Machine Operator 1 - Packaging

Job Description

Job Description

Title:        Machine Operator
Reports:    Production Supervisor

SUMMARY
Performs repetitive production and packing operations to mass process products such as plastic bottles.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1.    Employee works from a production schedule located within the work area.
2.    Randomly checks product produced every hour, to ensure the customer specifications are met.
3.    Monitors flow of product into processing machinery.
4.    Tends machines, such as palletizers, case packers, injection machines and box machine to maintain product flow.
5.    Works at different work stations as production needs require.
6.    Works on lines where tasks vary, as product of various shapes and sizes move along lines.
7.    Check finished product for possible defects.
8.    Wears all required personal protective equipment.
9.    Assures and participates in all plant safety/accident prevention policies.  This includes maintaining a safe work environment and follows safe work practices.
10.    Maintains housekeeping of work areas.
11.    Follow all HACCP, GMP and Product Safety rules and guidelines.
12.    Train current and new members of the department to perform job related tasks as needed.
13.    Learn new on the job skills as training opportunities become available.   
14.    Any other tasks that may be assigned.
15.    Must attend monthly shift meetings 6am for day shift or 6pm for night shift.

Supervisory Responsibilities
None.

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

Education and/or Experience
High school diploma or general education degree; or at least one year manufacturing  related experience and/or training or equivalent combination.

Language Skills
Ability to read a limited number of two and three syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and series of numbers.  Ability to print and speak simple sentences.

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.

While the employee is performing the duties of this position that employee must be able to manipulate product with both hands, both above and below shoulder height.  The employee must be able to stand on a solid surface for a minimum of twelve (12) hours.  The employee must be able to ascend and descend stairs and ladders.  The employee must be able to frequently lift and /or move up to fifty (50) pounds.  The employee must be able to demonstrate repetitive motion with a pallet jack and push/pull up to seven hundred (700) pounds throughout the day (12 hour shift).  Specific vision abilities required by this position include close visual inspection of product.  The employee must be to perform job functions in temperatures of one hundred plus degrees during summer season and fifty degrees during winter season.
TRAINING
1.    Lock Out / Tag Out
2.    Bloodborne Pathogen
3.    Hearing Conservation / PPE
4.    Right to Know / Hazardous Communication
5.    Emergency Evacuation
6.    Ladder Safety / Fall Protection
7.    Confined Space Entry
8.    Forklift Safety
9.    HACCP / GMP
10.    HRIS Systems (Ceridian/WFC)
11.    Corporate Training Requirements

LEVEL OF AUTHORITY
1.    If you believe your health or safety, or the health and safety of others, may be endangered by physical conditions or by equipment, you must report your concern to your supervisor, who has responsibility to investigate the concern with you. 
2.    You have the right to hold for inspection any product you feel does not meet customer/company specifications
3.    Those employees with authorized training have the ability to shut down/stop equipment if continued operation is a threat to any employee’s health and safety.
4.    Contact any member of management without fear of reprisal concerning questions, suggestions, or complaints regarding quality, working conditions or job environment.    

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.

To learn more about playing for Team Amcor, visit www.amcor.com I LinkedIn I Glassdoor I Facebook  I YouTube

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click on the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal" Poster. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please call 224-313-7000 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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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)