Bander Operator

090 CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc.; Cheraw (SC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free company-paid health insurance

Company-matched 401(k)

Job summary

Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. in Cheraw, SC is hiring for a manufacturing associate to operate bodymakers, ensure cans are produced to schedule, and maintain clean, safe, and compliant work areas.

The role emphasizes safety and quality, with responsibilities including labeling pallets, recording production data, and communicating issues to QC. Strong English communication and basic math are required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent experience.
• Good oral and written communications skills.
• Good record keeping skills.
• Good listening skills.
• Accurate measurement capability.
• Ability to understand and speak basic English.

Responsibilities

• Operates bodymakers with required supplies to produce aluminum cans on schedule.
• Maintains safety, quality, and housekeeping standards.
• Inspects pallets and prints labels; communicates quality issues to QC.
• Voids or updates tickets and ensures correct pallet labeling and paperwork.

Skills

Oral communication

Written communication

Record keeping

Listening skills

Measurement

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Job Description

About Crown Crown Holdings, Inc. through it's subsidiaries, is a world leader in the metal packaging production process. We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative and sustainable metal packaging solutions and products. Our clients are some of the largest and most respected companies in the world. Crown is dedicated to building a team of highly talented, dedicated, and driven individuals. It's an exciting time to join our business because Crown offers you the opportunity to grow and develop your skills in an expanding industry. Crown was founded with the goal of valuing and promoting sustainability and this vision continues to be essential to our long‑term future.

About Crown

CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc., a wholly owned company of Crown Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of packaging products for consumer goods. At Crown, we are passionate about helping our customers build their brands and connect with consumers around the world. We do this by delivering innovative packaging that offers significant value for brand owners, retailers, and consumers alike. With operations in 39 countries employing over 23,000 people and net sales of over $11 billion, we are uniquely positioned to bring best practices in quality and manufacturing to our customers to drive their businesses locally and globally. Sustaining a leadership position requires us to build a team of highly talented, dedicated, and driven individuals.

Division Overview

Crown’s Beverage Division manufactures a variety of packaging solutions for soft drinks, craft beers, coffees, and teas as well as new energy drinks. Crown Beverage leads the packaging industry with innovative technologies that redefine how the world looks at beverage cans. With a large printable surface area and a wide range of sizes, shapes and decorating options, our aluminum cans are the perfect packaging format to create compelling brand presence where it counts.

Location

Cheraw, SC.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures bodymakers are operating efficiently with required supplies available to produce aluminum cans at the highest quality standards to meet daily customer schedules.
• Safety & Quality minded with willingness for excellence required.
• Ensures all safety equipment, guards, and devices are in place at all times, and follows safe work procedures and safety rules.
• Maintains housekeeping in the work area.
• Communicate with QC when quality problems are noted and pallets are tagged.
• Inspect finished pallets for scratches, bad litho or other quality defects.
• Rethread strapper with banding material.
• Enters information into a computer to generate labels for the pallets.
• Prints tickets for pallets.
• Place Label on pallet to indicate production and customer information.
• Cleans banding heads.
• Check tension on bander and fill out certification sheet to note whether bander is acceptable.
• Voids tickets not used during the shift.
• Adds paper and change ribbon for the labeling machine.
• Fill out paperwork for accepted or rejected pallets.
• Reads SOP’s and other workplace postings in work area.
• Perform all other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent experience.

Competencies:

• Good oral and written communications skills.
• Good record keeping skills.
• Good listening skills.
• Accurate measurement capability.
• Ability to understand and speak basic English.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands, reach with hands and arms, and may be required to balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The associate may lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

Generally, works in a plant environment but will be required to perform some job duties inside a typical office setting. While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicular traffic. The associate may be exposed to a wide range of temperatures. The noise level is frequently loud.

Benefits

CROWN offers competitive pay, comprehensive benefits including free company paid health insurance for employees and well as company matched 401(k).

What Crown Offers You Strong engagement and commitment to the safety of our employees

The opportunity to build a meaningful career Professional and personal development through training and work experiences Join us and become part of a team of professionals who are passionate about sustainable packaging!

Working Together

Working Together is one of the five pillars that make up our Twentyby30™ program. We aim to value and respect each individual and foster an environment of inclusivity.

Ready to go behind the scenes? With hundreds of maufacturing plants and 20,000+ employees worldwide, there’s a lot that goes into the design and production of Crown packaging. We serve a variety of markets including food, beverage, household, personal care, and more. Since we were founded in 1892, we’ve been on a mission to manufacture best-in-class packaging while championing best-in-class teams. Together, we’re building something that lasts thanks to great products, made by great people.