Established in 1998, American RENOLIT in La Porte manufactures plastic film used in a variety of industries, including the graphics, signage, and labeling industries. American RENOLIT continues to be one of the leading innovators in the industry, a value that is encouraged within its employee base.
La Porte’s American RENOLIT is currently recruiting for multiple positions, check them out below.
Mill Operator/Winder Operator
Essential job duties and responsibilities:
- Communicate with the Calendar Operator to find out the plc settings for the mill or winder
- Prepare and start-up the extruder, and mill also assist with threading the line up during start-up
- Refeed rolls as instructed by the calendar operator
- Follow all relevant policies and procedures (Safety, 5S, and ARC policies)
- Provide instruction for co-workers in the correct operation of the extruder and mill
- Properly conduct quality tests and ensure proper use of quality equipment
- Keep the calendar operator informed if any of the quality tests are out of specification
- Prepare all packaging materials for the orders according to the packaging instructions in CoAgo
- Package rolls
- Correctly enter QC and production data into CoAgo
- Keep work area(s) orderly and clean according to 5s standards
- Take care of the edge trims as well as any scrap rolls in the winder area
- If the line is down clean the mill and winder area as well as the extruder hopper or hoppers
Educational and experience requirements:
- High School Diploma/General Equivalency diploma
Job knowledge, skills, and ability requirements:
- Ability to work a 12-hour shift
- Positive attitude, flexibility
- Must be able to stand for long periods of time
- Must be able to lift up to 80 pounds regularly
- Ability to read a tape measure accurately (metric and standard)
- Basic math skills
- General computer knowledge
- High safety and cleanliness standards
- Good communication skills within the department as well as with other departments
- Ability to teach and coach fellow team members
- Dependability on a daily basis
- Responsible
- Ability to walk, stand, push, pull, reach overhead, bend, and kneel
Assistant Mixer
Essential job duties and responsibilities:
- Be able to perform the entire mixing process and material handling system
- Weigh all components according to the recipe that is in the ATR system
- Change and clean the mixing blades
- Clean the mixing tubs for color changes
- Change totes on the tote station and have the ability to flush a tote station
- Use ATR system
- Follow all relevant policies and procedures (5S, Safety, ARC policies)
- Manually draw up raw materials in the ATR system
- Communicate with calendar line for changeovers and fill out mixing report
- Ability to manually use the Mucki’s
- Communicate with the next shifts assistant mixer at shift change
- Communicate any problems to the mixer
- Make sure that material is being mixed far enough in advance so that the line does not go down
- Keep all pigment totes full
- Keep hand component bins full
Educational and experience requirements:
- High School Diploma/General Equivalency diploma
Job knowledge, skills, and ability requirements:
- High safety and cleanliness standards
- Good communication skills within the department as well as with other departments
- Ability to teach and coach fellow team members
- Dependability on a daily basis
- Positive attitude, flexibility
- Responsible
- Must be able to lift up to 25 kilograms/ 55 pounds
- Must be able to push 490-kilo mixing tubs
- Ability to work a 12-hour shift
- Ability to walk, stand, push, pull, reach overhead, bend, and kneel
To learn more, visit https://calenderedfilm.com/.
