Job Details
Start your new career as a Machine Operator with MAU at Amcor in Thomson, GA. As a Machine Operator, you are responsible for all setup, operations, and quality for the machine(s) you're assigned to.
What We Offer
- $17 per hour, 1st shift
- $20 per hour, 3rd shift
- 1st shift, 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- 3rd shift, 6:00 PM - 6:00 AM
- Health benefits, including telehealth medical services
- Opportunity for advancement
- Referral program
What We're Looking For - High school diploma or GED
- 2+ years of working in a manufacturing environment
- Strong work ethic and organizational skills
- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Ability to stand for the duration of the shift
- Ability to work individually and in teams
- Keen at recognizing quality issues
- Ability to lift 50+ pounds
- Ability to climb stairs, kneel, bend, and crouch
What You'll Do as a Machine Operator - Operate lines, maintain proper speeds and adjustments to ensure the line is operating at the specific production rates while producing a product that meets the quality specifications
- Perform continuous inspections of product both visually and through micrometers, and record product and process parameters
- Complete all necessary paperwork as required, giving particular attention to product weights and scrap
- Package product according to instructions
- Keep extrusion lines, equipment, and surrounding areas clean and orderly
- Weigh and scan all finished goods in the data acquisition system
- Palletize and band completed product
- Shut down bag machines properly
- Set counters, winders, and bag machines per job
- Read and understand each job order
- Make minor adjustments on winders such as speed, tension, and core alignments on shafts
- Verify bag seals, length, width, and gauge with calipers, micrometers, etc.
- Calibrate the extruder based on line samples
- Cut plastic from cores using utility knife and wear proper PPE
- Cut cores using a table saw
- Maintain a clean environment in all areas of the facility
- Use the correct sized pallet to stack finished goods on the pallet, and wrap and label the finished pallet per customer specifications
- Perform other tasks as assigned