Gasket Operator

About the Company

Greif is a global leader in performance packaging, serving 40 countries. The company delivers trusted, innovative and tailored solutions for the world’s most in-demand and fastest-growing industries. With a commitment to legendary customer service, operational excellence, and global sustainability, Greif packages life’s essentials and creates lasting value for its colleagues, customers, and stakeholders. Our vision is to be the advantage that helps our customers win, and our purpose is creating packaging solutions for life’s essentials.

Gasket Operator (Open). The role involves operating routine production machinery, mixing compounds, and ensuring quality compliance of rubber gasket covers.

• Operate production machinery according to prints and specifications.
• Produce the required quantity of parts within established specifications and tolerances.
• Measure finished parts with precision tools to ensure compliance with function, quality, and cosmetic specifications.
• Maintain logs and records of units produced.
• Report errors that result in rejected or discarded pieces.
• Inspect equipment prior to use, ensure proper setup and alignment, and perform basic adjustments and maintenance.
• Keep the work area clean, safe, and orderly; follow safety regulations.
• Mix compound to proper viscosity; set up the rubber gasket machine for correct diameter and material.
• Retrieve skid covers, spray compound into the groove, and place covers on the oven conveyor with spacers.
• Slide stacks of covers into the oven and monitor compound thickness to meet specifications.
• Remove covers from the oven, stack them on a skid, and truck the completed covers to storage.
• Remove minor jams, report irregularities to the supervisor, and remove defective gasket from the cover for cleaning or re‑use.
• Report any improper functioning of the machine or unsatisfactory quality of the product to the supervisor immediately.
• Clean compound guns and lines at the end of each run.
• Visually inspect covers and gasket material, discarding any defective items.
• Meet production standards set for the area and perform additional detail duties necessary to meet production requirements.
• Work in a safe and efficient manner per the Job Safety Analysis (JSA).

High school diploma (or equivalent) with up to 2 years of relevant experience.

• Willingness to follow directions and work well in a team.
• Ability to interpret and translate job specifications for production machinery.
• Fundamental understanding of, or the ability to learn quickly, production equipment.

Hourly pay of $23.05, with potential eligibility for a short‑term incentive.

Greif offers a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive core benefits, paid time off, and a range of local benefits for eligible colleagues.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy. Greif is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, age, national origin, color, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.