Palletizer Tech

Georgia-Pacific; Jonesboro (AR); On-site; USD 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Anchor Packaging, a Georgia-Pacific company, is seeking a palletizer technician at the Jonesboro, AR facility. You’ll operate forklift and material handling equipment in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, moving materials to staging and storage areas, while following safety standards.

Night shift 6:55pm to 7:00am offers a $0.75 shift differential; you’ll load pallets, maintain labels and wrappers, and coordinate with production and maintenance to resolve issues in daily operations.

Qualifications

• Experience working with a computer
• One or more years of forklift experience

Responsibilities

• Load pallet dispensers with GRADE A pallets
• Change ribbon and label paper on LPN printer and case
• Check quality of pallets, labels and other palletizer supplies
• Change film on wrappers and operate conveyors
• Reprocess rejected boxes on gravity conveyors
• Reset and restart robotic cells and pallet conveyors when faults occur
• Directs and reassigns material to balance cell flow
• Coordinate with scheduling and production regarding changeover boxes
• Identify mechanical problems and work with maintenance to repair
• Direct and correct pallet label issues from palletizer and production

Skills

Forklift experience

Computer proficiency

Job description

Anchor Packaging, a Georgia Pacific company, is looking for individuals to join their dynamic team as a palletizer technician at the Jonesboro, AR facility. In this role, you’ll be responsible

For operating aforklift and material handling equipment in adistribution center and/or manufacturing area. Receive and move all materials and products to staging or storage areas and arrange them for proper movement when needed. Perform work under the direction of warehouse supervisor/manager or material handling manager.

Our Team

A global innovation leader in designing and manufacturing rigid food containers and food service cling film in the USA since 1963. Committed to protecting food and the environment by using materials that reduce food and packaging waste to conserve valuable natural resources while delivering what the chef intended. Our partners at restaurant chains, supermarkets, convenience stores, food processors, and the distributors that warehouse and ship to these market segments utilize our award-winning performance features in durable packaging that preserves food quality, taste, and texture.

Pay: $20.00 - $23.60 based on experience with a 0.75 cent shift differential

Shifts Available: Night shift 6:55pm to 7:00am

What You Will Do

• Load both pallet dispensers with GRADE A pallets
• Change ribbon and label paper on LPN printer and case
• Check Quality of pallets, labels and other palletizer supplies
• Change film on both wrappers.
• Reprocess rejected boxes on gravity conveyors
• Reset and restart robotic cells, pallet conveyors system and wrappers when fault occurs
• Directs and reassigns material to balance cell flow
• Coordinate with scheduling and production regarding new changeover boxes
• Identifies mechanical problems and works with maintenance to have it repaired
• Correct pallet label issues from the palletizer and production
• Directs and identifies where the broken pallets occurred and gets them corrected
• Directs the loading of product to the correct shuttles and corrects scanning errors.
• Perform tasks such as lifting up to 50lbs, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day, in a loud/noisy, and industrial, high-volume environment

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience working with a computer

What Will Put You Ahead

• One (1) or more years of forklift experience

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