Come Join a Winning Team at DS Smith Asheboro. The Production Assistant position is an entry level position with a starting wage of $20 per hour.The work schedule is 5 day work week regular 8 hours per day. This is an opportunity to learn and promote to other positions working on a corrugator.Benefits (health, paid holidays, PTO) are effective on DAY 1 of employmentPrimary/Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Baler
- Shred the corrugated waste
- Load the bales of waste onto the waste trailer
- Monitor and make starch/glue sending to the corrugator in the correct amount and on time
- Maintain and clean coating machines
- Operator a forklift
- Strapper
- Properly apply dunnage to protect each corrugated bale
- Identify potential bottle necks on the line and prevent unwanted downtime
- Verify tags and counts
- Tally
- Perform load count verifications on bales and enter into the computer
- Monitor load tag process by verifying tags and placing in bales
- Check customer specification and appearance of all loads
- Restack, flip and sort bales, when necessary
- Perform all operator maintenance
- Complete maintenance work orders for needed repairs
- Enhance your work skills and knowledge by cross training on other positions
- Additional duties as assigned.
Experience/Skills Required:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily
- Have good basic math skills (adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and percent)
- Be able to read a tape measure using sixteenths
- Be able to understand and communicate both verbal and written instructions in English
- Be able to use a computer and have basic keyboarding skills
- Be able to work in a very fast paced environment
- Be a strong team player that is flexible and willing to learn and listen
Physical requirements include:
- Able to quickly and abruptly move laterally and horizontally
- Able to maintain balance and dexterity
- Able to individually life up to 50 lbs.
- Able to climb ladders and stairs
- Willing and able to work in a hot, humid, noisy industrial environment