Selector Packer

Anchor Glass Container Corporation • Lawrenceburg, IN

23d • Onsite

About The Position

Anchor Glass Container LLC, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is a leading North American manufacturer of premium glass containers with five, strategically located production facilities throughout the US. Founded in 1983, Anchor serves many of the most iconic and recognizable consumer packaging brands in the beer, beverage, spirits and food industries. Anchor Glass Container LLC strives to exceed customer expectations through unrelenting attention to detail. What we do goes beyond glass making. We find incredible meaning in all the small things that create enriching experiences for customers and consumers alike. Everything we do – creating, customizing, shipping, collaborating – we do with the customer’s best interests in mind. Each solution is the result of a thousand-and-one details coming together in brilliant succession, thanks to our team of experts that do whatever it takes to make life easier and more enjoyable for our customers. With over 2,000 US-based team members, Anchor Glass has the size and scale to service all of your glass packaging needs, without the complexity and bureaucracy associated with larger suppliers. Excellence is in the details! Anchor Glass in an Equal Opportunity Employer

This job involves; 1) Sitting at a visual station, standing at a hand packing station, working in our repack area which involves inspecting bottles and discarding defective ones, and 2) Possibly standing at a lehr to inspect bottles, etc.

If employee has to pick up a case of bottles the approximate weight ranges from 8lbs to 15lbs. Individual bottles that an employee picks up has an average weight from 8oz to 14oz. This job does include some sweeping, and unjamming of lines.

This update includes steps and platforms. During the course of an eight-hour shift a Selector-Packer will be stepping onto platforms and off of platforms throughout the shift. Employees rotate with other employees approximately every twenty-minutes. These platforms do not have handrails and are one-level standard height platforms. Also, Selector-Packers may have to go up and down stairs, with handrails, to cross over single line conveyors.

Requirements

• Ability to sit at a visual station.
• Ability to stand at a hand packing station.
• Ability to work in a repack area inspecting bottles and discarding defective ones.
• Ability to stand at a lehr to inspect bottles.
• Ability to pick up cases of bottles weighing approximately 8lbs to 15lbs.
• Ability to pick up individual bottles weighing an average of 8oz to 14oz.
• Ability to perform sweeping.
• Ability to unjam lines.
• Ability to step onto and off of platforms throughout an eight-hour shift.
• Ability to go up and down stairs to cross over single line conveyors.
• Ability to reach for and pick up two to four bottles from a packing table and place them into a customer carton.
• Ability to supply empty cartons to the carton conveyor.

Responsibilities

• Visually examines bottles to ensure proper specifications. (This job is performed sitting down at a light station).
• Drops any defective ware down a cullet chute at the visual light station.
• Hand packs bottles into a carton, which involves standing at a hand pack station and reaching for and picking up two to four bottles from the packing table – then placing the bottles into a customer carton.
• Supplies empty cartons to the carton conveyor that runs into the case packer or hand pack station.
• Unjams bottle lines or equipment.
• Maintains good housekeeping practices, including routine cleanup of the work area.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed