Production Associate

Veka-East-Inc.; Morganton (NC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

VEKA East Inc. in Morganton, NC is seeking a production support associate to assist extrusion operators and maintain safe, efficient packaging and crate assembly.

You will follow VEKA standards to ensure quality products and customer satisfaction, and support continuous on-floor operations. Responsibilities include verifying product lines, inspecting profiles, packaging crates, moving racks, operating basic hand tools, and helping with housekeeping.

Qualifications

• GED or high school education or equivalent.
• Able to obtain and hold a valid Veka forklift license and operate various forklifts.
• Safety-minded with good housekeeping and ability to follow directions.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to safety requirements and inform supervisor of unsafe situations.
• Verify product line and properly package crates and bundles.
• Visually inspect profiles for defects and report quality issues.
• Assist operators and fill in for breaks as needed.
• Maintain clean and organized work area on the floor.

Skills

Organizing

Good oral communication

Working under pressure

Drive & Initiative

Flexibility

Timeliness

Read tape measure

Saws

Pneumatic nail guns

Hand tools

Education

GED

High School Education

Previous work experience

Tools

Tape measure

Saws

Pneumatic nail guns

Hand tools

Forklift

Job description

JOB SUMMARY: Support production area and assist extrusion operators by performing the following duties according to established VEKA standards. These standards enable us to provide a quality product/service to ensure our customer’s satisfaction.

PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Adhere to safety requirements and inform the Supervisor of any unsafe situations.
• Verify product line, along with properly banding, sealing, and bar-coding racks, bundles, crates and/or boxes of finished goods of material.
• Visually inspect profiles for gross defects, surface defects, and general appearance.
• Notify Extrusion Operator Technician and/or Supervisor or the Quality Assurance Inspector of any quality problems that are in question or occur.
• Line empty racks with fascia, side protector, and plastic as needed.
• Push full racks of material out to be sealed in specified packaging units.
• Transport finished product and/or scrap to designated areas.
• Set up empty racks on rack dollies and transport new racks to floor.
• Sets up scrap Gaylord boxes and replace those that are full.
• Measures, cuts and builds wooden packaging units and delivers them to the running lines for all Veka crating units.
• Completes/finishes crates for Veka Products, Decking and Fencing with wooden tops and cardboard in addition to sealing and banding the crates.
• Cuts cardboard and banding as needed.
• Empty saw drawers on Extruders
• Change out Nail Fin slug and chipper drums.
• Empty Trash.
• Maintain proper housekeeping of assigned work area.
• Assist Operators and fill in for breaks as needed.

SECONDARY DUTIES:

• Assist operators in packaging profiles neatly and properly according to packaging standards, when needed.
• All other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Organizing, Good Oral Communication, Working Under Pressure, Drive & Initiative, Flexibility, Timeliness. Ability to read tape measure, ability to use saws, pneumatic nail guns and various hand tools.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

GED, High School Education, or Previous Work Experience. Able to obtain and hold a valid Veka forklift license and operate various forklifts.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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