Operator, Converting

Operator, Converting

ProAmpac is a leading global flexible packaging company with comprehensive product offerings. Providing creative packaging solutions, industry-leading customer service and award-winning innovation to a diverse global marketplace. We are guided in our work by four core values that are the basis for our success: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement.We bring brand owners and packaging experts together to generate fresh thinking, accelerate advanced technology and increase speed-to-market, package customization and consumer differentiation. Our expertise is rooted in shared core values grown from the heritage of our small businesses and strategic acquisitions. Collectively, we are stronger and more responsive, with a broader geographic footprint.Together, we are ProAmpac, the trusted leader in global change in the packaging industry.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made, upon request, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Inspect and examine printed products for print clarity, color accuracy, conformance to specifications, and external defects.
• Reposition printing plates, adjust pressure rolls, or otherwise adjust machines to improve print quality, using knobs, handwheels, or hand tools.
• Set and adjust speed, hot melt temperature, ink flow, and positions and pressure tolerances of equipment.
• Examine job orders to determine details such as quantities to be printed, production times, stock specifications, colors, and color sequences.
• Select and install printing plates, rollers, cylinders in machines according to specifications, using hand tools.
• Monitor construction of bags, feeding, and printing processes of presses to maintain specified operating levels and to detect malfunctions, adjusting as necessary and notifying a supervisor of any problems.
• Operate equipment while maintaining minimum run speed, and ensuring the quality of bag construction, proper ink coverage, alignment, and registration.
• Notify a supervisor immediately of all needed repairs.
• Immediately notify a supervisor or manager, any instances of insubordination, improper behavior or performance problems regarding his/her crew.
• While wearing the proper protective equipment, clean and lubricate machines and components, using lubricate, grease, brushes, rags, hoses and compressed air.
• Move all heavy or awkwardly packaged materials, using hand trucks, forklifts, or hoists, to transfer them to finishing or designated areas.
• At all times, Follow ALL safety rules/regulations contained in the TULSACK employee handbook.
• Direct and supervise the activities of workers, inspecting, and packaging the product manufactured on their assigned machine.
• Monitor stocks of materials such as paper, ink and glue to maintain supplies during equipment operation.
• Change bag size by using specific tools and written standards for size changes.
• Maintain records of goods produced and waste accumulated during his/her shift.
• Requisition supplies, materials, and equipment and receive stock.
• Supervise and assist as needed, the packaging of bags and labeling of cartons, boxes of finished products to maintain quality standards and reduce waste.
• Place spools twine or paper, and thread through machines.

Key Competencies

• Assertiveness
• Problem Solving/Analysis
• Decision Making
• Communication Proficiency
• Ability to mentor and guide assigned personnel in the most optimal way, while effectively transferring knowledge, and having as the goal the success of the trainee.
• Able to rotate between shifts. (7a-3p, 3p-11p, 11p-7a, 7a-7p, 7p-7a)

• 6 months- 1-year Packing Inspector experience operating bag machines.
• Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Applied Learning - Ability to participate in needed learning activities in a way that makes the most of the learning experience.
• Acceptance of responsibility and being held accountable for his/her actions at all times.
• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Communication, Written - Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Resource Management (People & Equipment) - Ability to obtain and appropriate the proper usage of equipment, facilities, materials, as well as personnel.
• Safety Awareness - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
• Technical Aptitude - Ability to comprehend complex technical topics and specialized information.
• Responsible - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one's conduct.
• Innovative - Ability to look beyond the standard solutions.
• Self Motivated - Ability to be internally inspired to perform a task to the best of ones ability using his or her own drive or initiative.
• Conflict Resolution - Ability to deal with others in an antagonistic situation.
• Deductive Reasoning - Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
• Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.
• Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
• Tactful - Ability to show consideration for and maintain good relations with others.
• Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
• Problem Solving - Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.
• Honesty / Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
• Delegating Responsibility - Ability to allocate authority and/or task responsibility to appropriate people.