Massachusetts Jobs

Description

Now hiring! Come work at a place to build your future and be an integral part of a fast-paced, safety-oriented, and growing industry! We are an ESSENTIAL employer that is ACTIVELY HIRING at our Westfield, MA facility!

INCENTIVES:

• $5k Sign On Bonus

• Premium Pay - $25-$32 (based on experience)

• Time and Half for Saturday Hours

• Double time for Sunday Hours

• Double time for Holiday hours worked

• Vacation hours counted towards overtime

PREFFERED:

• Extruder Operator 5+ year experience

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 five core values that are the basis for our success: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, Involvement and Impact.

The safety and health of our team is our top priority. ProAmpac has taken great steps to provide all personal protective equipment and sanitizing supplies to create a safe and healthy work environment for you.

We are actively seeking an Extrusion Operator to join our growing team. If you are looking for a new opportunity with a leading packaging company, ProAmpac is looking for you to join our team!

What ProAmpac has to offer:

• A unique, "4 on / 4 off" schedule (work 12 hour shifts for 4 days, then get 4 days off) -- only work for half the year!

• Quarterly bonuses: perfect attendance bonus

• Premium pay built into your shift schedule

• 11 paid company holidays

• 401k with company match

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and other supplemental offerings

• Company-provided life insurance

• Disability insurance

• Wellness program -- living a healthy lifestyle can get you a discount on your health insurance premiums AND other incentives

Essential Duties and Tasks

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.

• Safely sets up, operates, and monitors extrusion machinery and equipment as intended and needed to meet customer and production goals.

• Completes extrusion machine setup for production runs, including loading materials, adjusting settings, and calibrating equipment to ensure proper operation.

• Monitors the production process, inspects and tests materials and equipment using safe and proper protocols, to ensure products meet quality standards and production quotas are met.

• Verifies and tracks all materials for inventory and work in progress regulations.

• Troubleshoots equipment malfunctions and perform routine maintenance tasks to keep machinery operating efficiently.

• Trains and provides guidance to machine assistants and new crew members.

• Keeps machinery and surrounding areas organized by meeting housekeeping, storage, staging, and cleanliness requirements.

• Adhere to all safety guidelines and procedures, to prevent accidents or injuries. Wear appropriate personal protective equipment(PPE) as required by safety policies and reports any safety hazards or concerns to the appropriate team member.

• Completes all necessary documentation for internal or external use.

• Effectively works with other departments or team members, such as machine technicians, supervisors, and quality control inspectors, to coordinate production activities and address any potential issues as they arise.

• All other duties as assigned.

Work Environment

Work primarily in a manufacturing or warehouse environment. Hearing protection, safety shoes, vision protection and other necessary PPE as required.

May be exposed to non-toxic/nuisance smells from chemicals, inks, airborne dust, moving mechanical parts, high noise levels and hot/humid environmental conditions in the manufacturing area.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

This role will regularly use plant machinery which certification may be required. This role routinely works around moving equipment. May need to get on and off equipment, stairs, this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to type, hold, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Qualifications

Experience

Preferred

• 5 years: Extruder Operator 5+ year experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Job Category: Operations/Production/Manufacturing

Full-Time