What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Operator (Die Cutter Operator) (REQ620) position at Spartech?
Die Cut 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 an Auto Die Cut 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 the 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. Come join our Die Cut team as they cut material to help create all kinds of products for our customers.
General Summary and Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Sets-up and operates an automatic die cutter.
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 press.
- Operates the press in an efficient, safe manner.
- Detects equipment problems before they become major breakdowns.
- Makes repairs to dies.
- Locate, correct, and repair minor screen problems such as pinholes.
- Make appropriate adjustments during the run to ensure quality of product produced.
- Accurately report all direct and indirect labor activities.
Required Skills/Experience:
- High School diploma or experience demonstrating equivalent skills and abilities
- Three (3) to five (5) years of die cutting experience, preferred
- Basic math skills
- Able to read and use a tape measure and micrometer
- Basic mechanical skills
- Frequently lift up to 60 pounds
- Able to use a hand truck to move materials
- Able to stand for extended periods of time
- Able to wear appropriate PPE –gloves, safety glasses, bump cap, hearing protection, and safety toed shoes.
This position reports to the Converting Supervisor.
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.
- During your training period your performance will occasionally be reviewed with the possibility of wage increases.
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.
