Stitcher Operator

Akers Packaging Service; La Porte (IN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Akers Packaging Service in La Porte, IN is seeking a Stitcher Operator to operate and adjust the stitcher machine for stitching flat sheets of paper. This role emphasizes quality and safety in a fast-paced manual labor environment.

Responsibilities include set-up, running, and inspection of stitched outputs, maintaining equipment, and adhering to company policies. This full-time position requires reliability and flexibility to work extended hours as needed.

Qualifications

• Operate the stitcher machine to set up, run, and adjust stitching.
• Inspect finished work and ensure quality standards.
• Able to work in excess of 40 hours as needed.
• Follow safety policies, including Lock-Out Tag-Out.
• Regular and reliable attendance.

Responsibilities

• Set-up, operating and quality of the Stitcher.
• Examines work order to determine work instructions.
• Set stitchers for specified length and thickness of stitch and threads stitching wire into the machine.
• Starts machine and makes trial run.
• Readjusts machine setup if necessary.
• Assists in feeding and off bearing machine.
• Oils, greases, and cleans machine parts and makes minor repairs to keep machine in working condition.
• Inspects completed work.
• Must observe all safety policies and procedures, including Lock-Out Tag-Out policy.
• Ability to work in excess of 40 hours, as business needs arise
• Regular and reliable attendance
• Any other task or duty that is deemed necessary by management

Job description

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Stitcher Operator

Full Time Manual Labor La Porte, IN, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1298

Position Summary

As a Stitcher Operator you will be responsible for operating the stitcher machine to stitch flat sheets of paper together.

This position also delivers on our core focus of:

• The answer is yes. Be a solutions provider

While building on our core values of:

• Help 1 st
• Take ownership
• Do the right thing

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Set-up, operating and quality of the Stitcher.
• Examines work order to determine work instructions.
• Set stitchers for specified length and thickness of stitch and threads stitching wire into the machine.
• Starts machine and makes trial run.
• Readjusts machine setup if necessary.
• Assists in feeding and off bearing machine.
• Oils, greases, and cleans machine parts and makes minor repairs to keep machine in working condition.
• Inspects completed work.
• Must observe all safety policies and procedures, including Lock-Out Tag-Out policy.
• Ability to work in excess of 40 hours, as business needs arise
• Regular and reliable attendance
• Any other task or duty that is deemed necessary by management

Help First means being a reliable team member serving everyone, internally and externally. At Akers, we believe and exhibit a “roll up your sleeves and get the job done” mentality and behavior. No job is unimportant, and no person is above any job. We demonstrate this through:

• Able communicator—good clarity, balanced talker, and listener
• Has energy and enthusiasm.

Take Ownershipmeans that you think and act like an owner. No matter the role, everyone is empowered to be a good steward of the organization. Each person has the autonomy to make recommendations for improvement to their work and the organization. We demonstrate this through:

• Effectively assertive and able to handle conflict and confrontational situations.
• Solution vs. blame oriented
• Mixture of firmness and flexibility
• Holds self and others accountable.

Do the Right Thing means that you do the right thing for the customer, regardless of its popularity. Doing the right thing at the right time requires a person to have and exhibit high moral standards.

• Systematic trainer, willing and able to develop people.
• Good work ethic, task focused and willing to extend extra effort.
• Able to follow structure where it exists and create structure where it does not.

Expect Excellence means that you think and act like an owner. No matter the role, everyone is empowered to be a good steward of the organization. We demonstrate this through:

• Resilient—able to deal with the unexpected, not easily flustered.
• Has sense of urgency.
• Follows up to ensure quality task completion.

Work Environment / Physical Demands

Fast paced environment, requiring adaptation to continuous changes in Company, Customer and People needs.

• Ability to frequently stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
• Ability to regularly lift up to 20 lbs. frequently 20-35 lbs. occasionally, more than 35 lbs. rarely, over 50 lbs. requires team or mechanical assistance
• Vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, ability to adjust focus.
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts.