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At Amcor we are inspired to change the packaging industry and are taking on the aspirational challenge to make all our products recyclable or reusable by 2025. Through our products and global footprint, we are in a unique position to truly make a difference in the packaging space. Our products impact the lives of millions of people across the globe every day from food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home- and personal-care, and other essential products. Amcor is a thriving S&P 500 organisation listed both on the NYSE (AMCR) and ASX (AMC) with US$13 billion in sales. We have a proud history dating back to the 1860’s and come a long way from a single paper mill based in Melbourne to becoming the global leading packaging company. Today, Amcor is an international organisation empowering its 50,000 employees in over 40 countries and across 250 sites.
Will you be next to join our journey towards a more sustainable future? At Amcor we are always looking for talented and passionate individuals who are motivated to make a difference. Working at Amcor means you will have a unique opportunity to be a part of an organisation that is committed to providing sustainable packaging solutions. To find out more about our commitment to sustainability and about Amcor, visit www.amcor.com.
Job Description
Job Description
Title: Machine Operator
Reports: Production Supervisor
SUMMARY
Performs repetitive production and packing operations to mass process products such as plastic bottles.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Employee works from a production schedule located within the work area.
2. Randomly checks product produced every hour, to ensure the customer specifications are met.
3. Monitors flow of product into processing machinery.
4. Tends machines, such as palletizers, case packers, injection machines and box machine to maintain product flow.
5. Works at different workstations as production needs require.
6. Works on lines where tasks vary, as product of various shapes and sizes move along lines.
7. Check finished product for possible defects.
8. Wears all required personal protective equipment.
9. Assures and participates in all plant safety/accident prevention policies. This includes maintaining a safe work environment and follows safe work practices.
10. Maintains housekeeping of work areas.
11. Follow all HACCP, GMP and Product Safety rules and guidelines.
12. Train current and new members of the department to perform job related tasks as needed.
13. Learn new on the job skills as training opportunities become available.
14. Any other tasks that may be assigned.
15. Must attend monthly shift meetings 6am for day shift or 6pm for night shift.
Supervisory Responsibilities
None.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
High school diploma or general education degree; or at least one-year manufacturing related experience and/or training or equivalent combination.
Language Skills
Ability to read a limited number of two and three syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While the employee is performing the duties of this position that employee must be able to manipulate product with both hands, both above and below shoulder height. The employee must be able to stand on a solid surface for a minimum of twelve (12) hours. The employee must be able to ascend and descend stairs and ladders. The employee must be able to frequently lift and /or move up to fifty (50) pounds. The employee must be able to demonstrate repetitive motion with a pallet jack and push/pull up to seven hundred (700) pounds throughout the day (12-hour shift). Specific vision abilities required by this position include close visual inspection of product. The employee must be to perform job functions in temperatures of one hundred plus degrees during summer season and fifty degrees during winter season.
TRAINING
1. Lock Out / Tag Out
2. Bloodborne Pathogen
3. Hearing Conservation / PPE
4. Right to Know / Hazardous Communication
5. Emergency Evacuation
6. Ladder Safety / Fall Protection
7. Confined Space Entry
8. Forklift Safety
9. HACCP / GMP
10. HRIS Systems (Ceridian/WFC)
11. Corporate Training Requirements
LEVEL OF AUTHORITY
1. If you believe your health or safety, or the health and safety of others, may be endangered by physical conditions or by equipment, you must report your concern to your supervisor, who has responsibility to investigate the concern with you.
2. You have the right to hold for inspection any product you feel does not meet customer/company specifications
3. Those employees with authorized training have the ability to shut down/stop equipment if continued operation is a threat to any employee’s health and safety.
4. Contact any member of management without fear of reprisal concerning questions, suggestions, or complaints regarding quality, working conditions or job environment.
Our Expectations
We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:
- Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
- Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation
- Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns
- The environment is better off because of Amcor’s leadership and products
Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click on the links "EEO is the and "EEO is the Law" Poster Supplement. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please call 224-313-7000 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
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