About the Role
Assist in daily operations of the Finishing Department at American Packaging Corporation, a leading flexible packaging converter in North America.
Responsibilities
- Participate in training and actively practice STOP Safety Program fundamentals to achieve a zero-accident rate.
- Retrieve necessary set up information, specifications, and guidelines, and follow instructions on the job jacket.
- Safely, efficiently, and effectively assist with assigned production machinery, monitoring quality, production, and waste while adhering to customer specifications.
- Ensure immediate work area and areas for which the Machine Operator is responsible are free of clutter and debris.
- Perform all cleaning and sanitation responsibilities safely, using required cleaning solutions and protective equipment.
- Monitor all quality requirements as outlined by company procedure and specification.
- Complete necessary sheets for quality checks.
- Actively participate in safety programs and complete required safety observations.
- Understand and follow plant safety rules.
- Attend and participate in all scheduled meetings.
- Train new employees as necessary.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
- Previous manufacturing experience preferred.
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Ability to write simple correspondence.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.
- Occasionally required to walk and reach with hands and arms.
- May require manual lifting not to exceed 50 lbs.
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
- Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
- Occasionally exposed to airborne particles and vibration.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Skills
- Safety Program fundamentals
- Machine operation monitoring
- Quality monitoring
- Waste monitoring
- Cleaning and sanitation
- Reading comprehension
- Written correspondence
- Presentation skills
- Document interpretation
- Basic mathematical skills
- Problem-solving in standardized situations
Location
- Chili, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Previous manufacturing experience preferred
Education Level
- High school diploma or GED
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Excellent benefits
- 401(k) plans
- Tuition reimbursement programs
About the Company
- American Packaging Corporation (APC) is the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century.
- APC nurtures its employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion.
- APC's longstanding success is fueled from the inside out.
- Named a “Best of the Best” in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row.
Equal Opportunity
- American Packaging Corporation is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.
- American Packaging Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
- EOE/AA Disability/Veteran.
