Production Operator - Multiple Shifts

Georgia Pacific Corp.; Janesville (WI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Educational Assistance Program

Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

401(k) Matching

Job summary

Georgia Pacific is seeking Production Operators for their Janesville, WI facility to operate, monitor, and optimize extrusion equipment, ensuring consistent product quality and meeting targets. You will uphold high safety, quality, efficiency, machine uptime, and scrap reduction standards while contributing to continuous improvement in plastics.

Shifts are 12 hours on a 2-2-3 schedule, with start times at 6am or 6pm.

Qualifications

• Experience operating, troubleshooting, or maintaining industrial manufacturing equipment.
• Experience working in a safety-focused industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Experience reading gauges including a digital caliper and micrometer.

Responsibilities

• Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, temperatures and amounts, dimensions and flow of materials or ingredients.
• Inspect the quality and correct any defects in the finished product.
• Operate controls to adjust machine functions, such as regulating air pressure or die gaps.
• Review work orders, specifications or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings, and adjustments for extruding plastic sheet.
• Examine, measure and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as micrometers or scales.
• Move materials, supplies, components and finished product.
• Troubleshoot equipment and production issues.

Skills

Equipment operation

Troubleshooting

Safety compliance

Tools

Digital caliper

Micrometer

Measuring gauges

Job description

Georgia Pacific is seeking Production Operators for their Janesville, WI facility. The Production Operator will support production by operating, monitoring, and optimizing extrusion equipment to ensure consistent product quality and meet or exceed production targets. This role is responsible for maintaining high standards of safety, quality, efficiency, machine up-time, and scrap reduction, while contributing to continuous improvement efforts within the plastics department at the lowest possible cost.

Operators work a 12-hour shifts on a 2-2-3 schedule.

Scheduled start times will be either 6am OR 6pm

Note: $2 hourly shift differential for night shift

Compensation in this role will be commensurate with experience.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific is a dynamic manufacturing company based in Janesville, WI. Our company is a leader in custom thermoformed rigid plastic food packaging solutions for bakery, deli, produce, confectionery, and other retail food products. We combine a broad in-stock product line with full-service custom design and engineering to solve industry challenges, emphasizing innovation, quality, and customer-focused solutions from concept through production.

At Georgia-Pacific, we invest in our people and culture by prioritizing safety, integrity, continuous improvement, and individual growth. We offer a collaborative work environment where employees are empowered to create value, solve problems, and contribute to the long-term success of the business.

What You Will Do

• Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, temperatures and amounts, dimensions and flow of materials or ingredients
• Inspect the quality and correct any defects in the finished product
• Operate controls to adjust machine functions, such as regulating air pressure or die gaps
• Review work orders, specifications or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings, and adjustments for extruding plastic sheet
• Examine, measure and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as micrometers or scales
• Move materials, supplies, components and finished product
• Troubleshoot equipment and production issues

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience operating, troubleshooting, or maintaining industrial manufacturing equipment
• Experience working in a safety-focused industrial or manufacturing environment
• Experience reading gauges including a digital caliper and micrometer

What Will Put You Ahead

• Sheet extrusion experience for thermoforming applications
• Experience with the blending, crystallizing and drying process
• Experience working with GMP, food-safety and ISO procedures
• Experience working with thermoforming or injection molding equipment
• Bilingual in Spanish and English

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Who We Are

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Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional well-being. Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, retirement savings, paid time off, educational assistance, parental leave, and adoption assistance programs. Eligibility requirements may vary.

Benefits Overview

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Educational Assistance Program
• Infertility Support and Adoption/Surrogacy Assistance
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Mental Health Coverage and Support for You and Your Family
• 401(k) Matching plus Fixed Company Contribution Based on Years of Service
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Legal and Financial Assistance Programs

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