Job Opening: Machine Operator

Employbridge is seeking an experienced Machine Operator for our client based in Wabuska, NV (just outside of Yerington, NV) for a long term assignment based on attendance and work performance.

Shift: 

• 1st shift Monday through Friday, 7am to 4pm 

• 1st shift – $19 an hour 

Job Summary Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as rubber or plastics. Primary Job Duties • Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients. • Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales. • Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions. • Press control buttons to activate machinery and equipment. • Turn controls to adjust machine functions, such as regulating air pressure, creating vacuums, and adjusting coolant flow. • Review work orders, specifications, or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings, and adjustments for extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines. • Record and maintain production data, such as meter readings, and quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced. • Notify supervisors when extruded filaments fail to meet standards. • Synchronize speeds of sections of machines when producing products involving several steps or processes. • Clear jams, and remove defective or substandard materials or products. • Move materials, supplies, components, and finished products between storage and work areas, using work aids such as racks, hoists, and hand trucks. • Clean dies, arbors, compression chambers, and molds, using swabs, sponges, or air hoses. • Other duties assigned by manager.

Benefits:

• Weekly Pay
• Better Work Life Academy 
• Access to health benefits
• Free College courses
• Free online skills training

Job Requirements

• Bend and stoop for 8-10 hours
• Grip, grasp, twist
• Lift up to 50 pounds
• Repetitive motion for 8-10 hours
• Stand for 8-10 hours
• Steel toes or composite shoes