2nd Shift - Production Machine Operator

Great Northern•Brooklyn Park, MN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Established in 1962, Great Northern is a local, privately owned paper-based packaging manufacturer with a long history of providing secure, stable, and meaningful positions. You will experience a collaborative team-first, safe, clean, enjoyable, and predictable workplace where team members support and care for one another. Our team members produce sustainable and eco-friendly products that are supplied to national brands that impact people's day-to-day lives. Great Northern is committed to making a difference in the lives of our team members, customers, and the communities in which we live and work. Many of our team members were referred by their friends and families who are already a part of the Great Northern team. Under general supervision and following established procedures, the Machine Operator I is responsible for performing repetitive assembly operations of a short to medium cycle duration on a variety of products, subassemblies or components that require some adjusting, fitting or aligning. This position will function as a general operator, utilizing Level One handfed, semi-automatic machines with a minimal amount of automation. The scope of machine operations (Level One) for this position includes, but is not limited to, equipment feeders/robots, slitter, slotter, band saw, hand tape, hand glue, and baler/shredder. This position will perform physical and manual labor of a general character and simple nature requiring no previous experience and will assist Machine Operators II and III on any other equipment. All job responsibilities are to be performed in strict adherence with the Company’s Mission/Values Statement and in accordance with established standards for external customers as well as internal customers.

Requirements

No previous experience required
Ability to perform physical and manual labor of a general character and simple nature
Ability to assist Machine Operators II and III on any other equipment
Pride in work
Punctuality
Ability to work safely
Ability to work effectively with others
Optimism
Ownership of responsibilities
Willingness to look for continuous improvement opportunities

Nice To Haves

Experience and qualifications will determine pay rate

Responsibilities

Reads job specifications to determine machine adjustments and material requirements.
Retrieval and staging of ink, tooling, and material while ensuring everything matches production specifications.
Responsible for the output and condition of Level One machines.
Effectively set-up, run, and trouble shoot Level One machines.
Follows safe operating procedures and all safety rules and guidelines as listed on work center safety documentation. (i.e. JSA, PPE, LOTO/MS)
Selects, installs, sets, positions and aligns stops, guides, rolls, and blades as indicated by scale, rule or template of order specifications.
Adjusts tension controls according to size, thickness and number of corrugated sheets.
Stacks and feeds corrugated material.
Observes machine operation to detect product defects or machine malfunctions.
Adjusts settings and controls on Level One machines as required to ensure product meets all specifications, quality standards and ISO procedures.
Measures product dimensions to determine accuracy of machine operation and performs quality inspection of finished product.
Removes cut pieces and scrap from product, die or bed of machine.
Counts, stacks, strips, marks, bands and transports finished product to the proper area as directed.
Completes work orders and prints the correct load tag (Work in Progress or Finished Goods) for the applicable routing.
Performs minor machine maintenance such as oiling of machines, and general housekeeping duties that include, but are not limited to, cleaning up scrap and ink spills.
Evaluates area operations and recommends improvement, by applying 5S standards and continuous improvement principles.
Participates in area meetings.
Performs job costing and inventory transactions.
Performs a variety of miscellaneous job-related tasks as may be assigned from time to time by a Management Representative.