Production Specialist I - 3rd Shift
Tekni-Plex · Clinton, IL
- Level
- Specialist
- Team
- Production
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 5 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A specialist production role at Tekni-Plex (packaging) in Clinton, IL.
- Tools it names
- FDA / GMP, Extrusion, Tooling
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Engineer roles in Illinois: typical posted base $100k–$146k.
Median of the low and high ends of 34 live postings that list pay, out of 65 production engineer openings in Illinois, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 64 other live production postings in Illinois.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $98k–$143k, from 31 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Lean 43%
- Team leadership 35%
- EHS / safety 28%
- Root cause 23%
- Six Sigma 22%
- New product launch 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Extrusion, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Tekni-Plex in Clinton
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- Production Specialist I · Production · Specialist
Full description from Tekni-PlexAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- ◆Follow all safe work practices.
- ◆Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- ◆Check all work orders for specific work instructions.
- ◆Perform quality checks with appropriate measuring devices.
- ◆Accurately complete all paperwork as required by ISO, GMP, HACCP.
- ◆Collect retains during hourly quality checks for Quality Control inspection.
- ◆Inspect work for accuracy, completeness, and professional look.
- ◆Perform random quality checks every 5 to 10 minutes to ensure product specifications.
- ◆Ensuring correct material, packaging supplies and quality control tools are being used.
- ◆Produce labels for cartons/spools.
- ◆Set up lines, troubleshoot as necessary.
- ◆Assign lot numbers as applicable.
- ◆Limit process scrap to a minimum.
- ◆Maintain line specifications.
- ◆Pull, clean, and insert extruder screw.
- ◆Disassemble and re-assemble extruder tooling; from the adapter to the pin and die.
- ◆Bring up the extrusion line.
- ◆Operate all pulling and cutting equipment.
- ◆Change cutter blades, bushings, and channels as necessary.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements
listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. *
Education and/or Experience
High School diploma or equivalent.
Language Skills
Fluent in English, both verbal and written. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, work orders, operating instructions and procedure manuals and manufacturing terminology. Ability to print simple sentences and legibly complete reports. Ability to follow and understand verbal instructions. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations, to other employees of the organization and respond to questions.
Mathematics Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratios, and percentages to practical situations.
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Imagine: A Career With Purpose and Possibility
Picture this: You are part of a global team of problem-solvers whose innovations in materials science can make life better. Every day, you help turn ideas into impact using science, technology, and creativity to tackle real-world challenges. You’re part of a company whose work helps improve patient outcomes in healthcare and protects essential consumer goods that people around the world rely on every day.
At TekniPlex, you’ll join more than 8,000 colleagues across 12 countries, all united by one purpose: creating safer, smarter solutions that touch daily life. Through our two divisions, TekniPlex Healthcare and TekniPlex Consumer Products, you’ll help shape industries that matter: healthcare, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, beauty, and personal care.
Here, your ideas count and your work matters. You’ll be encouraged to think boldly, collaborate across cultures, and keep growing every step of the way. You will help protect the integrity of essential products, support patient safety and comfort, and contribute to innovations that make everyday life better, all while building a career that makes an impact.
Because at TekniPlex, you don’t just deliver products – you help shape what’s next.
Reasoning ability
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. *
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to hear and talk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move 25 pounds and occasionally lift/move 75 pounds or more with help from others or lift assist devices. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.