Assistant Machine Operator

Amcor•Bowling Green, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Join Amcor as an Assistant Machine Operator and play a key role in producing high-quality packaging that makes a global impact. You’ll ensure safety, quality standards, and contribute to a team focused on collaboration and continuous improvement. This role involves supporting operations to achieve World Class status, running jobs according to specifications, managing resin, adjusting machine settings, ensuring accurate paperwork, minimizing change-over and downtime, and training other team members. The position also requires understanding product safety and complying with 5S and WCM initiatives. Specific duties may vary between Extrusion Assistant and Press Assistant roles, including preparing materials, monitoring product quality, performing make-readies, ordering raw materials, completing paperwork and logs, and adhering to company policies.

Requirements

Previous manufacturing experience
Knowledgeable and able to understand a computer and program
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Good organizational and interpersonal skills
Ability to interact effectively and professionally with others in a team environment
Ability to lift up to 50-60 lbs
Willing and able to stand and walk for a 12 hour shift
Frequent reaching, bending, stooping, kneeling, and twisting
Frequent use of wrist and hands
Frequent stepping up and down from platforms

Responsibilities

Support operations in becoming World Class in all aspects of the business, beginning with Safety.
Run all jobs in accordance with customer specification, manufacturing specification, and standard operating procedures.
Organize, record, and ensure proper storage of resin.
Adjust machine specifications, pressures, and equipment for each job.
Ensure all appropriate paperwork is filled out accurately and completely.
Work with and direct the extrusion assistant and other team mates to minimize job change-over and down time.
Train and direct the extrusion assistant to become efficient at all the required assistant duties defined in each level of the assistant training matrix on time.
Know and understand the role in product safety.
Comply with all 5S and WCM initiatives (Cross Training, moving to the work).
Prepare inks, substrates, plates, cylinders, gears, etc. for scheduled job.
Assist Press Operator in monitoring the product to ensure quality.
Knowledge and ability to perform make-readies.
Participate in the operation of the press with the ability to operate if needed.
Order, Charge, and Return raw materials to each job as needed.
Complete necessary daily paperwork.
Complete 5S/housekeeping logs.
Follow and be held accountable for adherence to all of the company policies and procedures as they are outlined and defined.
Remove and identify all scrap except flying splices before master rolls get moved to WIP area.
All other duties as assigned by supervisor or management.