Extrusion Technician - 2nd Shift

Description

Dumaplast USA is seeking enthusiastic individuals to join a great team in Canton, GA. Dumaplast specializes in making high quality kitchen, bathroom, and office surfaces.

Extrusion Tech is responsible for operating machinery to produce high-quality extruded products. Key duties include adjusting equipment settings, monitoring material thickness and quality, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring a clean and safe work environment. Provide support and training for ALL Team members across the facility for Dumaplast.

Second Shift runs approximately 3:30 pm - 12 am, Monday through Friday. 

Your Day to Day:

• Obtain lift      truck certification.
• Operate      equipment including extruder, calendar roller, and vacuum pump.
• Adjust      settings for startup and production runs.
• Monitor and      adjust material thickness and quality specifications.
• Safely thread      material through machinery.
• Apply wear      layer and print to slab material accurately.
• Troubleshoot      and address visual defects.
• Maintain      cleanliness and safety in the work area.
• Monitor      ingredient levels and equipment operation.
• Perform      quality checks and record data.
• Assist with      stacking finished products and managing scrap.

Requirements

What we would love about you:

· High School diploma or equivalent preferred.

· Minimum 12 months of manufacturing operator experience preferred.

· Experience with extruding LVT/LVP or SPC products required.

· Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

· Basic math skills for calculations.

· Excellent written and verbal communication.

· Capacity to lift up to 50 pounds and perform physical tasks throughout the shift.

· Flexibility to work evening, night shifts, weekends, and holidays as needed.

· Comfortable working in a noisy, non-climate-controlled environment.

· Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

QUALITIES

· Hands-on technically inclined

· Organized

· Detail oriented

· Ability to communicate sensitive information

ADAPTATION PERIOD 

3 months

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl and climb. The employee must frequently lift or move items up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift or move items up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.