Plastic Extrusion Operator

4 days ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Plasgain Full time

**Personal attributes**:

- A minimum of 2 year working in manufacturing environment as a high-level operator or an equivalent role. Ideally from a plastics background.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Your duties will include the setup, operation, and light maintenance duties such as lubrication and cleaning.
- You will be responsible for ensuring that the machines produce to quality and throughput targets and be capable of taking necessary actions when these targets are not being met.
- You will excel in your position by working as a team with the Extruder Operators in ensuring high levels of output and maintaining a safe, well organized shop floor.
- You will also coordinate with Maintenance Engineers during problem solving, breakdowns and improvement efforts.
- There will also be interaction with other departments such as Production Planning, Health and Safety and Quality Control. Health and Safety is priority, and so adherence safety related procedures and working practice is key.

**Day to day Tasks**:

- Operate the plastic extrusion machines on site. These are generally categorised as a higher complexity than other equipment on site.
- Adjust machine as needed for changeovers, different functions, or other varying needs of production such as responding to variation in raw material properties.
- Optimise machine settings during production so that product throughput, quality and waste are optimized.
- Be fully aware of production plans and targets and be able to take necessary corrective actions if these targets are not being met.
- To be involved in the development and continual improvement of standard operating procedure for specific machines.
- Undertake maintenance duties on certain machines such as cleaning and lubrication. Also, the exchange of wear parts such as blades and filter screens.
- Support the maintenance technicians when breakdowns occur, and to take part in problem solving and improvement activities.
- Monitor, measure and report on production related process performance and general issues.
- To ensure good communication is given either verbally or written to other members of the team as shift counterparts.
- To ensure that Health and Safety rules and regulations are adhered to during the shift and all matters relating to this are dealt with using the resources within company's Health and Safety system.
- To work closely with Team Leaders to ensure production handovers are effective communication tools.
- To keep up to date with training.
- To have an active role in the company's continuous improvement efforts to achieve plans for future growth.

Pay: $23.65 - $43.69 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Morning shift
- Night shift

Work Location: In person

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