Advanced Machine Operator

For over a century, American Packaging Corporation (APC) has been a leading flexible packaging converter for customers throughout North America. We nurture our employees by providing competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans, and tuition reimbursement programs. APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out, and we consistently seek to improve our internal operations.

Pay

Wages starting at $23.75 per hour, plus a $3.00 per hour night shift differential.

Schedule

12-hour shifts on a 2-2-3 schedule, with both day and night shifts available.

Benefits

• Medical/Health Insurance
• Dental – Employer Paid
• Vision – Employer Paid
• Short Term Disability – Employer Paid
• Long Term Disability – Employer Paid
• FSA – Health and/or Childcare
• 11 Paid Holidays
• PTO
• 401(k) – lucrative employer matching
• Bonuses including yearly holiday, 401k, and quarterly production

Benefit eligibility begins the first day of the month following your first 30 days with APC.

Responsibilities

• Reads job specifications to determine machine adjustments and material requirements.
• Sets up machine.
• Observes machine operation to detect material defects or machine malfunction.
• Measures material dimensions to determine accuracy of machine operation.
• Performs minor machine maintenance such as oiling/greasing machines and changing knives.
• Prepares required paperwork, including daily production reports, SPC charting, roll tickets, and inventory tags.
• Completes work orders when necessary.
• Actively participates in safety programs and makes safety observations.
• Follows plant safety rules.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills

• Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
• Mathematical Skills: 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.
• Reasoning Ability: 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.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to walk.
• This position may require manual lifting not to exceed 50 lbs – reference your department-specific JHA (job hazard analysis) for departmental lifting restrictions.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.