Feeder-Packer

Graphic Packaging•Marietta, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Graphic Packaging International is a leading manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging for well-known brands across various industries including food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care, and pet products. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and operates over 130 locations worldwide with more than 25,000 employees. They emphasize collaboration, diversity, innovation, community involvement, and environmental responsibility. Graphic Packaging offers competitive compensation and benefits, aiming to reward their employees for their contributions to the company's success. This specific role involves safely and efficiently feeding or removing cartons from gluers.

Requirements

Excellent attendance
Able to work independently
Able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
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 of organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
High School Diploma, GED or equivalent required.
Standing, depending on changing job assignment, for extended periods.
Awkward and/or repetitive movements
Ability to bend/stoop, squat, crawl, climb, reach above shoulder level, kneel, balance, push/pull, twist and perform robotic motions continuously
Lifting up to 50 lbs continuously and up to 74 lbs frequently
Requires use of both feet on a continuous basis
Requires use of both hands for simple grasping, firm grasping, fine manipulation and repetitive actions on a continuous basis
Ability to read, write, hear, see, speak and have agility on a continuous basis
Reading computer screen or other electronic devices
Use of various hand and electrical tools and equipment
Work in areas of fluctuating temperature
Steel-toed/safety footwear, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Cut resistant Safety Gloves, Hair Net

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing experience preferred
Bilingual in English/Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

Verify pallet that comes to Finishing is proper item to be fed and glued
Feeds cartons into machine bed
Continually keeps machine feed filled with paper cartons while machine is running
Communicates with operators/fork lift drivers to ensure there is an ample supply of die cut cartons available to be fed into gluer
Picks up cartons from conveyor and stacks it into cases
Check cartons for quality and excessive glue
Able to clear the line when machine gets jammed with the Carton Pack
Ensure corrugated cases are straight to prevent jams with metal guide bar
Verify pallet labels for accuracy
Manual sorting for defective jobs
Hand pack into corrugated cases
Follow all Plant rules, Processes, Hygiene, and Allergens procedures, related to production of Safe Quality Foods.
Report to person of authority to record any potentially unsafe conditions which may result in unsafe foods or noncompliance to SQF related procedures.
Participate in SQF Root Cause and Corrective Actions (from customer complaints, SQF audits, validation, and verification activities) as required.
Follow all procedures related to producing Safe Quality Foods (SQF).
Report any potentially unsafe SQF conditions or customer complaints to a person of authority to record and/or correct the situation.
Other duties as assigned.