Folder/Gluer Operator

Job Description

Must have experience with folding cartons within the food packaging industry

Responsibilities: 
Operates Folder/Gluer Machine to develop end-result printed packaging material in accordance with customer specifications: 
    Operate and adjust gluer machine, troubleshoot and monitor operation. 
    Prepares gluer by performing a variety of tasks to produce a consistent, high quality product 
by precise control of feeding, take over and inverting of batches of blanks, setting automatic 
loading and constant blank heights maintaining steady and precise feeding at all speeds making adjustments as needed to exceed customer expectation. 
    By performing a variety of make ready tasks utilizing quick and easy settings for high productivity and precision operations, resolves any defects and adjustments to produce high quality product. 
    Oversee General technicians working on equipment. 
    Make adjustments, clear jams, while processing product, maintaining speed and quality. 
QUALITY: 
    Ensure quality of jobs completed by reviewing for quality and accuracy.  Makes sure jobs are complete and error free. 
    Ensures finished product exceeds customer expectations.  Ensure all checklists are completed.
    Support and communicate all ISO standards and quality objectives to the Team. 
OHSE AND CLEAN: 
Ensures complete adherence and compliance to the OHSE and Clean policies.  Assists team members in maintaining clean and safe environment. 
    Maintains and follows all company policies and procedures for safety, PPE and hazard materials/waste handling according to established guidelines. 
    Follows all PPE procedures at all times.
    Follows established procedures and guidelines for the handling and disposal of all hazardous materials/waste. 
    Maintains and wears proper uniform according to company policy. 
    Use Company provided safety lifting equipment. 
    Properly stores and arranges work area to maintain cleanliness and safe environment following all safety rules and regulations for grounding, storage, spill clean-up, etc. 

COMMUNICATIONS: 
Interacts with the team and co-workers in a way that promotes respect, encourages cooperation and contributes to excellent performance. 
    Communicates accurate information to all team members in a professional and courteous manner that conveys a willingness to assist. 
    Accepts direction and feedback from leadership and follows through appropriately. 
LEADERSHIP: 
Create and maintain a high-performance environment characterized by positive leadership and strong team orientation. 
    Communicates regularly with team toward goals and required results, providing specific feedback and initiating corrective action when goals or results are not met. 
    Motivate crew to improve quantity and quality of work performed and provide training as required. 
    Consistently uses appropriate established channels of communication. 
    Conduct team meetings. 
    Must be able to perform any and all work or additional tasks as required or requested by Department Leads, Shift Leads, or Management. 
Requirements: 
    High School diploma (or GED). 
    Minimum of 3 years of Folder/Gluer equipment operation within the food packaging industry. Experience with Bobst Alpina, Expertfold and or Heidelburg gluer preferred.
    Must have interpersonal and communication skills. 
    Must possess basic computer skills and mathematical skills necessary to compute percentages, weights and measures. 
Physical Demands: 
    This position requires prolonged periods of standing, stooping, bending and/or reaching, 
balancing, climbing, kneeling, crouching, reaching with hands and arms, hearing and speaking. 
    Frequent lifting in excess of 30 lbs is required. 
    Must be able to hold, touch, feel and manipulate with hands product and equipment in a safe manner.  Manual dexterity is required. 
    Use of close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability 
to adjust focus as well as good eye-hand coordination. 
    Must be able to rotate shifts and be available to work in excess of 8 hours per day and/or 40 hours per week when necessary to meet customer product needs. 
 

Our Expectations

We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:

• Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
• Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation
• Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns
• The environment is better off because of Amcor’s leadership and products

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet.  More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

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Benefits

When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:

• Medical, dental and vision plans

• Paid time off, starting at 40 hours per year for full-time hourly employees, may vary by location

• Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location

• Wellbeing programs & Employee Assistance Program

• Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

• Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits

• Paid Parental Leave

• Retirement Savings Plan with company match

• Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)

• Discretionary bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)