Flexo 1st Helper

Position Summary

The Flexo 1st Helper is responsible for utilizing the Alliance Pre-Feeder to feed sheets into the flexo folder gluer. The 1st Helper is also responsible for assisting in the set-up of the machine.

This Position Also Delivers On Our Core Focus Of:

• Service Matters
• Relationships Count
• Performance Delivered
  
  

While Building On Our Core Values Of:

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

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Assists operator with any specific order needs
• Hangs print plates and ensures that ink is ready to use at the machine
• Ensures proper set-up of automatic pre-feeder, feed section, and incoming loads of paper
• Removes In-Process tags and all banding and cap sheets on incoming loads and monitors the quality of sheets being fed through to prevent jams or quality issues
• Monitors and adjusts for sheet detectors
• Assists operator with hanging and removing cutting dies as well as clearing jams/wrecks in the machine
• Relieves Operator for breaks and assists other helpers with any duties such as staging ink
• Maintains a clean work area free of trip hazards and spills
• 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; reach with hands and arms; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Ability to regularly lift up to 25 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts
• Exposure to a very loud environment
  
  

Systems Usage

• MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams)
• ERP System (such as HRMS, Amtech, Parabox, etc.)
• ADP Workforce Now
  
  

Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• GED or High school diploma, preferred
• 18 years of age or older