Corr Material Handler

Position Summary

The Corrugator Material Handler handles the material on the dry end of the corrugator machine. This includes routing and transporting loads of corrugated board from the corrugator via powered and/or gravity conveyor, and by operating a fork truck. This position also delivers on our core focus of:

• Service Matters
• Relationships Count
• Performance Delivered

While building on our core values of:

• Help 1st
• Take ownership
• Do the right thing
• Expect excellence

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Routes units of finished sheets to the unitizer or loads of in-process board to the converting department
• Transports loads on powered or gravity conveyor or moves loads with a fork truck
• Inserts Finished Goods Load Tags or In-Process Tags into loads as required
• Operates the bander to unitize units of finished sheets and some in-process loads
• Inspects the quality of the loads from the corrugator and removes defective sheets from the loads
• Places bottom sheets and tie sheets in loads to protect and stabilize the product
• Maintains good housekeeping and finished sheets storage areas at the corrugator
• Ability to work in excess of 40 hours, as business needs arise
• Regular and reliable attendance
• Any other task or duty that is deemed necessary by management.

Cultural Competencies

Help First means being a reliable team member serving everyone, internally and externally. At Akers, we believe and exhibit a "roll up your sleeves and get the job done" mentality and behavior. No job is unimportant, and no person is above any job. We demonstrate this through:

• Able communicator—good clarity, balanced talker, and listener
• Has energy and enthusiasm

Take Ownership means that you think and act like an owner. No matter the role, everyone is empowered to be a good steward of the organization. Each person has the autonomy to make recommendations for improvement to their work and the organization. We demonstrate this through:

• Patient
• Effectively assertive and able to handle conflict and confrontational situations
• Solution vs. blame oriented
• Mixture of firmness and flexibility
• Has energy and enthusiasm
• Holds self and others accountable

Do the Right Thing means that you do the right thing for the customer, regardless of its popularity. Doing the right thing at the right time requires a person to have and exhibit high moral standards.

• Systematic trainer, willing and able to develop people
• Good work ethic, task focused and willing to extend extra effort
• Able to follow structure where it exists and create structure where it does not

Expect Excellence means that you think and act like an owner. No matter the role, everyone is empowered to be a good steward of the organization. We demonstrate this through:

• Resilient—able to deal with the unexpected, not easily flustered
• Has sense of urgency
• Follows up to ensure quality task completion

Work Environment / Physical Demands

• Fast paced environment, requiring adaptation to continuous changes in Company, Customer and People needs
• Ability to frequently stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear.
• Ability to occasionally sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
• Must occasionally lift up to 100 pounds
• Vision abilities include close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; ability to adjust focus
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts and occasionally must work in high, precarious places
• Regular exposure to loud noise

Systems Usage

• ERP system such as (Harry Rhodes Management System (HRMS), Amtech, Kiwi, Parabox, etc.)
• ADP Workforce Now

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• 18 years of age or older
• GED or high school diploma, 1-3 months experience or combination of education and experience
• Fork truck operator's license