Slitting Operator

About the role

Slitting Operator Level 2 responsible for setting up, operating, and optimizing slitting equipment to convert large rolls of packaging materials into precise widths. Ensures product quality, performs routine adjustments and troubleshooting, maintains safety standards, and supports production efficiency while assisting in training less experienced operators.

Responsibilities

• Check machine settings and safety features before starting the machines, load materials, and start operations.
• Learn and follow Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures for Slitting equipment.
• Understand different types of materials used in the Slitting process (e.g., plastic films, paper, foil, textiles) and how they behave during lamination.
• Operate machines that cut laminated materials into narrower strips or sizes according to customer specifications.
• Operate laminating equipment that applies adhesive or thermal to materials and bonds them together under heat and pressure.
• Understand different slitting methods, including rotary slitting, razor slitting, or shear slitting, and select the appropriate method for the material being processed.
• Perform minor repairs or adjustments on machines, such as replacing blades, fixing jams, or realigning machinery.
• Ensure that the lamination and slitting processes are operating at the correct speed and efficiency.
• Regularly inspect slit materials for defects like wrinkles, gaps, or uneven thickness.
• Start up and shut down of the assembly line and production equipment.
• Document quality checks and production data, ensuring that quality standards are maintained and entered into the computer system.
• Ensure that products meet customer specifications, including precise widths, bonding strength, and surface appearance.
• Follow up change over process to run different products.
• Load and unload material into the machine using hoists and mobile equipment such as forklifts.
• Assist maintenance in troubleshooting and repairing during mechanical downtime.
• Fill out production paperwork as required.
• Inspect materials to ensure they meet quality standards.
• Thread film through the machine and verify it matches the required size and type.
• Troubleshoot basic issues with the Slitter, like air pockets, folds, or wrinkles.
• Adjust machine temperature, pressure, and speed as needed during the lamination process.
• Cut off waste materials, trim, and roll laminated materials to meet machine and quality standards.
• Observe operation of the Slitting process for surface and quality defects.

Requirements

• 2–4 years of hands-on experience in Lamination and Slitting or a related manufacturing environment.

Pay

$20.50 - $24/hr + Shift Differential (Day shift: $1.50, Night shift: $3.00).

Schedule

12-hour rotating shift: Days 7am–7pm & Nights 7pm–7am.

Benefits

• Generous Day 1 eligibility healthcare & life insurance for you and qualified dependents.
• 401K Retirement matching reimbursement.
• Vacation & PSL (Paid Sick Leave).
• Paid Holidays.
• Performance Bonus.
• Additional benefits and development opportunities.

About SIG

SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it's the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.