operates mixing machine to blend ingredients into compounds for processing by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Loads ingredients into mixing machine hopper from conveyor, scales, or hand trucks.
• Starts machine and adjusts machine setting and cooling per process sheets to aid in blending and densifying mixture for a quality batch.
• Operates machine until mixture reaches desired consistency, and turns lever to unload mixture into container, conveyor, or mill for sheeting.
• Operates auxiliary equipment to break up, grind, dry mix, or otherwise prepare mixture for final processing.
• Tends automatic mixing machine.
• Cleans and maintains work area daily.
• Prepares and organizes material for month end inventory.
• Moves batches as needed to extrusion lines or as directed by foreman.
• Maintains mix log and batch according to procedures.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles.
• Frequently exposed to high, precarious places.
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and vibration.
• Nose work schedule is 7am-7pm rotating.

Pay Range

$19 per hour