Overview

About Berry

At Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY), we create innovative packaging and engineered products that we believe make life better for people and the planet. We do this every day by leveraging our unmatched global capabilities, sustainability leadership, and deep innovation expertise to serve customers of all sizes around the world. Harnessing the strength in our diversity and industry-leading talent of over 40,000 global employees across more than 250 locations, we partner with customers to develop, design, and manufacture innovative products with an eye toward the circular economy. The challenges we solve and the innovations we pioneer benefit our customers at every stage of their journey. For more information, visit our website , or connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter.

Responsibilities

1. Responsibilities/Principal Duties :

2. Adheres to all safety policies and procedures and ensures all team members work within the safety guidelines.

3. Complete safety orientation and forklift certification training.

4. Complete behavior-based Safety and Quality audits monthly.

5. Have a basic understanding of how the extrusion process works with relations to film properties, web handling, raw materials, and finished product.

6. Have basic understanding of our product, customer specifications and visual inspection requirements.

7. Learn how to accurately enter and review key film properties in Quality Windows.

8. Has general knowledge of and operates within the guidelines of FIFO, 5S and/or other Lean Manufacturing structures.

9. Help maintain sufficient labeling & packaging supplies during and at the end of shift.

10. Assists in the training of new-hires.

11. Responsible for ensuring all finished product is within customer specifications.

12. Ensures that all test data sheets are verified, that all data falls within specified targets and is positively signed.

13. Completes proper documentation in line log and other line paperwork.

14. Responsible for ensuring all outgoing product is labeled and packaged according to customer specifications.

15. Responsible for proper housekeeping of the line and adjacent areas.

16. Works with maintenance to complete minor and preventative maintenance on the line.

17. Must complete all job task checklists within first 90 days of employment.

And the following demonstrated skills/knowledge/ability:

• Embossing roll and rubber roll care/cleaning/film wrapping removal procedures.

• Core cutting procedures.

• Line thread up and winding procedures.

• The procedures to change screens.

• Set up an order on assigned machines with minimal assistance.

• Trouble-shooting and identifying process changes.

• Knowing resin and concentrate use and identification.

• Understanding of all film properties (tensile, COF, etc.).

• Production schedule and discrete job routing sheet (DJRS) interpretation.

• The procedures for purging extruders for shutdown and start up.

• Understanding the raw material codes and location of raw materials and silos, and how to hook them up to the blender.

• Thorough understanding and knowledge of the troubleshooting manual and how to access it.

• Must have the ability to set up any production job without technical assistance.

• Perform blender set-up and be able to troubleshoot blender feed issues.

• Set control parameters to standard operating conditions.

• Know treater operation and general trouble-shooting and safety procedures.

• Understand and troubleshoot gauge control issues.

• Able to safely trouble-shoot granulator malfunctions.

• Develop oscillator operating and trouble-shooting skills.

• Know and understand proper die care.

• Identify and trouble-shoot most basic process issues.

• Understand the basics of die bolt mapping.

• Strong understanding of our product and customer specifications.

• Must lead and orchestrate a Tier 1 meeting.

• Understanding of resin, web handling/winding and film properties.

• Filter cleaning and replacement

• Ability to perform die Shim

• Able to assist in major maintenance operations

• Able to communicate effectively with others to improve individual and team performance

• Identify any machine, gauge or problems that arise through team cooperation and facilitate correction of issue

• Able to evaluate and make important decisions within the plant framework

• Requires minimal supervision

• Exhibit initiative in training for self and line team members

Qualifications

Education: H.S. Diploma or GED

Experience : Minimum of 3 years manufacturing experience required.

Physical/Cognitive Requirements : Work is performed in a plant environment with frequent contact with others. Requires prolonged standing and frequent bending, stooping and stretching, manual dexterity, the ability to distinguish letters, occasional lifting up to 50 lbs., and the use of equipment. Able to withstand high levels of heat, while wearing the appropriate provided PPE.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. (https://careers-berryglobal.icims.com/jobs/24122/lead-operator/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&in_iframe=1&hashed=-1834445335)

Location US-TN-NASHVILLE

Job ID 2024-24122

Position Type Regular Full-Time

Category Manufacturing

Location : Address 463 HARDING INDUSTRIAL DR.