Production Associate - Extrusion Utility (Req180)

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Extrusion Utility Specialist

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 Extrusion Utility Specialist 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 Extrusion team as they extrude plastic material to help create all kinds of products for our customers.

General Summary and Essential Duties & Responsibilities

This position is responsible for ensuring that all the extruder hoppers are maintained with adequate clean material as required by the order to keep the line running and eliminate down time. The Utility personnel will make color changes as specified by the operators, keeping scrap generation to a minimum.

Key Responsibilities to include:

Reviewing the extrusion production schedule and process sheet for job each to confirm that materials furnished will yield product required.
Locates material needed for each job.
Keeps material staging in an orderly manner.
Makes color or material changes per operator instructions.
Properly weighs and identifies regrind generated and moves to the blend storage area.
Combines partial gaylords of exact blends.
Grinds webbing when available while extruding like colors.
Uses scales to accurately report weight of all gaylords returned to inventory.
Assist maintenance staff with roll changes as necessary.
Assist operators as needed.
Keep work area clean and free of debris.

Requirements

Required Skills/Experience:

High School diploma or experience demonstrating equivalent skills and abilities.
Basic math skills
Able to read and use a tape measure
Able to use a hand truck to move materials
Able to operate sit down forklift
Will be required to climb stairs, lift up to 60 pounds, push, reach, and grasp, and work at heights
Will be working under adverse ambient temperature conditions particularly in the summer

This position reports to the Extrusion Manager.

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.
Monthly productivity bonuses.
Potential for bi-monthly attendance bonuses.
Annual quality bonus.
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 butteryou 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 applicationswe 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.

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