Cutter Operator Web - Day Shift (3 Day/12 Hour)

All jobs at Southern Champion Tray (SCT) require Team members to act in accordance with the shared Core Values and Operating principles of the company as they perform specific job functions. These include:

• Trustworthy – We strive for our actions to match our words in all our relationships.
• Servant – Hearted – We enable and empower our team to serve the needs of our customers, team members, and community.
• Relational – We build healthy relationships while fostering an environment of compassion, balance, accountability, and personal and professional growth.
• Resourceful – We value strategic insourcing, first looking to create solutions internally, and then looking to apply that knowledge to future opportunities.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY: The Cutter Operator will lead and assist the team in safely setting up, maintaining, and operating the machine(s) to acquire quality product while maximizing throughput. They will also define problem statements, conduct root cause analysis, and troubleshoot mechanical issues that occur on the machine. The Operator will escalate unresolved issues to the Lead Operator or Maintenance, while remaining available to assist in order to build their capabilities in the resolution of the issue.

*In order to fulfill the requirements for the Cutter Operator, team members must demonstrate proficiency in the roles and responsibilities of a Cutter Apprentice and Production Assistant.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review job tickets to determine components, settings, and adjustments, for cutting machines
• Examine and measure materials to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as rulers and micrometers. Verify setups and make necessary adjustments. 
• Adjust controls to alter position, alignment, speed, or pressure.
• Maintain robotic equipment or related automated production systems. Modify computer-controlled robot movements based on job (Centre South only)
• Work with robotic tech to make sure the Axium is set up for the upcoming job and assist the robotic tech during any issues with the Axium throughout the run (Compress location only). 
• Maintain production records, such as quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced
• Removed defective or substandard materials from machine and readjust machine components so that products meet standards.
• Move stock or scrap to and from machines manually or by using carts, hand trucks or lift trucks
• Change or replace knife, scaring rule and rubber, using hand tools and adhesives. Additionally ensure all waste is appropriately segregated by board type 
• Spend daily, intentional time with team members to know and serve them, encouraging their growth and development and providing regular feedback on their progress in training 
• Own your personal safety and that of all SCT team members by identifying, correcting, and escalating any safety hazards.)
• Own the quality of our product, escalating and/or solving issues identified, while developing quality awareness in team members 
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with all team members (on and across shifts), Supervisor, Mechanic, and the SCT team at large. 
• Maintains a clean work environment in accordance with Food Safety, Kanban and 5S systems
• Adapts to Continuous Improvement and follows new procedures and innovations, which would add to the efficiency and safety of the operation
• Coordinate with Lead Operator to effectively utilize team members during machine downtime (not including approved breaks) to maintain a clean and safe work area, develop your team in areas defined by the standard work practice, or support another area in need
• Flow to the work or need of the site with positivity, occasionally performing a different job or supporting a different department based on production needs (Ownership/Servant-hearted)
• Serve as a backup to the Lead Operator in their absence Perform preventative maintenance tasks as scheduled by clean and lubricate cutting machine, conveyors, bundler, labeler, automation using compressed air hoses, scrapers, brushes and other greases/lubrications 

AUTHORITY: The Cutter Operator must have the ability to lead those assigned to their team to execute the demands of the gluer operation efficiently and to respond to verbal instructions from the Lead Operator or Supervisor and other written instructions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or two to three years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Must have basic computer skills and possess ability to utilize software. Must have mechanical ability and skills.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Must have the ability to read and understand documents, letters, etc. and write legibly in English. Must be able to understand and speak clearly, communicate, and understand directions in English as needed.