Assembler

About The Role

Hood Container is seeking a skilled Assembler to join our team in our Chicago Packaging Services plant. As an Assembler, you will be responsible for assembling various components and products in a timely and efficient manner. Your attention to detail and ability to follow instructions will be crucial in ensuring the quality of our products. You will work closely with other team members to meet production goals and maintain a safe and organized work environment. Your contributions will directly impact the success of our company.

Responsibilities

• Removes defective products or materials, placing them in specified areas for handling.
• Constructs, lines, and pads cartons, crates, and containers using hand tools.
• Examines containers, products, and materials for quality control and ensures packing requirements are met.
• Sets up and operates packaging machinery to load products and materials into package-processing equipment.
• Seals containers or materials using hand tools, fasteners, nails, or glue.
• Marks and labels containers, container tags, labels, or products.
• Enters packing, order, and product information in or on required forms, records, or other documents.
• Stacks boxes on pallets.
• Loads products and materials into package-processing equipment.

Required Qualifications

• A High School diploma or G.E.D.
• Skills necessary to perform reading, writing, and mathematics to maintain the required production reports and plan balanced workloads.
• Possess the ability to lift or carry materials that weigh 10+ lbs throughout the day.
• Effectively communicate instructions and requirements.
• Demonstrate initiative and effectiveness in dealing with out-of-the-ordinary situations which may arise in the course of the job.
• Work overtime or odd shifts as necessary to meet production requirements.
• Maintain an exceptional level of attendance and punctuality.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Regularly stand, walk, and talk or hear.
• Frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach and lift with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally sit.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

About Hood Container

Hood Container is a family-owned, mill to market company specializing in containerboard and kraft paper, corrugated boxes, high graphic displays and contract packaging. Our commitment to customer happiness, employee well-being, environmental stewardship, and operational excellence drive our business. Over the last eight years Hood Container Corporation has grown to become one of the top ten Paper and Packaging Companies in the United States. Our integrated company resources allow for a unique dynamic that evolves with every addition to our geographic footprint. We excel at offering the benefits of a large corporation, while operating as a boutique business building close relationships with our customers. Our Mission: Through our unwavering commitment to safety, innovation, and sustainability, we passionately deliver indispensable value to our customers, employees, suppliers, communities, and stakeholders. Our Vision: A unified culture that creates innovative customer solutions.