Job Description

General Summary:

This position is responsible for the setup and operation of equipment that blends, mixes, packages, or transports liquid or dry chemicals that comprise our customer products. The role ensures the highest quality product at the lowest possible costs while meeting customer specifications and delivery requirements in accordance with *** Corporation policies and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Set up, start, and run all machinery, checking all controls for adherence to operating/safety procedures and ISO standards.
• Weigh ingredients to meet recipe specifications and insert them into machinery, or ensure the correct ingredients are delivered to the work area and insert pre-blended materials into machinery.
• Monitor production and equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation. Troubleshoot equipment and processing issues.
• Operate machinery to mix, extrude/discharge, or handle materials according to operating procedures.
• Examine materials visually or physically to ensure conformance with established standards.
• May take samples of materials to the lab for evaluation and instructions on any batch adjustments if needed.
• Refer issues/problems to the Production Lead or Production/Shift Supervisor for disposition.
• Perform all required machine cleaning.
• Complete and maintain all required system inputs/transactions. Responsible for data integrity.
• Document work completed as required, including logs, data reports, procedures, etc.
• Participate in training, retraining, and continual improvement processes and methods.
• Follow and comply with all safety and work rules and regulations. Maintain departmental housekeeping standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical/Environmental Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and/or hear. Occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds and occasionally handle up to 250 pounds. Specific vision abilities may require close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Requires the use of safety equipment as dictated by the work area such as safety glasses and shoes, dust mask, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, aprons, etc. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with the exception of high noise areas. Proper personal safety equipment needs to be used while performing this job and that equipment is dictated by the plant safety guidelines. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, dust, fumes, airborne particles, chemical dust, and risk of electric shock, vibration, non-hazardous chemical agents, and outside weather conditions. Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock.

Scope:

Manufacturing Plant

Reports to:

Plant Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Production Supervisor, Shift Supervisor/Lead, Production Lead.

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED

Experience:

• Cross Functional - Plastics Industry: 1 Year
• Manufacturing - Colorant: 1 Year
• Manufacturing - Mixing: 1 Year
• Manufacturing - Extrusion: 1 Year
• Manufacturing - Blending: 1 Year
• Manufacturing - Industrial Operations: 1 Year
• Manufacturing - Mechanical: 1 Year
• Cross Functional - Problem Solving Techniques: 1 Year

Skills and Certifications:

• Personal Skills - Manual Dexterity: Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Quantitative Skills: Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Reading/Comprehension: Intermediate
• Software Skills - Microsoft Office: Intermediate
• Software Skills - Microsoft Word: Intermediate
• Software Skills - Internet: Intermediate
• Software Skills - Microsoft Excel: Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Conflict Resolution Skills: Intermediate

Nesco Resource offers a comprehensive benefits package for our associates, which includes a MEC (Minimum Essential Coverage) plan that encompasses Medical, Vision, Dental, 401K, and EAP (Employee Assistance Program) services.

Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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