Job Information
Thumb Plastics, Inc. Production Operator in Bad Axe, Michigan
Title: Production Operator
Reports To: Production Supervisor Status: Full Time/Hourly Non-Exempt (40 hrs. /week; additional hours as needed to support company and individual goals)
Job Summary
To pack a specified number of quality plastic parts into an appropriately sized and labeled container.
Essential Job Functions
- Visually inspect and compare production parts with sample parts to ensure defect-free products within established production standards.
- Label cartons and scan as required.
- Package a specified number of defect-free parts in an appropriately sized and labeled container and place them in an appropriate location in accordance with packaging specifications to prevent damage when shipping.
- Ensure proper paperwork is being completed.
- Complete required tracking and documentation of production parts for traceability purposes.
- Perform secondary production operations, repairing and reworking of parts, and fill out related documents.
- Operate a pass-through fixture.
- Grind scrap material and separate recyclables.
- Record defective parts in the computer system.
- Be familiar with job instructions to fulfill customer requirements. Complete all related paperwork and charting requirements and turn them in at the end of the shift.
- Follow all IATF-16949/ISO 14001 policies and procedures.
- Follow lockout procedures.
- Follow all safety rules and housekeeping guidelines.
- Complete other duties as assigned.
This job specification should not be construed to imply that these requirements are the exclusive standards of the position. Employees will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as may be required by their supervisor.
Physical Needs
Always=75-100% Occasionally=10-24%
Frequently=50-74% Rarely=0-9%
Sometimes=25-49%
Sitting- Occasionally required to perform an essential job function.
Standing- Frequently required, on concrete floors, to perform many essential job functions.
Walking- Occasionally required, on concrete floors, to perform an essential job function.
Lifting- Frequent lifting of up to 45 lbs. from waist-to-floor level.
Bending & Stooping- Frequently required to perform an essential job function.
Turning & Twisting- Frequently required to perform an essential job function.
Handling/Fingering/Feeling- Necessary up to 100 % of the time to perform all essential job functions.
Grasping/Holding/Turning- Necessary up to 100% of the time to perform all essential job functions.
Reaching- Extending arms and hands in front of the body is frequently required.
Communications- Frequently required to exchange information and ask for assistance.
Vision- 20/20 vision, or corrected vision, good depth perception required 100 % of the time.
Hearing- Good hearing is