• Safety

• Makes sure all safety procedures are being followed.

• Hold employees accountable for working within the rules and proactively identifying and removing hazards.

• Reports all near misses, incidents, first aid rendered, or unsafe working conditions to the Plant Manager and Safety Manager immediately without exception.

• Administers and models safety in his/her area of responsibility.

• Ensures compliance with all applicable OSHA and plant safety standards.

• Responsible for the safety and well-being of self and employees.

• Production

• Safety always takes priority over production.

• Primarily responsible for everything and everyone on the machine

• Responsible for managing crew on the machine (rotating, breaks, etc.)

• Works in conjunction with the Team Leader to packers, Operator Trainee 2, and Operator Trainee 1.

• Performs Make Ready on machine

• Proofreads job jacket for specific job information.

• Collects customer job samples (if required)

• Achieves production goals for waste, output, and make readies.

• Ensures all DMS checklists and documents are filled out completely and correctly.

• Check trays for non-conforming issues (bad scores, cuts, poor prints etc)

• Sets up proper delivery for every job.

• Sets print to cut register.

• Fills out daily production report.

• Changes Askew belts

• Sets up the askew

• Sets eye marks.

• Sets stripper wires.

• Able to do everything that an Operator trainee 1&2 does.

• Installs pin cylinder.

• Sets up stacker.

• Responsible for product safety and product quality, and reports product safety and product quality problems to Senior Management or Quality Manager.

• Quality

• Maintains excellent product quality.

• Ensures control plan is adhered to.

• Responsible for ensuring that correct procedure is followed for rejection of raw material.

• Responsible for ensuring proper procedure is followed for rejecting or passing questionable product produced by their machine.

• Maintenance

• Can assist in maintenance of machine when necessary.

• Housekeeping

• Assists with housekeeping of machine.

• Responsible for the cleanliness of the equipment in their assigned area.

• Machinery

• Perform and ensure all preventative maintenance is being performed on machine according to scheduled PM\u2019s.

• Responsible for troubleshooting problems with the machine and equipment.

Backup - Operator Trainee 1, Team Leader

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