Production Operator

City
Evansville
State/Province
Indiana

Overview:

Celanese is currently searching for Production Operators.  Join our Evansville Production team!  Night shift opportunities currently available.  

Responsibilities:

  • Sets up extruder to run a product in accordance with standard operating conditions with minimal downtime and loss of product.
  • Monitors and troubleshoots during the extrusion process.
  • If safety or quality issues develop, stops process and actively participates in problem-solving with shift supervisor, maintenance, safety and other operators.
  • Safely drives fork truck.
  • Actively participates in cleaning work area.
  • Completes product turn-arounds, which includes cleaning the extruder barrel and screws, the feeder, the pelletizer, the classifier, the reclaimer system, the automatic bagger, and feed and product totes to prevent product contamination.
  • Maintains proper records, which includes run logs/sheet, feed blends on line, amount of product in totes, packaging reports, work orders, log books
  • Provides report to on-coming operator for successful shift hand-over.
  • Reviews and understands the policies and procedures contained in standard operating procedures, hazardous communication and waste disposal procedures.
  • Assumes personal responsibility for complying with all safety/health related policies and procedures, participates in company sponsored safety programs and activities, and reports to management those conditions or actions by employees or others that might create a hazard to themselves or others in the plant.

Qualifications:

  • High school education or GED
    • 5 years of manufacturing experience may be considered as meeting education requirement
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
    • Extrusion experience preferred
  • Valid drivers license required
  • Previous fork-lift experience preferred

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:        

  • Ability in the operation and uses of various hand tools
  • Must maintain acceptable housekeeping standards
  • Good communication skills required
  • Ability to work individually and within a small group. Daily activities may vary based daily production needs. 
  • Schedule requires working holidays and weekends.
  • Physical requirements include: lifting 55-lb bags (floor to chest), working in hot & cold temperatures, climbing stairs, frequent walking, standing and reaching in front of body
  • Frequent climbing on/off of fork truck

Desirable Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

  • Previous manufacturing experience, especially working with plastics and extrusion process is preferred
  • Previous work experience operating fork truck is preferred
  • Basic mechanical and a sound mathematics aptitude which includes the ability to calculate percent’s, ratios, unit conversions, averages, as well as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

Application Methods:

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