City: Elizabethtown State: Kentucky

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Job Description and Responsibilities

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

Under the direct supervision of the department supervisor, the Production Operator/Associate is assigned to standardized work of routine nature involving molding machine operation and/or assembly of molded part. Work generally involves the use of simple hand tools, trimming, retrieving, counting, weighing, packing and general overall inspection of part. Responsibilities include; distribution within the plant, placement and removal of parts from fixtures, monitoring and recording quality assurance, including charting of machine factors affecting quality. Production Operators/Associates are required to perform continuous visual and manual quality checks in accordance with standardized guidelines.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to stand for entire work shift
• Must be able to lift up to 30 pounds

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Reads, understands, and follows Operator Instruction Sheet to determine part number(s), inspection procedures, packing requirements, and any special instruction
• Retrieves, separates, inspects, counts, weighs, packs, and labels parts in accord with written and/or oral instructions
• Utilizes clippers, knives, screwdrivers, and other simple hand tools to trim, cut, and prepare parts for other operations per safety procedures
• Operates molding machines and/or air activated tools and equipment to assemble, decorate, or produce product. Advises supervision of machine malfunctions and unacceptable variances in product quality, e.g., flash, splay, contamination, underfill, etc
• Compares, inspects, and monitors production quality to approved samples and accepts, rejects, or questions in accord with established standards
• Performs simple clerical tasks involving recording and summarizing production as required
• Examines, repairs, trims, counts, weighs and performs secondary operations as directed
• Performs tasks in accord with standard levels of performance required to meet production rate established for specific part(s) being worked
• Performs routine cleaning chores to maintain cleanliness of work station and area per 5S requirements
• Interface with the production monitoring system
• Assist in color changes / mold changes by cleaning work area or equipment. Set up for next job (i.e., sample board, OIS, packaging)
• Assist with breaks for other operators
• Other tasks as directed by supervisor

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