Careers

General Responsibility

• Assemble parts and provide essential support to Production.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Read, understand, and follow all work instructions for all press operation/assembly part numbers and acknowledge understanding in white books as required.
• Perform daily 5S and cleanup activities during and at the end of each shift
• Identify material
• Perform visual quality checks of parts at the press notifying the shift supervisor of any discrepancy
• Assemble parts at all assembly stations
• Box, weigh, and label parts for shipping or inventory
• Empty bins, sort and trim parts when necessary
• Follow all safety protocols for Spencer Plastics, Inc.
• Perform other assigned duties as requested by management

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum one-year experience

Physical Demands

• Daily lifting of boxes weighing up to 50 pounds

Work Environment

• Ability to safely work around moving mechanical parts
• Ability to work around fumes or airborne particles
• Ability to work in extreme heat
• Moderate to heavy noise levels

General Responsibility

• Set up, operate, and tend to more than one plastic injection molding press, empty bins sort parts, and complete quality checks as required by customer, box, weigh, and ship products per customer orders.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Obtain and renew as needed fork truck operator and crane overhead operation license
• Identify and deliver or route materials to presses using work devices such as hand truck or fork truck 
• Identify material and mix appropriately when required by customer demands
• Initiate start-up press procedures including proper water temperatures correctly
• Ability to retrieve proper program and modify parameters when necessary
• Install molds into the press meeting all safety requirements
• Connect all hoses to tools and raw materials correctly
• Remove molds from the press when the production run finished
• Observe machine operation to detect part defects or machine malfunctions; adjust machines as necessary
• Perform visual quality checks of parts at the press notifying the shift supervisor of any discrepancy
• Complete machine process monitoring log
• Complete mold setter paperwork
• Assemble parts
• Box, weigh, and label parts for shipping or inventory
• Be willing to load and unload freight trucks and complete appropriate paperwork if needed depending on the shift
• Conduct moisture analysis of incoming plastic material
• Empty bins, sort and trim parts when necessary
• Operate blender for preparing virgin and regrind material
• Assist material handler when mold set activities are not necessary
• Review and understand all activities of the material handler and production operators for backup relief for breaks and absences
• Follow all safety protocols for Spencer Plastics, Inc
• Perform other assigned duties as requested by management

Education and Experience

• Associate degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school preferred
• Minimum one-year experience

Physical Demands

• Daily lifting of boxes weighing up to 50 pounds
• Occasional lifting of up to 100 pounds

Work Environment

• Ability to safely work around moving mechanical parts
• Ability to work around fumes or airborne particles
• Ability to work in extreme heat
• Moderate to heavy noise levels