Crating Technician: Craft Crates & Ship with Precision

Novolex; West Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Learning & development programs

Job summary

Novolex in Cedar Rapids is hiring immediately for a crate fabricator role, crafting wooden crates and cardboard boxes using woodworking hand tools and power tools. Shift: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm.

Responsibilities include packing large items into shipping crates, sizing containers, assembling crates, securing with nails or staples, labeling, and ensuring crates meet shipping orders. Exerting physical effort and handling weights as described.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Experience in use of pneumatic staple guns, nail guns and other power tools.
• Proficient use of a computer terminal.

Responsibilities

• The Crater is responsible for fabricating wooden crates and/or cardboard boxes using woodworking hand tools and power tools.
• Manually packs large items such as machinery, odd-shaped products and/or prepackaged cartons into shipping crates.
• Determines size and shape of container and materials to be used, saws materials to size and then assembles crates using nailing or stapling guns.
• Places products and prepackaged products into containers and then wraps pads and/or protective materials around packaged materials to ensure crate reaches destination safely.
• Attaches identification labels and ensures compliance with shipping orders.

Skills

Power tools

Computer literacy

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Pneumatic staplers

Nail guns

Other power tools

Job description

Novolex in Cedar Rapids is hiring immediately for a crate fabricator role, crafting wooden crates and cardboard boxes using woodworking hand tools and power tools. Shift: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm.

Responsibilities include packing large items into shipping crates, sizing containers, assembling crates, securing with nails or staples, labeling, and ensuring crates meet shipping orders. Exerting physical effort and handling weights as described.