Slitter Operator (2nd Shift)

About the Company

At TekniPlex, you’ll join more than 8,000 colleagues across 12 countries, all united by one purpose: creating safer, smarter solutions that touch daily life. Through our two divisions, TekniPlex Healthcare and TekniPlex Consumer Products, you’ll help shape industries that matter: healthcare, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, beauty, and personal care. Here, your ideas count and your work matters. You’ll be encouraged to think boldly, collaborate across cultures, and keep growing every step of the way. You will help protect the integrity of essential products, support patient safety and comfort, and contribute to innovations that make everyday life better, all while building a career that makes an impact.

About the Role

The Slitter Operator converts in-process or finished master rolls per production order and customer's specifications. This role operates on a shift schedule from 2:45pm - 11:00pm.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and process material in and out of the Slitting Operation while following all TekniPlex plant safety rules and standards.
• Maintain good housekeeping practices and comply with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
• Load a machine payoff using an overhead hoist and thread the material through the machine initially by hand and then jogging it through the cutting press.
• Input data into the shop floor PC, check and validate labels are correct from the computer onto the corresponding rolls.
• Select, clean, install spacers and knives on shafts.
• Thread sheeting through slitter and verify dimension of slit specifications.
• Secure slit strips on cores, adjust guides and roller tension, thread edge trim to scrap winder, and start machine.
• Observe slitting and rewinding operation and examine cut strips for flatness, wrinkles, and other defects.
• Communicate scrap, mechanical, or quality issues in a timely manner.
• Arrange stacking rolls according to packaging specification.
• Meet standards relating to productivity, quality, and scrap daily.
• Complete and submit required paperwork daily.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Safety conscious.
• Comfortable standing for the entire shift.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. repetitively.
• Previous manufacturing experience preferred.
• Previous forklift experience is preferred.
• 2 years of experience in a manufacturing facility is preferred.
• Excellent communication skills for this hands-on role.
• Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
• Minimum of a High School Diploma.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

• Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, push, pull, and carry, and hear.
• Frequently required to talk and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently work with sharp tools, such as knives and ledgers.
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 12 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job:

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration.
• Occasionally exposed to humid conditions and hot temperatures.
• Regularly required to work with others but may occasionally work alone.

Benefits

TekniPlex provides a comprehensive and flexible benefits program that you can customize to fit your personal needs:

• Medical Coverage
• Prescription Drug Coverage
• Telemedicine
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Basic Term Life/AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life/AD&D Insurance
• Short Term Disability (STD)
• Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Voluntary Buy-Up LTD
• Hospital Indemnity
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Daily Pay
• Business Travel Insurance
• Legal Plan
• Identity Protection