Material Handling Associate - Grinder Night Shift

Job Details

Base Pay is $17.25 per hour, plus $1.00 per hour shift differential for night shift.

Night Shift: 7pm - 7am, 12 hour rotating schedule (2 days on, 2 days off, every other weekend).

Benefits Start Day 1.

80 Hours Vacation.

On-Demand Pay Program (access to your pay when you need it).

• Set up grinder workstation at shift start, ensuring proper positioning of skids, sacks, and chutes. Clean and maintain grinder.
• Manually feed scrap materials, punch-outs and knockouts into grinder pit(s), monitoring grinder operations to prevent overloads.
• Ensure all scrap racks and flowbins are properly stacked in the correct location.
• Ensure that product feeds are consistent in color.
• Distribute regrind in flowbins and breakdown empty gaylords. Ensure that flowbins are logged and placed in proper location.
• Report daily regrind to ensure inventories remain consistent.
• Perform safety checks on flow bins and racks for all defects.
• Collect and weigh vinyl scrap from production lines.
• Check daily grinding runs for proper mix and consistency; ensure proper handling, packaging, and weight of gaylords; complete regrind report.
• Segregate acceptable from unacceptable scrap.
• Assist with the production of pulverized material.
• Ensure housekeeping standards are maintained at all times, and perform daily cleaning of grinding pit.
• Assist Maintenance with grinder maintenance.
• Complete daily forklift safety/damage inspection checks.
• Perform other related duties and assignments as required.

• Train new associates, if necessary.
• Actively participate in all plant safety programs, depending on location.
• Relieve Extrusion Associate 1s and 2s as needed.

High school graduate or G.E.D.

• No experience required Prior manufacturing experience strongly preferred.

• Must be able to read, write and perform basic math skills as job duties require.

Prefer ability to learn to work with computer systems. Must have good manual dexterity. Must be accurate in keeping colors separate, and recording weights. Must be able to learn to safely operate forklift equipment. Prefer ability to safely operate multi-directional forklift. Must have good communication skills and be able to interact with people. Must be able to lift 86 pounds maximum individually.

Must be able to move 87-100 pounds with assistance. Must be mechanically inclined.

Manufacturing plant environment with exposure to constant loud noise, temperature extremes, and dust. Position requires continual walking, standing, periodic pulling, heavy lifting, bending, reaching, and pushing.

Blue bins; digital scale; forklift; split tail; scrap racks; safety glasses; hearing protection; gloves; calculator.

Safe work performance is required from each Associate at all times. Perform all duties and responsibilities in a safe manner in accordance with applicable Health and Safety Manuals. Required to wear or use personal protective equipment as applicable and to immediately report unsafe working conditions. Comply with all legislative requirements as outlined by Occupational Health and Safety Act and regulations. Additionally, the proper discharge of safety responsibilities is an integral part of each Associate’s performance appraisal.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Address: 1274 Industrial Blvd. Jasper, TN 37347

Our teams are at the heart of our purpose to positively contribute to the communities where we live, work and play. Full-time team members receive medical, dental and vision benefits starting day 1. Other benefits include PTO, paid holidays, FSA, life insurance, LTD, STD, 401k, EAP, discount programs, tuition reimbursement, training, and professional development.

* Full-time is defined as regularly working 30+ hours…