Grinding Production

Grinding Production

Located at Limestone, TN

Status:
Full-Time

Reports to:

2nd Shift Supervisor

Open position is for 2nd shift

Customary days:
Monday - Friday / Occasional Saturdays

Customary hours: 8/10 hour shift - depending on the season

Position summary:

The grinding production position is part of a rotating position within the production plant. Primary responsibility is making sure all paper is clean and ready to run into our equipment. This can include picking debris from paper pile, dumping gaylord boxes and breaking bales. Some secondary responsibilities within the rotation are cutting open chemical and/or fiber additives and placing them into a bin, cutting open defective bales and placing them in our reprocessing bin, driving a forklift (training provided) and general housekeeping duties as well as giving other production employees breaks.

• Keep paper clean and orderly.
• Adding chemical and/or fiber into production bins.
• Maintain preset production goals.
• Remove out-of-spec bags and hand stack for reprocessing.
• Cut open rejected bales for reprocessing.
• Operate forklift to load and store bags.
• Perform general housekeeping duties.
• Perform additional duties as required.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Keep paper clean and orderly.
• Adding chemical and/or fiber into production bins.
• Maintain preset production goals.
• Remove out-of-spec bags and hand stack for reprocessing.
• Cut open rejected bales for reprocessing.
• Operate forklift to load and store bags.
• Perform general housekeeping duties.
• Perform additional duties as required.

Job requirements:

• Able to obtain forklift certification (training provided)

Essential qualifications:

• Ability to prioritize tasks and escalate them when appropriate
• Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced quickly changing environment
• Time management skills

Language skills:

• Ability to read, write, and speak English; bilingual in Spanish (optional)

Physical demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• Required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, climb or crawl.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• May require more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position.
• The individual possesses fine hand manipulation (keyboarding) skills.

Work environment:

• This position works in a manufacturing setting.
• Must be able to adapt to the noise level of a manufacturing setting, which is usually moderate to heavy.
• The temperature will vary from hot to cold, depending on the weather.