Flexo 2nd Helper

Flexo 2nd Helper

Akers Packaging Service Group is seeking a Flexo 2nd Helper.

Position Summary

The Flexo 2nd Helper is responsible for forming finished product onto units for shipment to the customer in accordance with the Factory Job Ticket. The 2nd Helper is also the last line of defense in quality control measures.

This Position Also Delivers On Our Core Focus Of:

• Service Matters
• Relationships Count
• Performance Delivered

While Building On Our Core Values Of:

• Help First
• Take Ownership
• Do the Right Thing
• Expect Excellence

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists operator with any specific order needs
• Sets up glue wheel for glue in or glue out, ensures glue pot is at operational level and ready to run, and keeps the glue camera system clear, clean, and operational
• Operates the load former, following all customer unitizing instructions (bundle count, layers, stack pattern, and any other special requests)
• Quality control: double‑check product before shipment for scrap, correct identification, proper stacking, and compliance with the Factory Job Ticket
• Relieves 1st Helper for breaks and assists other helpers with staging bottom sheets, tie sheets, printing, and identification tags prior to run
• Maintains a clean work area free of trip hazards and spills
• Ability to work in excess of 40 hours as business needs arise
• Regular and reliable attendance
• Any other task or duty deemed necessary by management

Cultural Competencies Help First

Means being a reliable team member serving everyone internally and externally. At Akers, we embody a “roll up your sleeves and get the job done” mentality. No job is unimportant, and no person is above any job. Demonstrated by:

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

Take Ownership

Means thinking and acting like an owner, empowered to make improvement recommendations. Demonstrated by:

• Patient
• Effectively assertive and able to handle conflict and confrontational situations
• Solution‑vs‑blame oriented
• Mixture of firmness and flexibility
• Has energy and enthusiasm
• Holds self and others accountable

Do the Right Thing

Means doing the correct thing for the customer, regardless of popularity. Demonstrated by:

• 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 acting like an owner and striving for high standards. Demonstrated by:

• 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 10 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, ability to adjust focus
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts
• Exposure to a loud environment

Systems Usage

• ERP System (e.g., Harry Rhodes (HRMS), Amtech, Parabox, etc.)
• Kiwi
• ADP Workforce Now

Qualifications

• 18 years of age or older
• GED or high school diploma, 1–3 months experience or combination of education and experience

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Other

Industries

Packaging & Containers

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