Baler 1st shift

WESTERN STATES ENVELOPE COMPANY•Butler, WI

8d•$18 - $21•Onsite

About The Position

Western States Envelope and Label Company is seeking a Baler Operator/General Laborer for their Butler, WI facility. This role involves sorting and compacting paper into bales, material handling, and receiving. The company has over 115 years of experience providing high-quality envelopes, labels, and packaging. They are focused on customers and employees, with goals, daily targets, employee input, and continuous improvement making them one of the largest envelope companies in the United States. This position offers a variety of daily tasks, including driving a forklift, and is located in a climate-controlled facility.

Requirements

Prior experience operating a bailer, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
Able to read a ruler with accuracy.
Manual dexterity.
Strong initiative.
Team player.
Attention to find details.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals is required.

Nice To Haves

Prior Manufacturing experience running a bailer machine preferred.

Responsibilities

Identifies by category, various grades of paper and waste that have been accumulated at the baler area.
Determines what grades have enough material to make a bale of.
Fills the baler hopper with paper by using the cart tipper.
Bands and ties the completed bale with wire.
Removes and weighs the bale with a fork truck.
Tallies the weight of the bales and transfers to a bill of lading.
Loads the bale onto semi-truck for shipment.
Keeps up and has available empty waste carts for manufacturing.
Performs 5S duties and keeps work area clean.
Performs safety checks on trailers and lift truck.
Helps in other departments in manufacturing.