Pratt is America’s 5th largest corrugated packaging company and the world’s largest, privately-held 100% recycled paper and packaging company, with more than 10,000 highly-skilled, green-collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability.

SUMMARY:

Responsible for all activities associated with safely assisting operating production machines, including setup, operation, cleanup, and recommending improvements to operations to meet customer demand.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following:
• Prior work experience in the packaging industry: paper, plastics, converting
• 6 months’ experience in some type of manufacturing operation.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Able to read and follow instructions; quality, safety, job packets

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy.
• Able to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, measurements, volume and rate.
• Able to apply concepts of high school math.

• Work safely at all times, be aware of surroundings and understand and comply with Pratt Industries Safety rules, operating procedures, and help hold co-workers responsible for safety-related items. Participate in Plant Safety Committee.
• Follow at all times GMPs (Good Manufacturing Processes)
• Learn and comply with Pratt Industries quality procedures and policies.
• Stop bad quality from leaving the facility to the Customer.
• Catch it on the front end of manufacturing the product. Strong attention to detail for poor quality; prevent bad quality from being sent to the customer.
• Will be responsible for assisting the Machine Operator in maximizing the utilization of equipment by operating the machinery at available capacity and speed.
• Improve setup times daily, improve downtime daily.
• Identify and address mechanical concerns and report to Production Supervisor or Production Manager or Plant Mechanical Tech/Specialist.
• Housekeeping and cleaning of work areas – keep clean and free of tripping hazards during shift and end of shift cleaning of the area.
• In addition, good housekeeping of areas employee utilizes; break rooms, bathrooms, refrigerators etc.
• Learn and understand assisting the Machine Operator with the capability and capacity of machine and drive efficiencies limiting waste and downtime.
• Do not sacrifice quality for machine speeds – must have both excellent quality and high efficiencies with minimal downtime.
• Continue to learn job duties on the machine, downtime, setup times and quality.
• Cross-train on other machines and learns other positions in the plant.
• Assist Machine Operator with completing necessary reports in an accurate and timely manner, including but not limited to: Production Data, Machine Operational Status, Safety Data, Quality Data.
• Turn in maintenance work order requests to supervision for needed repairs on the machine or machines.
• Be proactive in the maintenance and housekeeping of equipment.
• Switch duties with co-workers as necessary.
• Learning environment to learn as many job duties to assist with plant growth and personal and professional growth opportunities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures, including safety and maintaining good housekeeping.
• Adheres to production schedule.
• Makes recommendations for optimizing the schedule to meet cost, quality, and service goals.
• Reports any unusual scheduling issues to the Supervisor.
• Must be able to work overtime as necessary, sometimes on short notice. We serve our customers 24x7 – 365 days a year and sometimes work on holidays not avoidable.
• Additional duties may be assigned by management.