
Blow Molder
- Lima, OH
- $28.55 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Operate and monitor production line(s) to ensure efficiency
- Remove or shift materials and/or finished products to facilitate proper flow
- Ensure package and product quality
- Perform preventative maintenance
- Operate all manufacturing equipment (including new technologies) efficiently and safely
- Clean equipment and area before, during, and after shift
- Maintain clean work area through good housekeeping practices
- Expedite repairs to line, working with maintenance as necessary
- Keep daily records of down time and machine operations
- Work well with others in a team-oriented atmosphere
- Regular, reliable, predictable attendance
- 18 years or older
- Experience with blow molding computers (e.g., setting up the computer for the production run, loading the right pre-forms into the system, using computer to monitor production, etc.)
- Experience with blow molding production/processing (e.g., ensuring the right raw materials, maintaining thermal stability, monitoring the production process, conducting process checks and making production adjustments as necessary, etc.)
- Experience with blow molding product quality assurance (e.g., testing product before starting a production run, periodically checking product vs. specifications, making adjustments to recipes in the production computer to ensure quality, etc.)
- Experience with high speed production lines (e.g., high output, high performance equipment, fast paced production environment, etc.)Experience with pallets (e.g., operating a forklift, stacking/bundling product, etc.)
- Experience operating a packing machine (e.g., stacking, bundling, and wrapping product, etc.)Experience operating a filler machine (e.g., ensuring right mix of product, operating production computer, etc.)
- Experience operating a palletizer (e.g., building pallets, managing product changeovers, etc.)Experience reading blueprints (e.g., read schematics on a machine, understanding production product flow, etc.)
- Experience reading schedules (e.g., products being produced, understanding production requirements, production planning, managing changeovers, etc.)
- Experience with computers in a manufacturing setting (e.g., electronic settings, line speed, pressures, basic troubleshooting, solving for faults/alarms and resetting equipment, etc.)
- Experience with sanitization (e.g., basic procedures/steps, GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES in a food plant, identifying risks, etc.)
- Experience with minor mechanical repairs (e.g., jams, using tools, making basic adjustments to equipment, etc.)
- Experience with preventative maintenance (e.g., inspecting and maintaining equipment, detecting and correcting issues before they occur, etc.)
- Working with high-speed production machinery (e.g., operating machines that produce end-user consumables or machines that manufacture food, etc.)
- Troubleshooting basic mechanical systems (e.g., making minor repairs using simple hand tools, etc.)
- Preparing documentation (e.g., detailing work and process flows, etc.)
- Reading and using standards of operations (e.g., understanding and using processes, procedures, or workflow documentation, etc.)
- Driving a forklift (e.g., performing basic operations such as driving forwards, driving backwards, lifting and lowering boom, or maneuvering in tight areas without damaging product, etc.)
- Understanding & using basic math, reading, and computer literacy