Job Description
Job Description
Title : Machine Operator I
Location : Londonderry, NH US 03053
Duration : Initially three months, with the potential for converting to a FTE based on business need, budget approval and performance.
Pay : $18.50/hr on W2
1. **Position Overview**: The role is entry-level, involving tasks like filling hoppers with empty vials, labeling products, and maintaining cleanliness. Basic computer skills are required for training purposes.
2. **Candidate Requirements**:
- At least 1 year manufacturing experience MANDATORY
- High school diploma or GED is required.
- Candidates with bachelor's or master's degrees are often overqualified and tend not to stay long-term.
- Prefers candidates with manufacturing experience but is open to hiring recent high school graduates.
- Avoids candidates with a history of frequent job changes (job hoppers).
- Experience in similar bottling operations (e.g., Coca-Cola, Pepsi) is beneficial.
- The position is temp-to-hire, with a 90-day contract before potential full-time employment.
3. **Interview Insights**:
- Candidates should present themselves well and show genuine interest in the job.
- Prefers in-person interviews to provide a facility tour and a better understanding of the job.
- No need for candidates to have steel-toe safety shoes for the interview, but they will need them for the job.
4. **Challenges Noted**:
- Difficulty with candidates who do not speak English, as communication is crucial.
- The need for candidates to fit well within a small team and have a good personality.
5. **Additional Points**:
- Emphasizes the importance of good attendance and the ability to get along with others.
- Training will be conducted on the second shift and typically lasts a week
Looking for candidates with longevity -candidates bounce a lot,; previous candidates had no longevity on their resumes
Prep candidates accordingly -Have had people come in smelling like alcohol for interviews or late
-Looking for people who are excited and eager and have the ambition to be there
Required education: High school graduate or equivalent.
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
- Monitor functions of equipment and operate per documented procedures including maintaining operational logbooks
- Provide technicians with symptoms of equipment failures, when required
- Support material handling as necessary
- Maintain segregation of materials and lot and or receiving numbers
- Maintain area in a clean and orderly condition
- Adhere to and demonstrate compliance to all company and department standard operating procedures including but not limited to: GMP, device history record, hazard communication and safety rules
- Utilize written procedures and training to accomplish tasks noted above
- Accept full accountability for product quality
- Report to supervisor or management unsolved problems encountered during the workday
- Maintain complete and accurate records of work-in-process, component inventories and relative documentation
- Under the direction of the Manufacturing Supervisor, the Machine Operator will ensure the smooth operation of the manufacturing equipment according to established specifications, and standard operating procedures and work instructions.
- An operator must demonstrate steady progress in learning all equipment and jobs in the assigned manufacturing area.
- He and or she must also exhibit the ability to follow instructions of supervisor while observing the quality of raw and finished goods before, during and after production.
OTHER INFORMATION:
- Candidate must be able to stand to package and label product.
- Ensure the smooth operation of the production line. Candidate will not be responsible to run or operate the production line.
- Support material handling as necessary. Does not required use of forklift or power jack.
- Lifting/moving and carrying products weighing up to 20 pounds
- Candidate supporting a closed production line. No physical contact with hazardous materials or chemicals.
- Safety glasses, hair nets and gloves provided. Candidate must provide steel or composite shoes/boots.
- Must be able to adhere to shift start times and with excellent attendance and punctuality.