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Description
Now hiring! Come work at a place to build your future and be an integral part of a fast-paced, safety-oriented, and growing industry! We are an ESSENTIAL employer that is ACTIVELY HIRING at our Westfield, MA 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.
The safety and health of our team is our top priority. ProAmpac has taken great steps to provide all personal protective equipment and sanitizing supplies to create a safe and healthy work environment for you.
We are actively seeking an Associate Material Handler to join our growing team. If you are looking for a new opportunity with a leading packaging company, ProAmpac is looking for you to join our team!
What ProAmpac has to offer:
A unique, "4 on / 4 off" schedule (work 12 hour shifts for 4 days, then get 4 days off) -- only work for half the year!
Quarterly bonuses: perfect attendance bonus
Premium pay built into your shift schedule
11 paid company holidays
401k with company match
Medical, Dental, Vision, and other supplemental offerings
Company-provided life insurance
Disability insurance
Wellness program -- living a healthy lifestyle can get you a discount on your health insurance premiums AND other incentives
Essential Duties and Tasks
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made, upon request, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Monitor all production machines and stock with raw materials and work-in-process as needed, using clamp and/or fork trucks.
Use hand held scanners and desk top computers for maintaining machine schedules, transferring material and to process paperwork
Receive raw materials using clamp and/or fork trucks.
Ship finished goods using clamp and/or fork trucks.
Pump resin from hopper cars to silo.
Remove, sort and recycle scrap waste
May be required to perform other housekeeping and/or other manufacturing related functions as required by Management.
Required to drive the company owned/leased truck between plant locations
Work Environment
Work primarily in a non-climate controlled indoor environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential. Hearing protection, safety shoes and vision protection required.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Climbing Stairs, Bending, Twisting, Reaching, Pushing, Pulling and Squatting.
Walking or standing on concrete floors.
Lifting is minimal, occasionally up to 40 lbs.
Ability to operate heavy equipment/machinery safely.
Shift formats vary (12 hours days)
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)
Job Category: Shipping & Receiving/Warehouse
Full-Time