What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operator (Inspire Line) position at Westlake?
Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.
JOB SUMMARY
The primary responsibility of this position will be to ensure only quality-approved products are packaged for the customer. This includes loading plastic charges, inspects compression molded product, stacks shingles, labels and skids finished product. The goal will be to help keep the extrusion lines running or the molding machines running continuously and efficiently while producing a product that meets or exceeds our customers’ expectations.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Comply with Safety Policies and Procedures
- Receiving and loading plastic charges (400F) into compression molds.
- Keep up with 4-5 compression molds, each cycle averages 22 seconds.
- Maintain less than 5% shorts (loading charges correctly).
- Reads Production Schedule boards and performs work as assigned by shift supervisor
- Inspects, feeds, and / or packs product for Work In Process (WIP) or finished product
- Detect quality defects in molded parts, trim the molded part and assemble the molded part
- Ensure that product has appropriate Lot Information printed on each product
- Attach appropriate labels to bundles
- Notify supervisor of any safety, quality, mechanical, or material issues
- Completes production documentation
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Shift Supervisor
- Notify Management / Supervisor of any quality or equipment issues
- Regular attendance, timeliness, and scheduling flexibility
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
EDUCATION AND / OR EXPERIENCE
The employee should have the following :
ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT
Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.
If you are an active Westlake employee (or an employee of any Westlake affiliates), please do not apply here. You will apply via the Jobs Hub application in Workday.
