Utility Worker

Job Description

Amcor is currently searching for individuals to join our Neenah production plant team!

• Set up, operate, and adjust machines and auxiliary equipment.
• Supply machines with resins and packing supplies from satellite areas.
• Make roll changes, take samples, label and pack product, and stretch wrap finished loads.
• Conduct certain quality tests and monitor product to ensure conformance to spec.
• Make inventory transactions.
• Restock unused resins.
• Move waste and recycle loads to specified areas so Production Suppliers can pick up.
• Material handling and other duties as assigned by supervision.

$24.58/hour + premiums, including Double Time on Sundays and Holidays. Pay progression:
After probationary period (400 hours), $26.61/hour + premiums; after 1 year, the pay increases to $28.92/hour.

Work a 12‑hour rotating shift from 6:30–6:30; 3–4 shifts on days, followed by 1, 3, or 7 days off, then 3–4 shifts on nights. OR Monday‑Friday 8‑hour swing shift schedule.

• Provide support by assisting in producing quality product in a safe and efficient manner.
• Communicate with supervisor throughout the shift to determine which lines are the highest priority (Make Ready, Die Clean, Size Change).
• Assist operator in taking off completed rolls, aligning cores, and replacing shafts.
• Help operator take samples, weigh rolls, and pack and band finished rolls.
• Assist operator to ensure proper labeling of finished goods.
• Slabs off reject or make‑ready stock from core.
• Maintain resin:
  Replace and break down empty pillar packs of resin; refill toes of resin at the proper mini farm; blend resin in line blender.
• Assist operator when starting up the machine by pulling drool rings, pulling up the bubble, separating the web, and disposing of junk rolls.
• Act in place of the operator during their absence.
• Perform general clean‑up of machines and work area.
• Help maintain common areas by banding and removing stacks of pillar packs, removing junk pallets, and replacing junk core pillar packs.
• For Wax Department only (8‑hour role) – routine facility care (janitorial) and other miscellaneous duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Demonstrated extrusion machine competency or ability to demonstrate within the prescribed training timeframe.
• Ability to use computer keyboard, mouse, and printer for entering and documenting production settings and data.
• Mobile equipment license or ability to obtain license.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, team environment.

• To shut down or lock out equipment reasonably believed to be hazardous.
• To give final release on product within specifications.
• To make good‑faith efforts to troubleshoot and correct problems or behaviors.

Equal Opportunity Employer. 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 refer to the “Know Your Rights:
Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. 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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