Job Purpose & Scope
The Setup Operator is responsible for setting up, troubleshooting, and operating the machinery in the Chicago Rockfon factory. These machines include Roll Formers, Turret Presses, Press Brakes and other punching and forming machines. They will be expected to train other operators on the these machines, check quality of products being setup, perform operator level autonomous maintenance and participate in our preventative maintenance program.The setup operator will also be a leader on the floor and will work with all levels of the business including management and engineering on production related projects.
Key Result Areas
- Perform setups efficiently, minimizing scrap, downtime, and quality issues.
- Document setup procedures clearly to facilitate future training and standardization.
- Effectively troubleshoot issues to identify and correct the root cause of the issue
- Execute plans to continuously improve the departments as measured by their Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Key Responsibilities & Job Content
- Setup and operate key machines in the Chicago Rockfon factory including roll forming lines, punching machines, and forming machines.
- Ability to read engineering drawings and measure parts accurately using calipers.
- Standardize setup procedures and processes including documentation
- Develop setup ability on highly automated equipment
- Flexibility to work on multiple machines in the different departments as needed.
- Operate safely and maintain 5S standards in the plant.
- Ability to troubleshoot problems to identify and correct the root cause
What We Do
We release the natural power of stone to enrich modern living.
ROCKWOOL Group is a focused industrial company with leading positions in insulation, acoustic ceilings and horticultural growing media based on proprietary stone wool technology. We harness the properties that nature has given us to create products for quality living.
Our products touch most aspects of everyday life. We offer carefully designed, innovative sustainable solutions for your comfort, safety and for the benefit of the environment.
ROCKWOOL Group's business portfolio consists of:
* ROCKWOOL® insulation solutions for buildings.
* ROCKWOOL® technical insulation solutions to both industry, marine and offshore.
* ROCKWOOL® core solutions tailor made stone wool products to be integrated into finished systems.
* Rockfon® acoustic ceilings and wall solutions.
* Rockpanel® cladding material.
* Grodan® growing media solutions for plants.
* Lapinus® solutions for applications such as friction, water management, tracks, coatings, gaskets.
At ROCKWOOL Group, we are committed to enriching the lives of everyone who experiences our product solutions. Our expertise is perfectly suited to tackle many of today’s biggest sustainability and development challenges, from energy consumption and noise pollution to fire resilience, water scarcity and flooding. Our range of products reflects the diversity of the world’s needs, supporting our stakeholders in reducing their own carbon footprint along the way.
Stone wool is a versatile material and forms the basis of all our businesses. With around 12,200 colleagues in 40 countries, we are the world leader in stone wool solutions, from building insulation to acoustic ceilings, external cladding systems to horticultural solutions, engineered fibres for industrial use to insulation for the process industry and marine & offshore
