Production Associate

Primary Duties

• Adhere to safety requirements and inform the Supervisor of any unsafe situations.
• Verify product line, along with properly banding, sealing, and bar-coding racks, bundles, crates and/or boxes of finished goods of material.
• Visually inspect profiles for gross defects, surface defects, and general appearance.
• Notify Extrusion Operator Technician and/or Supervisor or the Quality Assurance Inspector of any quality problems that are in question or occur.
• Line empty racks with fascia, side protector, and plastic as needed.
• Push full racks of material out to be sealed in specified packaging units.
• Transport finished product and/or scrap to designated areas.
• Set up empty racks on rack dollies and transport new racks to floor.
• Sets up scrap Gaylord boxes and replace those that are full.
• Measures, cuts and builds wooden packaging units and delivers them to the running lines for all Veka crating units.
• Completes/finishes crates for Veka Products, Decking and Fencing with wooden tops and cardboard in addition to sealing and banding the crates.
• Cuts cardboard and banding as needed.
• Empty saw drawers on Extruders
• Change out Nail Fin slug and chipper drums.
• Empty Trash.

Secondary Duties

• Assist operators in packaging profiles neatly and properly according to packaging standards, when needed.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Organizing
• Good Oral Communication
• Working Under Pressure
• Drive & Initiative
• Flexibility
• Timeliness

Ability Required

• Ability to read tape measure
• Ability to use saws, pneumatic nail guns and various hand tools

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• GED, High School Education, or Previous Work Experience.
• Able to obtain and hold a valid Veka forklift license and operate various forklifts.