Packaging Operator

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Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world. At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods.

We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an ever changing world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come.

And we invest in our world‑class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

SUMMARY: Performs repetitive production and packing operations to mass‑procedure products such as preforms by performing the following duties.

• The Machine Operator has the responsibility to successfully complete the position training program found in the plant training manual.
• The Machine Operator has the authority to shut down production equipment to prevent the production of defective product, and to place Non‑Conforming Product on Hold.
• Randomly checks parts produced every hour for any possible defects (including grease, flash, punctures, and other defects), to ensure that customer specifications are met.
• Places parts in specified relationship to each other.
• Monitors flow of parts into assembling machinery, secondary equipment, and storage containers.
• Tends machines, such as presses which perform in molding area, according to machine (product) standard.
• Works at different work stations as production needs require.
• Works on line where tasks vary, as parts of various sizes and shapes move along the line.
• Packs all parts which are of good quality into boxes, in preparation for sealing and shipping.
• Completes daily report of parts produced and any scrap parts which resulted, including downtime.
• Notifies Production Supervisor and Process Technician whenever items produced do not meet quality requirements, or if machinery need repair.
• Uses calculator to arrive at accurate calculations of different production‑related data.
• Wears all required personal protective equipment.
• Maintains housekeeping of all work areas and equipment.
• Starts‑up molds according to set‑up sheet.
• Completes daily log of activities on an accurate and timely basis.
• Makes process and parameter changes to ensure the highest quality possible.
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments.
• Starts devices to test their performance.

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To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

High school diploma or equivalent. One‑year certificate from college or technical school; or six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Ability to read a limited number of two and three syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Capable to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

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