1st Utility - Oklahoma City, OK

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The following are upheld by the Operator & Crew: Adhering to the codes of the company’s Employee Manual. Maintaining a constructive environment at work. This includes self-evaluating work performance, on a fair basis.

• Developing and adhering to written Standard Operating Procedures for all aspects of this position.
• Adhering to departmental operating guidelines.
• Providing insightful and enthusiastic teamwork that generally creates positive attitudes and builds supportive morale.
• Maintaining open communications and a harmonious working relationship with all personnel, but in particular with those involved in a reporting relationship.
• This includes attending weekly departmental meetings, as well as helping resolve interdepartmental conflicts.
• Participating in seminars to train all departmental personnel when needed.
• This includes learning product knowledge and procedural proficiencies.
• Conducting all operations within established budgets. Using and submitting all forms and reports in a complete, accurate, and timely basis.
• This includes respecting and maintaining proper filing systems.
• Ensuring your work areas are clean and presentable to customers and other visitors. Maintaining a reasonable work environment and providing adequate safeguards for your work-related health and safety.
• This includes complying with all Federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Maintaining all external relationships consistent with the objectives, operating philosophy, and desired image of the company, re: customer relations, public relations, vendor relations, and community relations.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

The following are performed by the Operator & Crew:

Safety

• Maintain a safe work environment at all times: Operate machinery only when trained to do so and then in a safe manner
• Always make sure that a machine is properly shut down prior to maintenance and after work has been completed
• Always wear the proper clothing and make use of the proper safety equipment
• Participate in training, always try to understand why instructions are given rather than simply performing tasks
• Report safety issues in a prompt fashion

Helper:

• Assist Operator as required and instructed
• Prepare bottom sheets or get pallets ready
• Stack boxes based on the Specifications contained in the Master
• Fill out Load Tags
• Band/Strap Boxes
• Assist in feeding machine
• Push boxes on the line
• Move carts or pallets
• Assist in Machine Set up
• Gather and move material
• Clean, sweep, vacuum area
• Clean Machine
• Learn by doing
• Ask questions of Operators

Feeder

• Know how to read Plant Masters
• Call for paper
• Check to see that paper is the correct size, material, color, flute, measure scores, etc.
• Locate Order if necessary
• Transport Order to the machine
• Check Order #
• Cut straps
• Discard top sheets
• Pick the scraps hanging from the boxes
• Stack the boxes so that they are easier to feed
• Turn boxes in the right direction

Operator:

• Ensure that the machine is operated in a safe fashion at all times, shut down the machine immediately if necessary
• Receive the schedule and Masters from the Shift Supervisor
• Review Masters to understand scope of work to be performed (Determine specifications of the job, if there are overages, shortages, special requests, etc.)
• Schedule orders in order to maximize efficiency
• Enter order and run information into the machine properly
• Set Up Machine
• Follow Ink Management Procedure (Color, pigmentation mixing, viscosity, pH, “watering down”, etc.)
• Coordinate with the Plate Mounter and Die Maker
• Perform Set up
• Calibrate and adjust Machine as necessary
• Make sure print and labels are on the box correctly
• Coordinate Label and print quality with Senior Graphics Designer
• Check slot depth
• Measure slots and scores
• Check glue joint for proper seal