The Production Worker is under the direction of the shift supervisor and will primarily be responsible for assembly of plastics intermediate bulk container (IBC) totes & steel cages manufactured using established production procedures, following safety protocol and adhering to company’s quality standards.  Support plant production needs for daily operation, changeovers, and outbound shipments. Secondary responsible for assisting in packaging of product of internal and external use and assisting in changeover with other production teammates.

Responsibilities:

• Performs all assignments in accordance with safety specifications, instructions, and requirements
• Demonstrates ability to meet production standards on specific assignments within required time
• Maintains good housekeeping and clean work areas in assigned space
• Reports all production waste to Production Lead or Supervisor
• Responsible for safety and quality throughout production
• Responsible for notifying a Production Lead or Supervisor when they step off the line to ensure safety and quality standards are maintained
• Performs other duties as required by Supervisor or Manager
• Follows all company policies and procedures

Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Experience working in a Manufacturing Environment
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Understand plant safety guidelines and pass all required safety training
• Must be able to understand verbal and written instructions in English language
• Troubleshoot problems and report issues
• Must work well in team environment

Physical Requirements:

• Plant facility runs 24 hours a day, 5 days a week consistently, excluding designated holidays or prearranged shut down. 
  • Plant does consistently schedule overtime on a daily and/or weekly basis. 
  • Overtime when scheduled is mandatory and can be extending working shift from an 8-hour workday to up to a 12-hour workday on an individual day during a schedule week. 
  • Overtime can also be scheduled by adding on an additional workday on an unscheduled workday for a scheduled shift from 8 hours up to 12 hours. 
    • Example:  a regular Friday scheduled shift can be changed from 2:50pm to 11pm, 8-hour workday, to an 11am to 11pm or 3pm to 3am schedule for a 12-hour scheduled shift. 
    • Example: A regular Saturday/Sunday scheduled day off, can be scheduled on either day for an 8-hour up to 12-hour shift, due to production demands and staffing coverage. 
• Employee’s base schedule is: Monday to Friday 2:50pm to 11pm weekly repeating. 
  • Monday to Friday. 
  • 2:50pm to 3pm is a paid shift startup group meeting before going out to the floor for assigned tasks. 
• Ability to be on feet consistently 8 hours up to a 12 hours per scheduled shift.
• Ability to walk, stand, crouch and climb to perform duties.
• Use of hands and fingers to perform job function.
• While performing the duties of this job, the individual is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions.
• Line production is constant flow approximately 36 IBC totes an hour. 
• Usage of cutting knife for flashing to complete tote manufacturing process. 
• Walking during this standing time in work cell, continuous rotation between blow mold machine, and tester machine. 
• Repetitive turning & twisting during the leak testing steps of production. 
• Reaching above shoulders, hand and wrist repetitive simple grasping to pick up bottle to stack. 
• The noise level in the work environment is loud and always requires hearing protection when working out on the production floor.
• The work environment can be very hot, over 90 degrees.
• Vision: 20/20 corrected and normal hearing range.
• Ability to wear company required personal protective equipment; safety glasses, earplugs, steel toe/composite safety shoes, cut resistant gloves, and any other necessary item based on assigned task.

The pay rate is $21.00 per hour.

Mauser Packaging Solutions offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, paid time off, and other competitive benefits.