Material Handler ​/ Forklift Operator

At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, food service, household, personal care and pet products.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities.

With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you.

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OPPORTUNITY:
We are a Food service folding carton manufacturing operation seeking candidates to join our Chicago IL team. We’re recruiting for multiple positions so be sure you review all of our job postings. This job posting is for a Shipping – Receiving associate with a pay range of $21.91 to $25.36 /hour plus shift differential and progressive pay increases. We continually encourage our employees to advance their careers through on the job training and job progression through our strong promotion from within program.

We offer a wide array of benefits including, but not limited to, Paid Vacation & Holidays, optional Health, Dental, and Life Insurance, including health spending accounts and a progressive healthy lifestyle program, as well as 401-K with a company matching component and standard supplemental company contributions. Employees may voluntarily elect Pet Insurance, Home & Auto Insurance Programs, Purchasing Power, Tuition Reimbursement, Aflac, Lifelock Identity Protection, and Hyatt Legal Services.

Tobacco Cessation and Employee Assistance/Referral Program, Uniform Service, Safety Shoe, and Safety Prescription-Eyewear benefits are also available.

JOB SUMMARY: The person who occupies this position is responsible for shipping, receiving coordinating traffic, warehousing inventories, communications and producing product and any other items as they relate to shipping out of or being received into the plant and warehouse locations.

JOB FUNCTIONS: Job functions include, but are not limited to the following.

A shipping material handler will spend approximately 70% of working shift on a forklift and 30% doing other shipping duties.

• Know, understand and follow all plant and department safety requirements.
• Maintain a safe and clean environment inside and outside of the facility.
• Maintain equipment and do all required safety checks and cleanings as required.
• Wrap loads and insure quality standards and checks are being completed this is insuring packing, wrapping, labeling and information is correct on outbound shipment of product.
• Ship and Receive all product in and out of the plant location.
• Insure all manifests, invoices, orders, shipping documentation, and forms are accurate.
• Examine documents to insure outbound and incoming contents are accurate with paperwork of the shipment.
• Prepare documents such as work orders, bills of ladings, packing slips and shipping orders.
• Shuttle product from the facility to outside warehousing as need with accurate billing and documentation for accurate inventories.
• Record shipping data such as damages, rejected trailers, discrepancies for reporting, accounting and recordkeeping purposes.
• Determine shipping methods and procedures for safe shipment based on the material using shipping knowledge and procedures.
• Deliver or rout incoming material or equipment to the appropriate departments.
• Confer and correspond with representatives to rectify problems such as shortage of material, late trucks, quality issues and nonconformance to specifications. This will include but is not limited to the warehouse, other…