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Shaw Industries Group

Makes flooring for homes, businesses and outdoor spaces

Extrusion Operator 2

Full-TimeUpdated
No salary listed
Entry
Andalusia, AL, USA
In PersonOn-site plant role; rotating 12-hour shifts include nights, holidays, weekends, and overtime as required.
Manufacturing & Production OperationsMachine & Process Operation

About the job

Requirements
  • Manufacturing experience is preferred.
  • Must be able to work rotating shifts, holidays, weekends, and overtime as required.
Responsibilities
  • Doff and inspect all finished packages for defects, aspirating packages as required to ensure a quality product.
  • Apply a properly stamped label to each finished package and place it on a U-buggy or rail.
  • Monitor equipment processing variables and finish applicators to ensure product quality, and report out-of-specification conditions to supervision.
  • Repair breaks quickly and accurately using established procedures, making any necessary repairs to finished packages to ensure product quality.
  • Relieve the adjacent operator during fill-in time, performing only run-and-stop priority work.
  • Assist the Technician and Blender Operator in making product and color changes based on the shift schedule.
  • Monitor product and lot production and notify the Blender Operator of impending lot completion and color changes.
  • Clean jets and chambers as needed.
  • Compare on-hand labels to the shift schedule to ensure that lot, color, and denier agree; stamp labels with the operator stamp to identify the operator of record; and discard old labels.
  • Pull color samples as requested for laboratory testing.
  • Keep an adequate supply of numbered tubes at each position.
  • Retrieve boxes of new tubes from the staging area as needed, and break down and dispose of empty tube boxes.
  • Empty waste barrels at the end of the shift and place them near the scales for the Material Handler to weigh.
  • Place non-conforming packages on the cordage U-buggy.
  • Mop the floor between lines at least once per shift.
  • Pick up and place a shift schedule at the end of the line at the start of the shift.
  • Build and maintain an adequate supply of box lids and dividers for lines running direct pack.
  • Ensure direct-pack rails are properly labeled with the correct lot number, denier, and product number, and mark the operator number and line number on the box lid.
Desired Qualifications
  • Manufacturing experience is preferred.

About the company

Shaw Industries Group designs and makes flooring for homes and commercial buildings, selling through a portfolio of specialist brands worldwide. Its products include carpet and hard surfaces, while other businesses supply synthetic turf for sports fields and outdoor spaces. The group combines manufacturing with an integrated supply chain, moving finished products from its factories to the businesses that sell or install them. It earns revenue from sales of these surfaces and related products, with its residential and commercial operations serving different customer needs. Founded in 1967, Shaw Industries Group is headquartered in Dalton, Georgia.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Dalton, GA

Founded

1967

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What believers are saying

  • Education has support: Shaw lists education assistance and GED support for U.S. associates.
  • Family care extends beyond insurance: Shaw's health centers serve U.S. associates and household members regardless of coverage.
  • Training includes housing: Shaw's operations management trainees receive accommodation during their initial eight-week training.

What critics are saying

  • Production changes sleep schedules: Shaw's Andalusia entry-level manufacturing job requires rotating 12-hour shifts with changing day and night starts.
  • Installation means extended travel: Shaw Sports Turf's installer job specifies approximately 300 days of out-of-state travel.
  • Permanent placement has another step: Shaw's trainee program offers interviews for engineering roles after roughly six months.

What makes Shaw Industries Group unique

  • Ownership is concentrated: Shaw is a wholly owned Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary.
  • Certification spans production: Shaw's April 2026 report puts Cradle to Cradle Certified products at almost 90%.
  • Recycling has scale: Shaw's April 2026 report records nearly one billion pounds of flooring reclaimed since 2006.

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