1st Looper Assistant

About the role

This position works within a group consisting of two to five people during any given shift. The operator will be lifting, pushing, pulling, bending, twisting, gripping, therefore must have upper body strength and understand proper lifting techniques as well as able to recognize limitations and ask for assistance when needed. May lift up to 50 pounds with assistance as required throughout the shift. Will be standing the entire shift and will also perform clean up duties consisting of sweeping, picking up scrap foam, and making sure the area is kept clean at all times.

Responsibilities

• Ensures with the aid of the Looper Supervisor that production needs are met to ensure on time deliveries for customers
• Coincides with the Looper crew to process all rolls to customer specification
• Maintains accurate record keeping
• Communicates professionally, effectively, and courteously with managers, supervisors, customers, vendors, and other employees
• Makes sound decisions, anticipates and adapts to changing production needs, and resolves quality problems
• Mets and follows company standards and policies including but no limited to safety and quality
• Performs duties safely, efficiently, and in the best interest of the company

Qualifications

• Education/Experience: High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED); and 1-2 years related experience or equivalent
• Language Skills: Strong communication skills are required with a good command of the English language and the ability to read, write, and comprehend information, reports, instruction, and correspondence
• Mental Skill: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, as well as the accurate reading of a tape measure
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed or oral instructions
• Physical Demands: Regularly stands, walks, uses hands to finger, handle, feel, or grip objects, stretches and/or reaches with hands and arms, stoops, crouches or work in cramped or awkward positions, repetitive motions, lifts up to 100 lbs with the assistance of a flat cart or other employee, wears Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) consisting of eye protection while on the production floor
• Work Environment: Regularly exposed to average factory conditions consisting of moving mechanical parts, regularly exposed to noise levels in the work environment which are low to moderate, and exposed to temperature ranging from moderate to high depending on the time of year and location of the work being done