F​/G Operator

Position Summary

The Folder/Gluer Operator ensures the smooth operation of a machine that folds and glues corrugated sheets that have been previously scored, slotted, and/or printed. The Operator also monitors quality and inputs completed orders into the system.

• Be a solutions provider

• Help 1st
• Take ownership
• Do the right thing
• Expect excellence

• Reads layout on Factory Job Ticket and sets up machine according to specifications
• Bundles sheets to be banded according to order specifications
• Changes belts and performs other maintenance duties on machine as needed
• Pulls out samples for quality control measures
• Inputs completed orders into Kiwi
• Performs housekeeping duties as necessary between orders and at end of shift
• 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

Help First Means Being a Reliable Team Member Serving Everyone, Internally and Externally. At Akers, we exhibit a “roll up your sleeves and get the job done” mentality and behavior. No job is unimportant and no person is above any job.

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

Take Ownership means that you think and act like an owner. Each person has the autonomy to make recommendations for improvement to their work and the organization.

• 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 that you do the right thing for the customer, regardless of its popularity.

• 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 that you think and act like an owner.

• Resilient—able to deal with the unexpected, not easily flustered
• Has sense of urgency
• Follows up to ensure quality task completion

• 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 20 lbs. frequently 20-35 lbs. occasionally, more than 35 lbs. rarely, over 50 lbs. requires team or mechanical assistance
• 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

• ERP System Kiwi
• ADP Workforce Now

• 18 years of age or older
• GED or high school diploma