Packaging Associate
1st Shift 7:00 am- 3:00 Pm
At Paris Corporation, we are passionate about achieving results and having fun winning as a team! We provide fantastic job opportunities, competitive salaries, and benefits in an exciting, fast-paced, fun workplace environment.
Paris is one of the largest paper converters and distributors in North America. We are a leading supplier of paper and business products for retail and commercial customers.
This is an outstanding opportunity for you to bring your passion and motivation for embracing challenges, talent for teamwork, and the ability to roll up your sleeves to get the job done to a financially solid and family-owned company that will invest in you. This position offers growth and opportunity for career advancement.
Pay Rate - $16.50
Responsibilities:
The Packaging Associate will work as a member of a team in order to maximize performance during the shift. In order to be successful, all team members will rotate positions daily between loading, starting/stopping, and boxing the finished product at the end of the line. All team members will utilize downtime effectively, avoid waste, maintain cleanliness in the work area, and maintain a safe work environment.
- Check all job jackets at press to ensure their order.
- Review labels and jackets for errors
- Ensure all cartons, slip sheets, label boxes, and related materials are at press. Confirm that all skids, shrink wrappers, and banners are prepared and operative.
- Load machines from batching and counting process, inspect product through wrapping process, box product, and palletize to required specifications.
- General housekeeping around machinery, including cleanliness of the press area
- Compliance with all safety requirements. Ensure all machine guarding is in place when working on equipment.
- Miscellaneous duties assigned as required in all areas of the plant.
- Other duties as assigned
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Lifting requirement of 25-40 pounds
- 2-3 years experience in a fast-paced, light industrial environment is preferred
- Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
- Strong communication skills and desire to work with other team members
- Team player, self-motivated, flexible, hands-on, detail and quality oriented
- Prompt and reliable
- 401K with generous company match
- On-site gym
- Climate-controlled facility
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance for you and your families
- 8 paid holidays and 13 days of Paid Time Off per year for new hires
- All employees eligible for awards of cash and plaques that celebrate achievements, longevity,
- family birthdays and new arrivals. Some examples include the Employee of the month award, Employee of the year award, Years of service awards (every five years), and Gift cards on your child’s birthday and on the birth of a child.