Weekend Cleanroom/Warehouse at Elplast America Inc – Cedar Rapids/Hiawathia/Marion, Iowa

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Schedule: Saturday 12 hour shifts 7 am – 7 pm or 7 pm to 7 am, two 8-hour shifts to be scheduled Monday – Friday 2nd or 3rd shift
• Inspect and prepare reels, boxes, pallets for production operations
• Perform sanitation on equipment, infrastructure, production area, and other assigned areas
• Record and maintain accurate written and electronic information
• Must be able to understand and follow safety, GMP, food safety, and other rules or policies
• Inspect infrastructure and equipment and notify management when maintenance is required
• Move/Transport product and materials by hand, cart, or lift as needed for various departments
• Conduct positive interactions with other departments
• Sort and place materials or items on racks, shelves or in bins according to organizational standards
• Box, wrap and pack product in accordance with procedures and standards
• Maintains safe and clean work environment
• Daily workspace and mixing room cleaning and organizing
• Always organize warehouse and work area for orderliness
• Stack finished goods on pallets and use machines to wrap finished pallets
• Perform required inspections of finished product
• Complete employee and vendor/supplier interactions with respect and integrity
• Daily usage of ERP system to move product/materials.
• Train other employees based on acquired knowledge
• Handles production scrap, load into baler, create bale and move to appropriate storage.
• Use of warehouse scale
• Use machine wrapper
• Operate forklift in narrow spaces
• Wear designated PPE
• Follow process for handling nonconforming products
• Handle material moves based on FIFO method
• Communicate with production, quality and other departments as needed via Microsoft Teams.
• Assist with inventory counts
• Supports and follows company values
• Performs other duties as assigned

REQUIRED SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Dependable and reliable
• Forklift certification preferred
• Previous Inventory, data entry and computer

· High school diploma or equivalent

• 1-2 years previous warehouse experience preferred

Vision Requirements

• Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
• Distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)
• Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors)
• Peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)
• Depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)
• Ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus)

Noise Level

• Medium (busy warehouse) and Loud (manufacturing facility)
• Must have good hearing - well enough for safety purposes due to working in a production environment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Standing: Over 2/3 time of a workday

Walking: Between 1/3 and 2/3 time of a workday

Sitting: Less than 1/3 time of a workday

Use hands to finger, handle, or feel: Over 2/3 time of a workday

Reach with hands and arms: Over 2/3 time of a workday

Twist, turn, bend crouch and squat: Over 2/3 time of a workday

Talk or hear: Over 2/3 of a workday

Taste or smell: Between 1/3 and 2/3 of a workday

Lifting items of weight

Must be able to lift or transfer 65 lbs. constantly; 66-80 lbs. rarely.

Must be able to push or pull 65 lbs. constantly; 66-80 lbs. rarely.

Must be able to carry 65 lbs. for up to 5 to 20 feet, over ¾ time of a workday