Thermoforming Process Technician

Overview:

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Responsibilities:

• Ensure personal safety and the safety of fellow employees
• Safety is the first core value of Berry Global.
• The Tech Mentee role is preparation for the Process Technician position, where “leadership by example” is key.
• Complies with all EHS directives and follows all plant safety rules
• This includes following all LOTO, department rules, and filling out all required safety documents
• Ensures a clean work area on assigned machine/section
• A clean work environment is critical to safety in preventing slips, trips, and falls

• Ensure part quality on assigned machine meets or exceeds customer expectations
• Our part quality reflects directly on our job performance.
• The mentee should check parts being packaged on their assigned line
• Pull samples for Quality Assurance after machine start-up (or as needed)
• Samples should be pulled and inspected before the machine goes into production following start-up (or downtime event as needed)
• If filling in for the Process Technician, samples should be pulled according to Quality Assurance guidelines
• Notify or assist in the modification of process parameters when quality issues arise
• The process needs to be modified to ensure proper part quality as issues arise
• If filling the Process Technician Role, Mentees should notify a Process Technician or higher when a quality issue is identified for assistance

• Perform all duties of the Operator position
• The primary function of the Mentee is that of the Operator
• The Mentee will be scheduled on “off-line” Thermoforming machines, unless necessity dictates otherwise
• Fill role of Process Technician if necessity dictates
• Perform all duties of the Process Technician role (with assistance from the Training Staff and/or Leadership)
• Assist in the recovery from downtime events on Thermoforming equipment
• The Mentee will follow the direction of Thermoforming Technical Trainers and leadership in assisting with recovery from downtime events
• Assist in the safe and efficient start-up and shut down of thermoforming lines
• The Mentee should be assisting in the start-up (and shut down, if possible)
• Work with support groups to troubleshoot & correct equipment issues
• Cooperative relationship must exist between support groups and production to ensure efficient correction of machine issues

• Authority to operate production line equipment in thermoforming
• Authority to progressively express concerns up the chain-of-command
• Authority to scrap “in-process” product
• If filling the role of the Process Technician
• Authority to correct improper/ inadequate safety measures, SQF, or GMP
• Authority to contact QA to place product on hold
• Authority to input data into online data systems
• Authority to retrieve paperwork and labels