Production Extrusion Operator

6 days ago

Laverton North, Australia Circular Plastics Australia (PET) Full time

**Job Description**:
Circular Plastics Australia was formed by a unique industry partnership determined to provide more sustainable packaging solutions. We have leveraged the unique skills and complementary expertise of each like minded joint venture partner to build scaled end-to-end solutions that will successfully accelerate a local circular economy.

**About this opportunity**

Working in either Day, Afternoon or Night Shift, your role will cover 24/5 (later 24/7) operations at this Greenfields, state of the art rHDPE/PP recycling facility. You will be trained efficiently in areas such as Quality and WHSE and will be accountable for following work instructions in each area.

You will play a key role in delivering a Continuous Improvement mindset and initiatives to process up to 25,000 tonnes of baled post-consumer HDPE/PP per annum for conversion into food grade rHDPE resin.

**Your key responsibilities will be to**:

- Comply with WHSE procedures and directions and follow reasonable instructions, always working towards Goal Zero.
- Undertake duties safely and contribute to the safety of others through involvement in BOP’s, Risk Assessments, and Incident Reporting
- Provide relevant licences and permits to supervisor where required.
- Contribute to product quality through inspection and testing where specified on Operators Instruction sheets.
- Advise Supervisors or Technicians promptly of WHSE, Quality, Maintenance or People issues.
- Work effectively to ensure quality products are produced in a timely manner and in a cost-effective way.
- Housekeeping of workstations during shift, with a final clean up at the end of the shift.

**Your skills and experience**

To be successful in this role, you’ll have:

- Have experience working in or want to work in 24/5 and later 24/7 operations.
- Have experience working within extrusion, blow/injection moulding or thermoforming within plastics manufacturing environment.
- Mechanical aptitude.
- Adjust, calibrate, and test equipment at the beginning of every shift to ensure proper pressure, speed, temperature, and general operation.
- Ability to learn new processes quickly and trouble shoot issues whilst maintaining quality standards.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment safety, effectively and productively.
- Have a positive attitude and work well in a team environment.
- Superior communication skills. A team player, with the ability to communicate and connect across all levels at Site.

**Qualifications**:

- Plastics or polymer technology and/or minimum 2 years of experience working in plastics/extrusion industry will be desirable.

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