Web or Converting Extra

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Hourly Plant & Mill (Except Maintenance Roles)

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No Travel Required

At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, food service, household, personal care and pet products.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities.

With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you.

A World of Difference. Made Possible.

We are a 100% recycled food service carton manufacturing facility seeking candidates to join our Kalamazoo, MI Carton team. We’re recruiting for multiple positions so be sure you review all of our job postings.
This job posting is for an entry level Web or Converting Extra with a pay rate of $21.94/hour plus differentials. We continually encourage our employees to advance their careers through on the job training and job progression through our strong promotion from within program. Many of our roles are skilled trade positions and our employees build successful careers in the Printing & Packaging industry with an generous earning potential.

We offer a wide array of benefits including, but not limited to, paid vacation & holidays, optional health, dental, vision, and group life insurance, including health spending accounts and a progressive healthy lifestyle program, as well as 401-K with a company matching and standard supplemental company contributions. Employees may voluntarily elect pet insurance, home & auto insurance programs, purchasing power, tuition reimbursement, supplemental insurance offerings, Identity Protection, and prepaid Legal Services.

Tobacco cessation and Employee Assistance/Referral Program, uniform service, safety shoe, and safety prescription-eye wear benefits are also available.

Please review all of our job postings and apply for each position you feel you’re qualified and would like to be considered for.

We are looking for someone like you, who has a passion for safety, who is a self-starter, who takes initiative, who can communicate well with team members, and who can work independently in a manufacturing environment. You will understand and align business operations with your core job functions and execute within your role to exceed customer expectations. You will be part of the team that drives for a safe workplace, for continuous improvement, and for success, while supporting the GPI business, cultural, financial, and operational objectives.

Operate or tend a printing machine and folder/gluer machine that transforms paperboard into various consumer packaging products.

• Ability to read and interpret job jacket information on upcoming jobs on production schedule.
• Responsible for locating sheeted board and comparing label on skid with job jacket to ensure correct material.
• Operates pallet jack to move skids from raw material warehouse to press room.
• Loads skids of sheeted board on press conveyor and maintains conveyor during entire production run.
• Responds to Pressman with any special request during press make‑ready, monitors press feed during press runs.
• Responsible for filling all press chemicals, loading inks, putting away inks when done with job and refilling process inks on press shelf when needed.
• Understand the importance of environmental responsibilities and proper disposal of press waste.
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