Converting Operator
Description
Position Title: Converting Operator
Location: Knoxville
Description: Our fast-growing, technologically-driven manufacturing company is seeking a Converting Operator. This position will allow the successful candidate to apply their knowledge, learn new skills, and work as a team in a clean and safe environment. The ideal candidate for this role has 2+ years of experience in the manufacturing sector, pays strong attention to detail, and is committed to workplace safety.
SHIFT: Weekend – Friday – Sunday 5:45 am – 6:15 pm
responsibilities:
- Perform necessary pre-operation activities to ensure proper equipment startup and operation on multiple pieces of equipment.
- Perform inspections to ensure the product meets stringent quality standards and customer specifications.
- Read, analyze, and interpret customer drawings, measurements, and tolerances, including blueprints.
- Produce dimensionally accurate medical or non-medical products.
- Adjust gear ratios and re-registration within the press.
- Tracks time and materials used at the press by entering data in the job costing module (SAP).
- Perform preventative maintenance on equipment per equipment per engineering procedures and ensure maintenance logs are up to date.
- Operate /monitor multiple pieces of equipment during operation to ensure quality production and minimal unplanned stops.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-speed environment, follow standardized work, and adhere to safe work practices in a continuous improvement environment.
- Load and unload items on the production line, including packaging or un-packaging products.
- Inspect products for defects and pull items off the line before they proceed further in the production process.
- Works with manufacturing staff on quality and production-related issues.
- Possesses the ability to read and understand ruler and traceability records.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Supervisor
qualifications:
• High School Diploma/GED
• Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions
• Ability to read blueprints and take measurements with a ruler
• Experience with operating machinery and inspection in a similar function or environment
• Display knowledge of key areas of the manufacturing process
• Must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general production records and procedures
Position Demands
Conditions are that of a manufacturing environment:
- Air Temperatures can range from cold to hot.
- Atmosphere may contain dust, fumes, and odors.
- May include mechanical, electrical, chemical, explosive and radiation hazards.
Employees are required to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including:
- Safety shoes (steel toe or composite toe)
- Safety Glasses
- Protective Gloves when performing specific tasks
- Hearing Protection, when required
- Other personal protective equipment as required for specific tasks.
- Respirator, when required,
While performing the duties of this job the employee must meet the physical demands:
- Be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds.
- Be able to work 12-hour shifts.
- Perform repetitive tasks.
- Routinely stand, sit, hear, walk, and talk.
- Reach, climb, bend, kneel, crouch, twist, and balance, sometimes in awkward or tight spaces.
- Have good close vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
What we offer
As a Mativ employee, you’ll have access to a variety of benefit programs designed to help you no matter your stage of life.
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Consumer-Driven Health Plan (CDHP)
- Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
- Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO)
- Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage
- Paid vacation
- 401(k) savings plan with company match
- Employee assistance programs – available 24/7 to you and your family
ABOUT MATIV
Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company makes material impacts on the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents
and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company’s two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end-markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers’ products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.
Mativ and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or other protected status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Mativ is committed to help individuals with disabilities participate in the workforce, and ensure equal opportunity to compete for jobs. If you require an accommodation to submit a resume for positions at Mativ, please email our Talent Acquisition Team at [email protected].