KNIFE OPERATOR CORRUGATOR

Reports to: Corrugator Supervisor

Shift: 3rd (Sunday 9pm-6am Monday-Thursday 10pm-6am)

Benefits:

• Day one: Paid Holidays, $500 wellness reimbursement, discounted gym memberships and $500 employee referral bonuses. 
• Full benefits package within ONE MONTH of hire.  Including company paid life insurance.  
• Three months: 401(k) with company matching and enrollment into attendance bonus program earning up to $1000 per year in bonuses.    
• Six months: Paid time off.  
• 12 months: $35,000 in tuition reimbursement and PAID childbearing leave/parenting leave.
• Career Growth and opportunities for promotions.  We hire from within!  
• Competitive Salary - we pay for skills.  The more you learn the more you earn.

SUMMARY: Responsible for all activities associated with running the knife and assisting in wet-end and dry-end operations, including setup, operation, cleanup, and recommending improvements to operations.

JOB DUTIES:

Sets up and operates machine that slits, scores, and cuts sheets of plain, laminated, or corrugated paperboard to specified dimensions: Positions and fastens scoring and cutting disks on roller, according to specifications, and installs roller in machine, using hand tools.

Turns wheels to adjust cutter knives, align paper guides, and adjust pressure on slitting and cutting disks.

Starts machine and synchronizes speed of traveling cutoff knives with speed of machine feed.

Verifies dimensions of cut-scored blanks with work order, using tape rule.

May cut samples from sheets for testing.

Comply with all company policies and procedures, including safety and maintaining good housekeeping.

Additional duties may be assigned by management.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or GED.

Preferred Experience:

Prior work experience in the corrugated industry.

6 months experience on the dry end or wet end of the corrugator.

6 months experience as a Corrugator Operator.

Or have current work-related experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Able to read and follow instructions on factory masters.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy.  Able to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, measurement, volume and rate.  Able to apply concepts of high school math.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form.  Ability to deal with problems involving one or more concrete variables in standardized situations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

The individual must have a working knowledge of the following:

Equipment design and capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation. 

Product layouts and production specifications

Product quality specifications

Quality standards

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

May be required to maintain a current Lift Truck Operator License.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee is occasionally required to sit.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 TO 65 poundS.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.  The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.  The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Pratt Industries provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.

Pratt is America’s 5th largest corrugated packaging company and the world’s largest, privately-held producer of 100% recycled containerboard, with more than 9000 highly-skilled, green-collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt was founded in the USA more than 30 years ago and, since then, has shown dramatic growth with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than 27 states.