Finishing Operator

Graphic-Packaging-International; Solon (OH); On-site; USD 37,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

401(k) with employer matching

Health benefits

Dental, vision, prescription coverage

Disability and life insurance

Tuition and employee assistance

Job summary

Graphic Packaging International is seeking a skilled operator to set up and run straight-line gluers for folding and gluing cartons. You will monitor feeding, inspect outputs for defects, and ensure compliance with SQF standards while maintaining a clean, orderly work area.

The role requires a high school diploma, basic computer skills, color vision, and mechanical aptitude; lifting up to 50 lb is expected. The company offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Basic computer skills and data entry proficiency.
• Color discrimination and ability to match color shades.
• Familiarity with SQF compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Observes feeding, folding, and gluing to detect malfunctions.
• Inspects finished work for defects and verifies specs.
• Packs and palletizes finished cartons; prints labels.
• Keeps time and material records in SAP/RF Gen; performs maintenance.

Skills

Data entry

Color vision

SQF compliance

Food defense awareness

Mechanical aptitude

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

About Graphic

At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities.

With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you.

A World of Difference. Made Possible.

Job Details

Sets up and operates straight-line gluers and related peripheral/supporting equipment for the purpose of manufacturing folded and glued cartons. Keep building in clean and orderly condition and to assist in the SQF Audits while maintaining SQF standards.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Observes automatic feeding, folding, and gluing of cartons to detect machine malfunctions
• Inspects completed work to detect defects and verify conformance to work order specifications, and adjust machinery as necessary to correct variations
• Packs finished product into corrugate boxes
• Palletizes finished product
• Prints labels
• Keeps daily time and materials usage reports and records information in SAP and RF Gen
• Performs Preventative Maintenance
• Disassembles machines to maintain, repair, or replace broken or worn parts, using hand tools
• Assist temporary employees with understanding task assignments while Reinforcing SQF standards and Graphic Packaging Internationals core values.
• Perform housekeeping duties
• Installs and adjust guide assemblies, forming bars, and folding mechanisms according to box blank dimensions and work order specifications, using hand tools
• Moves controls to regulate tension on pressure rolls, to synchronize speed of machine components, and to adjust pressure of the glue
• Adjusts machine controls to correct variations
• Monitors pressure of the glue

Shares an obligation to protect and strengthen Graphic Packaging International’s good reputation in our relationships with customers, employees, suppliers, competitors, investors, and governmental agencies, and to act consistently with our core values: Integrity, Respect, Accountability, Relationships, and Teamwork.

Required Skills and Experience

Required Skills

• Basic computer skills, data entry
• Visual Color Discrimination, the ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of colors
• Familiar with SQF compliance standards
• Familiar with Food defense compliance standards
• Has mechanical aptitude

Required Experience

• High School Diploma, GED
• Prior experience operating plant machinery - preferrably in a lead capacity

Physical Demands:

• Able to lift and/or move up to 50 lb.
• Occasional climbing, stooping, bending and overhead reaching.
• Frequent standing and walking.
• Fine hand manipulation.
• Grasping and gripping.
• Reading computer screen or other electronic devices.
• Color vision needed to detect inappropriate color of product.

GPI Benefits Program

• Competitive Pay
• 401(k) w/employer matching
• Health & Welfare Benefits
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Various Voluntary benefits
• Adoption Assistance Program
• Employee Discount Programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off + paid company holidays each year

Graphic Packaging is an equal opportunity employer and abides by all applicable federal, state provincial and local laws with respect to the recruitment and hiring process. We are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and hiring process free from discrimination or harassment based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Should you require an accommodation for a disability, please contact your Human Resources representative or email [e-mail].