Blow Mold Machine Operator
Reports To: Production Supervisor
Job Summary
Blow Mold Operator coworkers efficiently, effectively and safely operate the blow mold machines and other support equipment. Operators ensure high quality finished products are being produced and meeting production volumes for our customers, while working in a fast-paced and quick changing environment.
Specific Responsibilities / Essential Functions
1. Ensures all machines are kept running and producing quality bottles while ensuring the least amount of down-time possible.
2. Follows production schedules and communicates any changes to team members when necessary.
3. Start-up and shut down of blow mold machine and supporting equipment.
4. Organization ability to complete daily cleaning and adequately maintains good housekeeping throughout the area.
5. Checks and monitors quality on all assigned machines by understanding and recognizing all visual quality defects and how to make appropriate adjustments to correct quality defects.
6. Maintains all required documentation for quality checks and testing, process checks, downtime, housekeeping and data entry.
7. Operates forklift safely and efficiently.
8. Displays a full understanding and working knowledge of all related software and other equipment required for efficient production of quality product.
9. Follows all established safety rules and guidelines. Understands and communicates all hazards and safety issues to co-workers and Supervisors.
10. Properly uses all required personal protective equipment.
11. Performs other related duties as directed by the Production Supervisor.
12. Product Safety regarding cleanliness and notification of any observations that may create a product safety concern.
11. Immediately report any unsafe acts, conditions or accidents in their departments.
12. Take reasonable care for self and others to prevent injury.
Supervisory Responsibilities
None.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Must be able to start up and shut down all Injection machinery and supporting equipment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
High school diploma or general education degree; or at least one year manufacturing related experience and/or training or equivalent combination.
Language Skills
Ability to read a limited number of two and three syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While the employee is performing the duties of this position that employee must be able to manipulate product with both hands, both above and below shoulder height. The employee must be able to stand on a solid surface for a minimum of twelve (12) hours. The employee must be able to ascend and descend stairs and ladders. The employee must be able to frequently lift and /or move up to fifty (50) pounds. The employee must be able to demonstrate repetitive motion with a pallet jack and push/pull up to seven hundred (700) pounds throughout the day (12 hour shift). Specific vision abilities required by this position include close visual inspection of product. The employee must be to perform job functions in temperatures of one hundred plus degrees during summer season and fifty degrees during winter season.
TRAINING
1. Lock Out / Tag Out
2. Bloodborne Pathogen
3. Hearing Conservation / PPE
4. Right to Know / Hazardous Communication
5. Emergency Evacuation
6. Ladder Safety / Fall Protection
7. Confined Space Entry
8. Forklift Safety
9. HACCP / GMP
10. HRIS Systems (Ceridian/WFC)
11. Corporate Training Requirements
LEVEL OF AUTHORITY
1. If you believe your health or safety, or the health and safety of others, may be endangered by physical conditions or by equipment, you must report your concern to your supervisor, who has responsibility to investigate the concern with you.
2. You have the right to hold for inspection any product you feel does not meet customer/company specifications
3. Those employees with authorized training have the ability to shut down/stop equipment if continued operation is a threat to any employee’s health and safety.
4. Contact any member of management without fear of reprisal concerning questions, suggestions, or complaints regarding quality, working conditions or job environment.
We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:
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Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
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Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation
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Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns
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The environment is better off because of Amcor’s leadership and products
At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.
Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.
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When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:
Medical, dental and vision plans
Paid time off, starting at 40 hours per year for full-time hourly employees, may vary by location
Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location
Wellbeing programs & Employee Assistance Program
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits
Paid Parental Leave
Retirement Savings Plan with company match
Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
Discretionary bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)
