Production Machine Operator - 1st Shift

Production Machine Operator – 1st Shift 

Quick Turn Department
Position is located at: 9399 Hampshire Ave. N. in Brooklyn Park, MN 

 

Why Great Northern

Established in 1962, Great Northern is a local, privately owned paper-based packaging manufacturer with a long history of providing secure, stable, and meaningful positions.  You will experience a collaborative team-first, safe, clean, enjoyable, and predictable workplace where team members support and care for one another. 

 

Our team members produce sustainable and eco-friendly products that are supplied to national brands that impact people's day-to-day lives. 

 

Great Northern is committed to making a difference in the lives of our team members, customers, and the communities in which we live and work.  Many of our team members were referred by their friends and families who are already a part of the Great Northern team.

 

Position Summary

Under general supervision and following established procedures, the Machine Operator I is responsible for performing repetitive assembly operations of a short to medium cycle duration on a variety of products, subassemblies or components that require some adjusting, fitting or aligning.  This position will function as a general operator, utilizing Level One handfed, semi-automatic machines with a minimal amount of automation. The scope of machine operations (Level One) for this position includes, but is not limited to, equipment feeders/robots, slitter, slotter, band saw, hand tape, hand glue, and baler/shredder. This position will perform physical and manual labor of a general character and simple nature requiring no previous experience and will assist Machine Operators II and III on any other equipment.

 

All job responsibilities are to be performed in strict adherence with the Company’s Mission/Values Statement and in accordance with established standards for external customers as well as internal customers.

 

Pay/Schedule

• $24.00/hour - $26.00/hour depending on experience and qualifications 
• 1st Shift: Monday – Friday from 5:00am - 1:30pm    

 

The Benefits of Great Northern

• Competitive 401K match and a historically generous profit-sharing retirement savings contribution

• Paid time off accrued during your first year of employment
• Medical plan options are available to provide flexibility in choosing the one that best suits your individual and family needs
• Clean, comfortable breakroom

• Opportunities to advance your career and compensation level
• Flexible overtime opportunities when available and/or needed
• Annual merit increases as well as market benchmarking to ensure competitive wages

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING.  OTHER DUTIES MAY BE ASSIGNED.

 

1. Reads job specifications to determine machine adjustments and material requirements.
2. Retrieval and staging of ink, tooling, and material while ensuring everything matches production specifications.
3. Responsible for the output and condition of Level One machines.
4. Effectively set-up, run, and trouble shoot Level One machines.
5. Follows safe operating procedures and all safety rules and guidelines as listed on work center safety documentation. (i.e. JSA, PPE, LOTO/MS)
6. Selects, installs, sets, positions and aligns stops, guides, rolls, and blades as indicated by scale, rule or template of order specifications.
7. Adjusts tension controls according to size, thickness and number of corrugated sheets.
8. Stacks and feeds corrugated material.
9. Observes machine operation to detect product defects or machine malfunctions.
10. Adjusts settings and controls on Level One machines as required to ensure product meets all specifications, quality standards and ISO procedures.
11. Measures product dimensions to determine accuracy of machine operation and performs quality inspection of finished product.
12. Removes cut pieces and scrap from product, die or bed of machine.
13. Counts, stacks, strips, marks, bands and transports finished product to the proper area as directed.
14. Completes work orders and prints the correct load tag (Work in Progress or Finished Goods) for the applicable routing. 
15. Performs minor machine maintenance such as oiling of machines, and general housekeeping duties that include, but are not limited to, cleaning up scrap and ink spills.
16. Evaluates area operations and recommends improvement, by applying 5S standards and continuous improvement principles.
17. Participates in area meetings.
18. Performs job costing and inventory transactions.
19. Performs a variety of miscellaneous job-related tasks as may be assigned from time to time by a Management Representative.

 

Opportunities for Growth

You will have the opportunity to learn new skills and acquire new knowledge that can be applied to grow into new positions with higher pay.  Furthermore, you can grow your career with Great Northern through advancement opportunities available at our facilities both locally and nationally.

 

Expectation

To be successful your teammates will depend on you to have pride in your work, be on time, work safely, work effectively with others, be optimistic, take ownership of your responsibilities, and look for continuous improvement opportunities.

 

This is a Safety Sensitive position

We are a Tobacco free campus

Great Northern is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Great Northern is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.