Grinder II

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Following all safety rules and procedures.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work without close supervision.
• Understand the process of unloading rail cars while following all following safety rules.
•  Understand the pelletizing line.
• Operate cardboard baler machine.
• Operate dust collector.
• Accurately complete all paperwork as required by ISO, GMP, HACCP.
• Inspect work for accuracy, completeness, and professional look.
• Ensuring correct material, packaging supplies and quality control tools are being used.
• Producing labels for gaylords.
• Proper and Safe forklift operation
• Change over grinder and cleaning out blower.
• Knowledge of correct screen for different materials and or sizes.
• Moving and stacking of gaylords or plastic crates in the proper manner.
• Authorized LOTO (Lock-out/Tag-Out) procedures.
• Keeping scrap sorted and keeping scrap area orderly.
• Covering production lines for breaks.
• Basic trouble-shooting.
• Participation in monthly inventory.
• Provide training when needed or as needed to team members.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. * 

Education and/or Experience

High School diploma or equivalent.

Language Skills

Fluent in English, both verbal and written. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, work orders, operating instructions and procedure manuals and manufacturing terminology. Ability to print simple sentences and legibly complete reports. Ability to follow and understand verbal instructions. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations, to other employees of the organization and respond to questions.

Mathematics Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratios, and percentages to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.  Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. *

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.  The employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms.  The employee is regularly required to hear and talk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move 25 pounds and occasionally lift/move 75 pounds or more with help from others.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to mechanical moving parts and vibration, airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, and loud noise levels that require hearing protection. Occasional exposure to hot/humid conditions, outside environments of extreme heat, cold and wet conditions are possible.

*The job duties, physical demands and work environment characteristics described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Where possible, reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions where it does not cause undue hardship or safety risks to the company and/or the employee.