Laminator Operator 2

About the Company

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans, and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best Workplaces in the Americas awards for 12 years in a row.

About the Role

Assist in the operation of the Laminator in the safest, most effective, and efficient manner while adhering to established quality standards.

Location: Story City, IA
Shift: Rotating 1st/2nd shift

Responsibilities

• Participate in training, embrace concepts of and actively practice the SPOT Safety Program fundamentals to aid American Packaging Corporation’s efforts to achieve a zero-accident rate.
• Locate material for the present job and upcoming jobs so that the machine may operate efficiently.
• Sign onto and use recipe program to load process conditions onto the machine and enter all necessary process data.
• Properly flag rejects in master rolls accurately for next operation.
• Monitor pumping systems as outlined to maintain proper mix ratio.
• Understand and utilize all appropriate SOPs.
• Aid in mounting impression/transfer sleeves during changeovers.
• Read, understand, interpret, and utilize all information received from job jackets, Product Specs, and Material picking program.
• Perform and manage all necessary cleaning and housekeeping duties including cleaning the laminator, scrubbing all rollers and pumps, changing filters, picking up debris around the machine, end-of-order clean-up, and in-process machine laminator cleaning.
• Assist in machine set-ups/changeovers by utilizing the information on the job jacket and any necessary equipment, including preparing anilox rolls and sleeves for the laminator and changing anilox rolls.
• Complete necessary quality checks at the machine and complete check-off paperwork.
• Attend and participate in all scheduled meetings (Continuous Quality Improvement, safety, special projects, departmental, etc.).
• Comply with all company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Previous experience in APC manufacturing positions or specific industry-related printing/laminating/bag making experience.
• Acceptable prior work history.

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.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute percentages and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Other Skills & Abilities:
  • Accuracy in recording Autocount.
  • Communication skills: technical information, internal/external customers, all levels of employees.
  • Conflict resolution.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Ability to operate powered industrial trucks.
  • Independence.
  • Mechanical aptitude.
  • Organizational skills.
  • Safety awareness.
  • Shift work adaptability.
  • Teamwork.

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 performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, climb, and balance.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• The employee is regularly required to talk or hear and taste or smell.
• This position may require manual lifting not to exceed 50 lbs (reference your department-specific JHA for departmental lifting restrictions).
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee works near moving mechanical parts and is exposed to fumes or airborne particles (works in an environment where solvent-based inks are used).
• The employee frequently works in high, precarious places, in humid conditions (summer humidity; plant is not air-conditioned), and is exposed to electrical shock (only authorized maintenance personnel are allowed access to electrical cabinets).
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Hearing protection is mandated.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Excellent benefits.
• 401(k) plans.
• Tuition reimbursement programs.