Roll Clamp Truck Operator

Pratt Industries•Cedar Hill, TX

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 role includes moving paper rolls, unloading deliveries, maintaining accurate records, assisting with starch preparation and checks, and helping maintain the wastewater treatment facility. The operator follows production schedules, safety procedures, and housekeeping requirements, and may receive additional duties from management. The role requires a high school diploma or GED and a current Lift Truck/Clamp Truck Operator License. Preferred qualifications include corrugated-industry experience, industrial power truck or heavy equipment operating experience, and six months of wet-end corrugator experience. The employee must be able to read factory instructions, accurately use a tape measure, perform relevant calculations, apply common-sense reasoning, and understand equipment capabilities, production layouts, product specifications, and quality standards. The job involves regular standing, walking, and talking or hearing; frequent hand use, reaching, and stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; and occasional sitting. Employees regularly lift or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 100 pounds. The work environment includes moving mechanical parts, wet or humid conditions, occasional exposure to high places, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration; noise is usually loud. Insurance benefits are available within one month of hire.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Current Lift Truck/Clamp Truck Operator License.
Ability to read and follow instructions on factory masters.
Ability to read a tape measure quickly and accurately.
Ability to calculate percentages, measurements, volume, and rate, and apply high-school mathematics concepts.
Ability to use common-sense understanding to follow 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 regularly lift or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds.
Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, 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

Safely operate and care for the clamp truck.
Take paper rolls to the corrugator, taking butt rolls first, and record rolls on the proper forms.
Learn to read corrugator lineups.
Mark butt rolls with size, diameter, lineal footage, and grade before returning them to stock.
Unload rolls from trailers or rail cars and check and note physical damage.
Complete a clamp-truck inspection report at the beginning of each shift and submit maintenance work orders 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 optimizations to meet cost, quality, delivery, and service goals.
Assist the corrugator operator as instructed by supervision.
Make starch as needed according to the company formula.
Check viscosities on the corrugator and at the starch station as necessary.
Accurately record 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 with wet-end training for doublebacker and dry-end personnel.
Comply with company policies and procedures, including safety and good housekeeping.
Perform additional duties assigned by management.