Wet End Machine Operator

Position:
Wet End Machine Operator

Location:

Conyers MILLUGATOR

Shift: 3rd

Pay:
Based on experience

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Operate the single-facers to produce the highest level of production and quality.
• Check wet end line-ups to verify correct roll stock is received and used.
• Put rolls of paper in mill roll stands ensuring proper size and grade of paper to be run and make splices and paper changes as necessary.
• Trim only the necessary amount of paper from the rolls when preparing for splices.
• Remove roll stock from the machine when necessary, mark the proper size, grade, diameter and lineal footage on the roll, and place core plugs in each end of the butt rolls.
• Continuously monitor the board during runs to ensure quality and make adjustments as necessary.
• Clean starch pan, glue roll, and singlefacer area after changing flutes and at the end of the production week.
• Take all paper off cores of stub rolls.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures, including safety and maintaining good housekeeping.

Additional duties may be assigned by management.

Prior work experience in the corrugating, converting, packaging industry; paper, plastics.

Able to read and follow instructions on factory masters.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The role requires frequent standing, walking, using hands to handle materials, reaching with hands and arms, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. Occasionally, sitting is required. Vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The employee works near moving mechanical parts, wet and/or humid conditions, and occasionally in high or precarious places. The workplace may have fumes or airborne particles, vibration, and a generally loud noise level.

High school diploma or GED.

Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy; calculate figures such as percentages, measurements, volume, and rate; apply high school mathematics concepts.

Ability to apply common sense to carry out written, oral, or graphic instructions and solve problems involving concrete variables in standardized situations.

May be required to maintain a current Lift Truck Operator License.

Pratt Industries provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.