Overview
Onin Staffing is seeking a detail-oriented, technically skilled Rewind Slitter Operator to join our team at our Nashville, TN converting facility. In this role, you will be responsible for setting up, adjusting, and operating high-speed slitter rewinder machinery to convert master rolls of flexible materials—including pressure-sensitive tapes, engineered foams, rubber elastomers, specialty films, and liners—into custom-width, precision-wound finished rolls.
The ideal candidate brings strong mechanical troubleshooting skills, a firm grasp of web tension and roll geometry, and a dedication to safety and quality control.
Key Responsibilities
Setup & Machine Operation
- Review job travelers, engineering specifications, and production schedules to determine material requirements, slit widths, core sizes, and winding specs.
- Mount master material rolls onto unwind mandrels using pneumatic shafts, hoists, or roll lifters.
- Configure and align slitting tooling (razor, score/crush, or rotary shear knives) to exact dimensional tolerances.
- Thread web lines through tension rollers, edge guides, and slitting heads onto designated rewind shafts and cores.
- Regulate unwind/rewind tension, web tracking, lay-on roll pressure, and line speeds to produce straight, tightly wound, telescoping-free rolls.
Quality Control & Documentation
- Perform first-piece inspections and periodic quality checks across finished slit widths using precision calipers, gauge blocks, and steel rules.
- Inspect webs continuously during operation to detect and eliminate defects such as edge fray, dishing, web wander, flagging, or interweaving.
- Apply splice tapes, tail ties, end tabs, and core labels per customer specifications.
- Accurately log production output, core/scrap weight, material lot traceability, and run downtime in the plant ERP system.
- Tag and isolate non-conforming materials in compliance with ISO 9001 quality guidelines.
Maintenance & Workstation Safety
- Carry out daily cleaning and preventative maintenance routines, including blade honing/replacement, shaft cleaning, adhesive buildup removal, and equipment lubrication.
- Maintain strict adherence to machine guarding rules, pinch-point safety, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) protocols, and required PPE.
- Maintain a clean, organized work area applying 5S standards.
Skills and Experience
- Experience: Minimum of 1–2 years of experience operating roll slitting, slitter-rewinding, or web converting equipment.
- Technical Skills:
- Solid understanding of slitting methods (shear, razor, score) and differential shaft/core winding principles.
- Proficiency reading technical work orders, shop drawings, and customer cut sheets.
- Proven skill using precision measurement tools (calipers, micrometers, tape measures).
- Math & Problem Solving: Solid shop math capabilities (fractions, decimals, imperial/metric conversions) and basic mechanical troubleshooting skills.
- Education: High school diploma, GED, or equivalent vocational training.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background working with adhesive-backed tapes, closed/open-cell foams, foils, and release liners.
- Experience in an ISO 9001 or IATF 16949 registered manufacturing environment.
- Certified or experienced in operating powered industrial trucks (forklifts), electric pallet jacks, or roll lifters.
Physical Demands & Work Environment
- Ability to stand, bend, and move actively throughout an 8- to 10-hour shift on concrete floors.
- Ability to lift, push, and maneuver material rolls and shafts weighing up to 50 lbs regularly.
- Normal visual acuity (with or without corrective lenses) to detect surface defects and align knife blades to fine fractional tolerances.
- Typical manufacturing plant environment with moving machinery, moderate noise levels (hearing protection supplied), and industrial roll-handling equipment.
Benefits
Don't miss this chance to enhance your experience in a production environment while enjoying competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package.
- Weekly pay
- $5 prescription drugs
- $5 doctor's visit copays
- Free teledoctor service
- Free counseling services
- Life insurance included
- Vision insurance included
- Dental insurance included
- Vacation and holiday pay
- Scholarship Opportunities
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Free legal services
- Our unbeatable employee discount program
Apply now so we can hold a spot for you. We can’t wait to talk to you!
––Your Ōnin team
