Baler Operator 1st Shift

About the role

Responsible for all activities associated with safely running the baler including operation, cleanup, and recommending improvements to operations.

Responsibilities

• Make good, neat bales.
• Operate baler and use up all unusable and corrugated scrap.
• Maintain accurate bale reports.
• Operate a forklift in a safe manner when necessary.
• Turn in maintenance work orders to supervision for needed repairs.
• Be proactive in the maintenance of equipment.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures, including safety and maintaining good housekeeping.
• Work safely at all times, be aware of surroundings and understand and comply with Pratt Industries Safety rules, operating procedures, and help hold co-workers responsible for safety related items.
• Participate in Plant Safety Committee.
• Follow at all times GMPs (Good Manufacturing Processes)
• Comply with all company policies and procedures, including safety and maintaining good housekeeping.
• Must be able to work overtime as necessary
• Additional duties may be assigned by management.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Prior work experience in the corrugated industry (preferred).
• Prior work experience as a forklift operator (preferred).

Skills

• Language Skills: Able to read and follow instructions on factory masters.
• Mathematical Skills: Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy, calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, measurement, volume and rate, and apply concepts of high school math.
• Technical Skills: Working knowledge of equipment design and capabilities, product layouts and production specifications, product quality specifications, and quality standards.

Physical Demands

The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

May be required to maintain a current Lift Truck Operator License.