Job Description

ProAmpac Granite City is looking for an Assistant Machine Operator to join the team and make an impact. Enjoy a Rotating PM work week and start an exciting career with a global company!

ProAmpac is building a wellness culture through its PRO360 initiative: An interactive, fully integrated wellbeing program designed to engage, encourage, and reward all team members on their personal pathway to better health, wealth, growth, and community involvement. Our goal is to ensure 100% of team members achieve a basic level of wellness. Additionally, subject to applicable eligibility requirements, we offer full-time employees a variety of benefits including:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance

• 401(K) with exceptional company match

• Generous paid time off (PTO), plus 11 holidays per calendar year

• Free life and short-term disability insurance

• Wellness, employee discount and rewards programs

• Tuition reimbursement

Schedule: 12hr Overnights Rotating Schedule, 7PM - 7AM

The Assistant Bag Machine Operator’s is responsible for assisting in the overall operation of the machine ensuring the quality and efficiency of the bags created by the bag machines. The primary responsibility consists of assisting the operator in running and managing the machine that automatically measures, prints, cuts, folds, and glues, or seals to form bags.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to assist the operator in each essential job function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made, upon request, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Assist operator in threading materials from parent roll through guides and rollers to cutters, gluer, printer, folding device, or electric sealer.
• Assist in starting machine, observes operation, and adjusts machine to ensure uniform shearing, printing, folding, gluing, or sealing of continuous roll of material into finished bags.
• May insert shaft into core of parent roll and secure with steel collars, using hand tools, and mount roll onto machine, using hoist.
• Assist in Operating machine in proper manner, maintaining high production and a quality product, with a minimum of waste, while maintaining set goals of machine speeds
• References work orders for paper supply, and requisitions paper from the warehouse when necessary.
• May help in Instructing and leading Bag Inspector and Bundler. Assists Small Bag Inspector in detecting poor quality.
• Assists in diagnosing problems on machines and corrects immediately, to keep smooth production flow.
• Assists in making all machine repairs, unless major work is needed. Performs daily maintenance on machine including: oiling machine, cleaning drum area of machine, re-taping, and scraping down.
• Assists Maintenance with repairs to get equipment up and running in the shortest amount of time.
• Follows instructions and requests from supervisor and management.
• Communicates well with other operators and teammates at shift change.
• Adheres and maintains equipment to all GMP and SQF regulations at all times.
• Ability to multi-task as well as work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

Key Competencies:

• Ethical Conduct
• Problem Solving/Analysis
• Communication Proficiency

**Work Environment: **

Work primarily in a climate controlled indoor environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential. Hearing protection, safety shoes and vision protection required on the production floor at all times.

This role operates in a professional environment that requires some exposure to a manufacturing environment. Employee is rarely exposed to non-toxic/nuisance smells from chemicals, airborne dust, moving mechanical parts, high noise levels and hot/humid environmental conditions in the manufacturing area during extremely hot summer months.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to type, hold, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

You should be proficient in:

• Equipment Troubleshooting
• Packaging Experience
• Machine Setups for Production Runs
• Excellent Communication Skills