Mill Operator Job Description
Mill Operator Duties & Responsibilities
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Mill Operator Qualifications
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Education for Mill Operator
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the mill operator job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Associate Degree in Associates, General Education, Education, Technical, Manufacturing, Supervision, Graduate, Sound, Science, Business
Skills for Mill Operator
Desired skills for mill operator include:
Desired experience for mill operator includes:
Mill Operator Examples
Mill Operator Job Description
- Ensure forklift and crane reports are filled out each shift
- The OIT complies with all safety regulations
- Safely operates the following crushing circuit, grinding circuit, flotation circuit, thickener
- Safety operate filtration which includes flocculent mixing and addition and reagent mixing and reagent addition
- Observes Mill production monitoring equipment to ensure safety and efficient operations
- Records operational and production data on specified forms
- Transfers materials, supplies, and products between work areas, using mobile equipment, overhead crane, and hand tools
- Cleans up spillage, maintains machinery, equipment, materials, and products
- Responsible for complying with environmental and safety policies
- Operating industrial machines and equipment that support manufacturing of paper
- Ability to read, understand and interpret blueprints, schematics, required
- Making machine adjustments, setting up machines, monitoring machine operations, performing quality checks, recording data, and completing basic routine maintenance
- Formulating chemicals and other items together utilizing automated processes according to specification
- Operating mobile equipment such a forklift, labeling and marking products, inspecting trailers for safe loading conditions, and preparation of trailers for loading
- Management of inventory storeroom and receiving
- Working in tight and confined spaces
Mill Operator Job Description
- Strongly committed to safety and interpersonal communication in a team based environment
- Relieve all breaks and lunches in the Calender Department (excludes splitter position)
- Fill out Calender schedules/tickets for mill mixes and small orders
- Complete mixed stock tickets for mill mixes
- Mix and Calender mill mixes
- Release approved mill mixes to Molding Lead
- Prepare the mill machine for operation by equipping it with the appropriate tools and making sure those tools are in good working condition
- Assist machinist with any needs
- Work with other employees to ensure a high standard of safety in the mill
- Customer service along with other duties as assigned by supervisor
- Must have basic mathematical skills and computer knowledge
- Must be willing to be certified to operator forklift and other mobile equipment
- Must be flexible to work a rotating swing shift days and overnights on 12-hour shifts
- Committed to follow all mandatory safety practices and operating procedures is a must
- Ability to use measuring tools (tape measure, gauges, calipers, etc…)
- Must be willing to submit to pre-employment checks that will include a drug test, background check, and physical
Mill Operator Job Description
- Works with unconventional types of materials
- Quality with unconventional of final product is influenced operator's extensive judgment in different aspects of creating the product
- Error in judgment can lead to substantial cost
- Additional responsibilities may include assisting other departments as needed
- Operate mobile equipment - forklift, loader
- Load/unload flatbed trailers
- Load/stage/re-tarp trailers for shipment
- Check and change tumblers, feeder, dust bags, dust houses, screens
- Keep tail pulleys cleaned out
- Perform all other housekeeping duties to ensure a clean/safe/orderly work place
- Front end loader certification preferred
- Knowledge of and ability to use tape measure, micrometer and caliper a must
- Must be able to wear respirator and required PPE
- May be required to work outdoors with a potential exposure to extreme climatic conditions
- Required to be qualified as Mill Warm-up or willing to work overtime to become qualified
- Qualified for multiple positions in Calender Department
Mill Operator Job Description
- Deburr parts as needed
- Clean machine and work area (includes metal shavings) as required
- Perform basic preventive maintenance on the machines
- Operate multiple machines at a time as necessary
- Train and assist other operators
- Must be able to prepare compounds according to specifications of the formula sheets
- Move materials from pallets to machines for mixing
- Must be able to operate a fork truck to move raw materials and trash
- Must be able to move/position/empty oil buckets
- Crane certificate would be an asset
- Previous Mill Mix experience
- Knowledge of mold numbers, mixed stock numbers/suffixes and their intended purpose
- Willing to float positions as needed
- Must be able to use jackhammer, shovel, broom and wheel barrow for up to 8 hours per day for various plant cleanup tasks
- Must use proper Personal Protective Equipment as required
- At least 1 year experience working in a machine shop
Mill Operator Job Description
- Supervise the training of student and temporary employees
- Assist in the care and feeding, loading, transporting and unloading of livestock
- Weigh grade powder
- Load and unload mills
- 1st shift hours
- Review set up sheets and specifications to determine setup procedure, machining sequence and dimensions
- Reads complex blueprints, bill of materials, and other specifications to determine product requirements
- Selects fixtures, part holding, and tooling to machine parts as necessary
- Adjust machine speeds and feeds and change cutters to machine parts according to specifications
- Confirms conformance of finished work to specifications, using measuring instruments such as micrometers, calipers, dial indicators and gages
- Experience setting up a mill machine
- Able to set up at least 3 machines
- Ability to properly use micrometers, verniers and calipers and tape measures to determine tolerances required Familiarity with cutting tools
- Must be able to adapt to temperature and environmental extremes such as hot to cold, dust dye colors and other ingredients
- Enjoys working outside
- Have forklift or heavy equipment experience