Associate - Material Handling (1st shift) - Ampac Holdings, LLC : Job Details

Come work at a place where you can build a future and play an important role in a fast-paced, safety-oriented, and growing industry! We are ACTIVELY HIRING at our Hanover Park, IL facility! ProAmpac is a leading global flexible packaging company with comprehensive product offerings. Providing creative packaging solutions, industry-leading customer service, and award-winning innovation to a diverse global marketplace. We are guided in our work by five core values that are the basis for our success: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, Involvement and Impact.

We are aggressively seeking a Material Handler to join our growing team. If you are an experienced Material Handler looking for a new opportunity with a leading packaging company, ProAmpac is looking for you to join our team!

What ProAmpac has to offer:

• Quarterly bonuses: perfect attendance bonus and gainshare program
• 11 paid company holidays
• Paid Vacation & Sick/Personal time
• 401k with company match
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and other supplemental offerings
• Company-provided life insurance
• Wellness program -- living a healthy lifestyle can get you a discount on your health insurance premiums AND other incentives
• Tuition Reimbursement
• And more!

Job Description:

The Material Handler functions under the direct supervision of the Warehouse Lead. This position is responsible for loading, unloading, and moving materials within plant, prepares make-ready pallets for printing, slitting, pouch-making, and spouting operations by performing the following duties:

• Ensure personal compliance with all company Quality System, Operational, and Human Resource policies, procedures, and practices, including Safety and housekeeping procedures.
• Generates pick list or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be staged per job.
• Cooperates and coordinates with warehouse manager and other departments to ensure material availability based on production schedule and needs.
• Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves either by hand or utilizing lifting equipment.
• Conveys materials from storage or work sites to designated area and documents such movements.
• Counts, weighs, and records number of units of materials moved or handled on pick list.
• Attaches identifying barcodes or labels to materials or marks information on cases, or other containers.
• Operates forklift truck, electric hoist or pallet mover to assist in loading or moving materials and products.
• Cross trains in receiving, shipping; backs-up department as needed.
• Resolves inventory variances and participants in inventory cycle counts.
• Participates in on-going training opportunities and supports a continuous quality improvement environment.
• Review work instructions and procedures that are applicable to the position.
• Perform other assignments as requested by ProAmpac management.

Qualifications, Education and Experience:

• Prior equipment, shipping, receiving, or warehouse experience preferred
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide units of measure
• Solid working knowledge of warehouse processes and related manufacturing

• High School or better

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)