Job Description
Company: Colbert Packaging Corporation – Kenosha, Wisconsin
Date: February 1, 2020
Job Title: Production Associate
Schedule:
Days: Monday – Friday; frequent weekends
Hours: 1st Shift 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
2nd Shift 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
3rd Shift 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Overtime: Frequent
Vocational:
Pay Schedule: Hourly
Physical Demand: Medium
Work Pace: Machine and self-paced
Key Job Description
Work in Finishing, Printing and Insert Folding departments. Feed product into insert and gluing machines; catch material off printing press. Pack finished pieces from machines into cases or onto pallets/carts. Inspect product, read and fill out job paperwork. Assist machine operators/technicians with work center setup and housekeeping.
Essential Job Functions
- Read all job-related paperwork.
- Accurately complete job-related paperwork, including time sheets, production and defect reports.
- Assist with machine and area line clearances; including removing all material from previous job.
- Visually inspect product to detect defects and variances from approved sample or proof. This includes inspection of color, copy, print-to-print position, print-to-cut register, and other defects.
- Perform and record quality checks throughout the production process; comply with all procedures required by Quality Assurance and SOPs; notify appropriate personnel of defects and variances.
- Use hand pallet jack to transport products and material.
- Maintain cleanliness & organization of department and area around machines.
- Assist with preventive maintenance as needed.
In Finishing:
- Lift cartons out of material bins or from pallets.
- Grasp cartons while fanning them to inspect.
- Place cartons into machine.
- Pull sample cartons per quality assurance requirements.
- Clear jams to keep machines running.
- Lift cartons from conveyor belt.
- Operate Stak Kounter to count product.
- Verify accuracy of case labels; adhere to case pack information.
- Place cartons into shipping container.
- Place ID number on each corrugated case packed.
- Weigh cartons/blanks.
- Assemble corrugated cases.
- Access data from computer; use ERP system to create labels for cases and pallet inventory reference. Use electronic scanning device to scan individual case and pallet labels into inventory. Complete label accountability form.
- Assist Operator and other Finishing Department personnel as needed.
- Sort cartons for defects offline.
In Insert Department:
- Lift sheets of paper out of material bins or from pallets.
- Visually inspect flat printed sheets of paper while loading paper into machines.
- Inspect product to detect defects and variances during the production process.
- Operate folding equipment to clear jams and keep machines running.
- Use a ruler to measure product.
- Operate iCount to count product.
- Record tray counts and final case counts on job paperwork.
- Set up and operate shrink-wrap machines.
- Access data from computer; use ERP system to create labels for cases and pallet inventory reference. Use electronic scanning device to scan individual case and pallet labels into inventory. Complete label accountability form.
- Assist other Insert Department personnel as needed.
In Printing:
- Assist with press make ready and wash up.
- Pick up product from conveyor.
- Grasp cartons while fanning them to visually inspect product at delivery end to detect defects and variances from approved sample and/or okayed press sheet.
- Perform P306.00 for any press shutdown. 100% inspect cartons where defects were removed.
- Discard defective cartons into designated receptacles.
- Pull sample cartons per quality assurance requirements.
- Clear jams to keep machines running.
- Place cartons from press onto/into pallet/cart/basket in an organized manner; maintain consistent height of carton stacks to ensure accurate counts.
- Operate Stak Kounter to count product.
- Access data from computer; use ERP system to create labels for cases and pallet inventory reference. Use electronic scanning device to scan individual case and pallet labels into inventory. Complete label accountability form.
- Complete load tags and prepare product for shipment; band loads using banding guns when necessary.
In all departments:
- Maintain expected standards of productivity while adhering to all customer quality requirements and expectations.
- Communicate with operators, technicians, quality personnel and supervisors about machine issues relating to productivity and quality assurance.
- Monitor condition of machinery and report unsafe conditions and/or needed repairs to supervisor and/or technician.
- Be dependable, on time to work and at work consistently, regular and overtime hours and weekends with short notice.
- Adhere to all company rules, policies/procedures and all Quality Assurance policies and procedures.
- Meet all established standards of conduct and work performance and safety requirements.
- Develop teamwork and positive relationships with co-workers.
**Additional job functions may be added as necessary
Non-essential Job Functions:
- Sweep work area and perform other housekeeping tasks to ensure plant is clean, neat and organized.
- Operate ream cutter to produce layer boards.
- Operate compactor to dispose of waste.
- Operate shredder to dispose of waste product.
- Use hot glue gun and heat gun.
- Train personnel to perform Production Associate job.
- Operate an air hammer.
Other requirements of this position include:
- Meticulous attention to safety requirements.
- Ability to read and comprehend information on job jacket, load tags and accurately perform quality checks.
- Ability to detect small defects on product.
- Attention to matters of cleanliness, neatness and organization, including seeing that the plant is in the best possible condition at all times.
- Flexibility, including willingness to perform a variety of projects and tasks when asked, fill in for other personnel when needed and do whatever is necessary to ensure the company’s efficient operation.
- Ability to perform basic mathematical computations including addition, subtraction, and multiplication of whole numbers, fractions and decimal.
- Ability to take and record precise measurements.
- Ability to operate a hand-held calculator.
- Ability to work cooperatively with others.
- Willingness to learn and ability to grasp new information quickly and multi task.
- Attention to detail, accuracy, neatness of work.
Equipment, Machines, Tools, Vehicles
Computer, handheld scanner, Stakkounter, iCount; micrometer, drum dolly, hoist, electric and manual hand trucks, insert folders, shrink film machines, bindery equipment, bander; tape guns, rulers, pallet jacks, hot melt glue system, compressed air, folder gluer machines, ream cutter, shredder, compactor, hot glue gun, heat gun, flexographic printing press.
PPE: Safety shoes recommended, dust mask, gloves, eye and hearing protection as needed.
Environmental Exposures
Inside: 100%
Temperature Range: Ambient
Chemical Exposure: Moderate: Solvents, oil, grease, alcohol, inks, coatings, glues.
