Set up Tech

Your Job Anchor Packaging, a Georgia Pacific company, is seeking a Setup Technician for their Jonesboro, AR facility. This role focuses on safely removing, installing, aligning, and setting up process tooling on thermoforming and extrusion equipment to meet production requirements and quality standards.

About the role

A global innovation leader in designing and manufacturing rigid food containers and food service cling film in the USA since 1963. The company is committed to protecting food and the environment by using materials that reduce waste and conserve natural resources. Partners include restaurant chains, supermarkets, convenience stores, and food processors.

Responsibilities

• Safely remove and install thermoforming and extrusion process tooling
• Perform product and tooling changeovers according to established procedures and production schedules
• Inspect tooling before installation for damage, wear, cleanliness, and proper condition
• Properly position, align, secure, and verify tooling prior to equipment startup
• Connect and disconnect tooling-related utilities, hoses, fittings, and other components as required
• Verify proper tooling clearances and alignment using appropriate precision measuring instruments
• Handle tooling in a manner that prevents damage to tooling, equipment, and finished products
• Return removed tooling to its designated storage location and ensure tooling is properly identified and protected
• Maintain clean and organized tooling and setup areas
• Operate a forklift
• Travel locally from site to site occasionally via personal vehicle
• Perform physical tasks such as lifting up to 50lbs, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day in a loud, noisy, and industrial environment

Requirements

• Driver's License is required
• Forklift experience
• Hands-on mechanical experience
• Experience performing precision measurements utilizing micrometers, tape measure, and dial calipers

Qualifications

Previous manufacturing, machine setup, mechanical, extrusion, thermoforming, or related industrial experience will put you ahead.

Pay

$21.50 to $28.00 per hour based on experience

Schedule

Day Shift: 7am to 7pm

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance, ADD, and disability coverage
• Retirement plans
• Paid vacation and time off
• Educational assistance
• Infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance (eligibility criteria apply)