Cutting Operator

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At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, food service, household, personal care and pet products.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities.

With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you.

A World of Difference. Made Possible.

We are seeking candidates to join our Cutting Department as a Cutting Operator
. We offer outstanding opportunities for our employees to advance their careers through on the job training and job progression. These are skilled trade positions where our employees build successful careers in the Printing & Packaging industry.

We offer a wide array of benefits including, but not limited to, Paid Vacation, Sick & Holidays, optional Health, Dental, and Life Insurance, health spending accounts as well as 401(k) with matching funds. Employees may voluntarily elect Pet Insurance, Home & Auto Insurance Programs, Purchasing Power, Tuition Reimbursement, Aflac, Lifelock Identity Protection, and Hyatt Legal Services. Tobacco Cessation and Employee Assistance/Referral Program, Uniform Service, Safety Shoe, and Safety Prescription-Eyewear benefits are also available

This position is responsible for leading the cutting process safely and efficiently

Job functions include but are not limited to the following:

• Experienced in duties of qualified Sheet Fed Cutting Operator, especially make readies, operation and ability to trouble shoot
• Experienced on cutting machinery similar or same as Sheet fed cutting equipment such as:
  Bobst 162 CER, Bobst 1600 ER, Bobst 103, and Bobst 126-BMA
• Check job against approved size and style supplied by the customer and management
• Ensure tooling for next job is in staging area
• Proper press maintenance and lubrication
• Moves around Cutting Operators to keep all presses adequately staffed per production needs
• Check pallets out of press and pull samples from each position
• Assist Cutting Operators in make ready and preventive maintenance activities
• Keeps daily time and materials usage reports and records information in PEAK
• Disassembles machines to perform minor repairs or replace broken or worn parts, using hand tools
• Order tools and rules (such as knives, dies, counter plates, blanking or stripping toolings)
• Other duties as assigned.

• Manufacturing experience preferred
• Experience operating hand jacks, electric pallet jacks and forklifts preferred
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must have excellent attendance, be able to work independently and be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• LANGUAGE SKILLS
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. Bilingual in English/Spanish is a plus.
• MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
  • 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.
• REASONING ABILITY
  • Ability to solve practical problems and…