Custom Packer in Pittston, Pennsylvania at Olympia Chimney Supply

Bring your craftsmanship, precision, and problem-solving skills to Olympia Chimney & Venting as a Custom Packer. In this hands-on role, you’ll create custom packaging solutions, protect products for damage-free shipment, and help ensure every customer order leaves our facility accurate, secure, and on time. To learn more about Olympia Chimney & Venting watch this short video produced by PBS. Olympia Chimney & Venting | NEPA @ Work | WVIA Documentary

Summary/Objective
The Custom department produces metal venting products to customer specifications. The Custom Packer position creates packaging, packs, labels, and records Custom goods for shipment using advanced skills and may train other employees.

Essential Functions

• Determine and create the appropriate packaging for each product that will ensure damage-free shipment, to include cartons and wooden crates
• Mark and label containers, container tags, or products, using marking tools
• Measure, weigh, and count products and materials
• Examine and inspect containers, materials, and products to ensure that packing specifications are met
• Record product, packaging, and order information on specified forms and records
• Remove completed or defective products or materials
• Load materials and products into package processing equipment
• Assemble, line, and pad boxes using hand tools
• Pack boxes following a specific set of instructions
• Seal and label each container
• Understands and reads orders for accuracy
• Ability to use computer equipment to close out and complete work orders
• Set up and operate cardboard cutting machine.
• Understands and uses measurements for building custom sized boxes
• Maintains a neat and clean work area daily
• Keeps inventory and orders supplies as needed
• May train new packing employees
• Meets and exceeds goals
• Other duties as assigned

Competencies

• Humility: Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s own importance; putting the needs of another person before your own and thinking of others before yourself
• Results Orientation (Get It Done): Having a work ethic and a way of overcoming challenges and getting things done without making excuses; delivering on results and does what he/she says they will do
• Customer Focus: Meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers to achieve positive outcomes
• Attention to Detail: Achieves thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved.
• Communication: Listening effectively, transmitting information accurately and understandably, and actively seeking feedback non-defensively
• Dependability/Reliability: Following through on commitments, producing timely work to required – or higher - standards, and pitching in to get the job done.

This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. Temperature is varied to the temperature outside due to open doors and garages.

Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position during the first shift of the day, normally 8:00am – 4:30pm, Monday through Friday.

Travel
No travel is expected for this position.

Required Education and Experience

• Minimum of a high school education or GED equivalent
• Ability to read and write English, follow verbal instructions, read a tape measure and convert fractions to decimals, with basic geometry skills being a plus
• Must be able to problem solve, manage time, and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Great communication and organizational skills and extreme attention to detail and safety
• Basic wood working ability for crating of product (use of saws and nail guns)
• Proven experience as packer or similar position preferred

AAP/EEO Statement

Olympia Chimney Supply Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries, Copperfield Chimney, and Olympia Chimney and Venting, are Equal Opportunity Employers. We value diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.