Ink Technician

American Packaging Corporation•Town of Riga, NY

6d•Onsite

About The Position

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row. It’s how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future. LOCATION: Chili, NY SUMMARY: Responsible for supplying the pressroom with all applied materials required for the manufacture of our product line.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the 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 apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. This position may require manual lifting not to exceed 50 lbs – reference your department-specific JHA (job hazard analysis) for departmental lifting restrictions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Follow established color matching and color control procedures for the department.
Perform all necessary recording functions, labeling of each batch/drum, inventory ticket, batch ticket.
Assist the shift supervisor as required.
Blend or prepare, as required, all other applied materials for each press run, solvent, lacquers, adhesives.
Maintain supply of materials throughout the press runs.
Receiving of materials and rotating stock (includes forklift operations).
Follow all department and plant safety procedures and be an active participant in our safety programs.
Job requires a high level of self-motivation and advanced prioritization skills.
Other duties as assigned.