Production Operator (Auto Screen Press Operator) (REQ640)

Auto Screen Press Operator


Crawfordsville, IN

How can you make a difference at your job and can have the opportunity to grow?

Join the Crawfordsville - Spartech Team!

Crawford Industries, now a part of Spartech, LLC has an opening for Screen Press Operator on our team in Crawfordsville, IN.The Crawfordsville operation of the organization specializes in extruding and converting flat plastic sheet. Plastic sheet may have graphics added and then die cut into license plates, the "lamp shade" used in veterinary clinics, signage, file folders, 3-ring binders, covers for school date books, for example. We reuse our scrap plastic whenever possible to create our environmentally friendly products. We offer medical, dental, vision, life insurance, dependent life insurance, short-term and long-term disability all available the 1st of the month following 30 days of full-time employment. Vacation is available after 6 months and there is immediate eligibility for holiday pay. Come join our Screen team!

General Summary And Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Sets up and operates an automatic screen-printing press.

Key Responsibilities to include:

• Check job traveler for each job as assigned to confirm set-up and materials furnished will yield product required
• Makes complete set-up for the job on the appropriate screen press
• Checks registration and check for corona treat
• Prepare proper ink for the job and use proper additives to correct problems during the run
• Locate, correct, and repair minor screen problems such as pinholes
• Make appropriate adjustments during the run to ensure quality of product produced
• Train and direct activities of those who are temporarily assigned to assist in screening.
• Accurately report all direct and indirect labor activities
  
  
  

Requirements


Required Skills/Experience:

• High School diploma or experience demonstrating equivalent skills and abilities
• Printing or equivalent experience required
• Basic math skills
• Able to read and use a tape measure and micrometer
• Must have normal color vision
• Basic mechanical skills
• Frequently lift up to 30 pounds
• Able to use a hand truck to move materials.
• Able to stand for extended periods of time.
• Able to work around inks and cleaning chemicals
• Able to wear appropriate PPE - googles, gloves, safety glasses, bump cap, hearing protection, and safety toed shoes
  
  

This position reports to the Converting Supervisor.

Benefits

We offer competitive salary, incentives, and benefit programs.

• Medical, Dental, & Vision
• Life & Short/Long-term Disability
• Dependent and Supplemental Life Insurance
• Holiday Pay
• 401k with Company Match
• Eligible for vacation after 6 months
  
  
  

Spartech LLC, headquartered in Maryland Heights, Missouri is a leading manufacturing organization in the Custom Sheet & Roll Stock and Packaging industries with numerous locations throughout the United States. We have a broad customer base with extensive product offerings. Many of our materials are used in products you might see every day— for example if you start your morning with a yogurt or your child eats a single serving peanut butter—you may have already seen some of our materials. More unique uses of our materials can be seen in Military or security applications, for example, with bullet proof materials. From routine daily-life to life-saving applications—we make a difference. Our broad scope of products and services keep our environment interesting and challenging with a culture focused on success.

Spartech, LLC provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status, or other legally protected classification in the state in which a person is seeking employment. Spartech will use E-Verify to ensure employment eligibility of newly hired employees where required.