Production Operator

Company: Filtration Group
Location: Saint Charles
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

Overview

Filtration Group is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. With a passionate workforce, global footprint and world class engineering and manufacturing capabilities, we are driving innovation and developing solutions across a broad spectrum of applications in the fast-growing and rapidly-evolving global filtration industry. We are committed to maintaining an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust and in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action.

The Company began in 2009 and has rapidly grown organically and through a thoughtful acquisition strategy to be a global leader in the highly attractive filtration industry. Filtration Group has the broadest portfolio of solutions in the industry and has had a particular focus on building a leading platform of solutions focused on the Life Sciences and Indoor Air Quality end markets which are rapidly growing in the current market environment. Filtration Group operates across a wide variety of attractive end markets and produces mission critical products with high replacement rates. Over 80 percent of the Company's revenue comes from replacement / consumable products, many of which are specified into customer's products or processes.

With revenues of $1.4 billion, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world and has a global footprint of 141 facilities in 28 countries. Filtration Group has over 6,000 employees who are united in their Mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive.

Filtration Group is an affiliate of Madison Industries, one of the largest and most successful privately held companies in the world. Madison builds entrepreneurially driven, branded market leaders that are committed to making the world safer, healthier and more productive by creating innovative solutions that deliver outstanding customer value. The team at Madison is committed to building something truly remarkable that long outlasts them while coaching others to reach their highest potential. Madison's footprint spans across Europe, Asia and the Americas operating over 216 facilities in 45 countries, with over 12,000 engaged employees. Having successfully built market leaders in filtration, medical, safety, instruments, heat transfer, and indoor air quality, Madison generates revenue of $5 billion, with an enterprise value worth well over $7 billion.

Responsibilities

Looking for a Fantastic Way to grow your technical expertise? We have you covered.

* To start, you'll be trained to maintain and keep production machinery operating properly.
* You will be responsible for ensuring the correct material is loaded on the machine.
* Occasionally you'll be responsible for loading the machine with raw materials.
* You will place foam for completed products and places completed products (rolls) on pallets.
* Update/Maintain QC/Production records in PLEX system as prescribed by quality notifications.
* Load/Unload foam material in production
* Visually inspect for quality defect detection.
* Clean area is a safe area, you will maintain a clean machine and surrounding area.
* Ability to follow all detailed work instructions for the assigned process/machine.
* Operates all equipment in the prescribed manner
* Reports all safety concerns to the manager
* Maintain awareness of company policies
* Support the Company's continuous improvement initiatives ( We would love your ideas!)

Completes all tasks as assigned by Manager.

Qualifications

Education/Experience

* A High School Diploma or equivalent training or experience.
* A minimum of 1-2 years' experience in a manufacturing role preferred.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an

employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations

may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to

finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands

and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel,

crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell in a factory/warehouse facility, confined spaces and the use of

personal protective equipment. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job

include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

You'll need steel toe shoes.

Skills/Abilities:

Good communication with the team is a must, so you must have very good communication skills

We work with computers on every line so you must be able to do basic data entry and have entry level computer skill knowledge.

We are often lifting 50lbs throughout the shift so it's required of all team members on the line to be able to lift 50lbs for the duration of the shift.

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