Machine Set-Up Technician

PROAMPAC hiring for Machine Set-Up Technician jobs in Lakeview, NY, US

Are you an experience Operator?  If so, come work at a great place and build your future with ProAmpac, a growing packaging industry!   

ProAmpac is a leading global flexible packaging company with comprehensive product offerings. We provide 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 collaborate, so you succeed. We are moving flexible packaging forward by redefining innovation through collaboration within our own company and with our customers and suppliers.

We are a local manufacturing company with an air-conditioned facility located right in Cheektowaga, NY.  We are seeking for a qualified Bag Set-Up Technician for 2nd shift.  

Shift: Monday through Friday 2:45PM to 11PM.  

Wage Range:  $20 to $21 / hour depending on experience.  2nd shift differential is an additional $1 / hour.

The Bag Set-Up Technician is responsible for setting up the bag machines, which convert rolls of film into bags to fill each job order.  This position ensures that bag machines are running to achieve maximum efficiency. The ideal candidate has strong troubleshooting ability in order to make precise set ups on the machines.  

ProAmpac offers a full benefits package! 

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Paid parental leave
• Life Insurance
• Quarterly bonus programs!
• Generous 401k company match!
• Paid vacation
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid Lunch Break!!
• Safety shoe and glasses allotment
• Generous employee referral program
• ProAmpac’s Employee Assistance Fund
• And much, much more.

Position Overview:

• Set up bag machines according to the schedule and supervise bag operators to ensure continuous and efficient operation by making appropriate adjustments to the machines, changing rolls promptly, and ensuring a constant supply of materials by detecting details, diagnosing problems, following instructions, instructing others, troubleshooting problems, and using judgment.
• Operate the bag machines while the operators are at lunch or break.
• Organize the workplace by delivering the finished product to the correct location, by disposing of scrap and garbage, and by picking up trash around the plant at the end of the shift. 
•  Work effectively with all departments, including Bag Operators and the Production Department in a team environment to develop multi-functional solutions for customers.
• Maintain a customer-focused perspective in all activities initiated to ensure that customer needs are successfully met.
• Adhere to safety policies and procedures and maintain work area per food safety requirements.
• Perform special projects as assigned within or outside the department or position to assist in the success of ProAmpac-Buffalo Division’s objectives such as training bag operators.

EEO Statement:  ProAmpac provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

• High school diploma or equivalent education.
• Minimum of 1 year experience as a Bag Operator or eqivalent.
• Excellent communication, organizational and multi-tasking skills to communicate effectively with Bag Operators and other personnel.
• Ability to read, comprehend and write simple correspondence, and effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers or fellow employees.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions given in written, oral or diagram form and to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.
• Some knowledge of flexographic packaging is required to advise bag operators.
• Ability to read, follow and complete work orders, production schedules, standardized forms/shift paperwork, and specification sheets for the job.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.