When Alfred Fain founded a small Rhode Island tire store in 1924 at the time no one could have predicted how Teknor Apex would become an international custom compounder sought out by companies around the world. After a nearly hundred-year journey thats carried us through acquisitions and expansion we now have nine U.S. locations as well as operations in Belgium Singapore Germany and China.
Throughout this global expansion Teknor has remained a privately held company and today Fains grandson sits at the helm maintaining the familys tradition of fostering deep employee and customer relationships. These relationships are what allow ustogetherto deliver customized compound solutions and help our customers create better products.
Manufacturing is a team sport and we work together to achieve our goals. Jon Fain
Join the team behind our custom compounds.
The Blender Operator is responsible for the charging of hand adds to the blenders verifying the lot numbers and weights of raw materials and staging the raw material(s) necessary to produce finished products following batch card instructions reviewing production schedule and following written instructions to customers requirements.
Job Requirements:
- This blender operator will need to learn Line 4 Blending area or can be asked to fill in on another job when needed.
- Responsible prior to the charging of the blender for verifying all TA item code numbers and
- Responsible for recording all lot numbers of staged materials on the batch card.
- Responsible for the cleaning and inspection of the blender to insure it is ready to accept the next
- Responsible for compound charge staging the necessary raw materials and preparing the blender to accept the next compound charge scheduled.
- Responsible for the charging of all hand adds to the blender as specified by the blender batch card.
- Responsible for reporting any variation from procedure to supervision and documenting this variation on the batch card
- Responsible for coordinating blender production with other areas of operation.
- Responsible for reviewing the production schedule and following customer packaging instructions. All product is to be properly packed labeled weighed and sealed. Any schedule instruction or potential problem must be reported to the Bagger Leadman.
- Responsible for generating labels and properly aligning and affixing these to the package container.
- Responsible for performing changeovers of the packaging equipment in a timely efficientclean manner with required safety equipment utilized. Communicate with mill area operators after changeover is completed.
- Responsible for preparing packaging materials to cover future shift schedule requirements (i.e. Gaylords Supersacks etc.)
- Responsible for the scanning / entering of finished product into the computer system.
- Practice good housekeeping and wear the required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
- Meet or exceed all plant key performance indicators.
- Participate in and help sustain Lean Manufacturing initiatives.
Skills:
- Able to read and comprehend English. Possess good math skills.
- Able to drive (or learn to drive) a forklift and to use an electric hand truck.
Day Shift - (6:45AM - 3:00PM)
Teknor Apex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any protected status under state or federal laws. Must be 18 years of age to work at Teknor Apex.