Roll Clamp Truck Operator

Pratt Industries•Cedar Hill, TX

19h

About The Position

The Roll Clamp Truck Operator is responsible for safely operating and caring for the clamp truck and supporting corrugator and warehouse operations. The position handles paper rolls, including transporting rolls to the corrugator, unloading deliveries, documenting roll information, and maintaining equipment and an organized work area. Other duties include assisting corrugator personnel, preparing and monitoring starch, maintaining the wastewater treatment facility, monitoring starch and chemical inventory, and following company safety and housekeeping policies. Additional duties may be assigned by management. The role requires a high school diploma or GED and a current Lift Truck/Clamp Truck Operator License. Candidates with corrugated-industry experience, industrial power truck or heavy equipment experience, and six months of wet-end corrugator experience are preferred. The position involves regular standing and walking, frequent handling and reaching, and lifting up to 50 pounds regularly and up to 100 pounds occasionally. Work takes place around moving machinery and can involve wet or humid conditions, loud noise, and occasional exposure to heights, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Current Lift Truck/Clamp Truck Operator License.
Able to read and follow instructions on factory masters.
Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy and calculate percentages, measurements, volume, and rates using high school math concepts.
Able to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or graphic instructions and address problems involving concrete variables in standardized situations.
Working knowledge of equipment design and capabilities, product layouts and production specifications, product quality specifications, and quality standards.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including regularly lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 100 pounds.
Vision abilities including close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Prior work experience in the corrugated industry.
Prior industrial power truck or heavy equipment operating experience.
Six months of experience on the wet end of the corrugator.

Responsibilities

Transport paper rolls to the corrugator, taking buttrolls first, and record rolls taken on the proper forms.
Learn to read corrugator lineups.
Mark buttrolls with their size, diameter, lineal footage, and grade before returning them to stock.
Unload rolls from trailers and/or rail cars and check and note physical damage.
Operate the clamp truck safely and complete its inspection report at the beginning of each shift.
Submit maintenance work orders to supervision for needed repairs.
Keep the warehouse organized and clean.
Submit roll stock tallies to the corrugator supervisor or Scheduling Department.
Operate machinery at available capacity and speed to maximize equipment utilization.
Follow the daily production schedule and recommend schedule improvements to meet cost, quality, delivery, and service goals.
Assist the corrugator operator as instructed by supervision.
Make starch as needed according to company formula, check viscosities on the corrugator and at the starch station as necessary, and accurately complete the daily starch checklist.
Maintain the wastewater treatment facility.
Monitor starch and chemical inventory levels.
Read related MSDS and learn appropriate responses to emergency chemical spills or skin contact.
Assist in wet-end training of doublebacker and dry-end personnel.
Comply with company policies and procedures, including safety and good housekeeping.
Perform additional duties assigned by management.