Flexo 2nd Helper

Position Summary

The Flexo 2nd Helper is responsible for forming finished product onto units for shipment to the customer. This is completed in accordance with the instructions contained in the Factory Job Ticket. The 2nd Helper is also the last line of defense in quality control measures.

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

• Assists operator with any specific order needs
• Sets up glue wheel for glue in or glue out, makes sure glue pot is at operational level and ready to run, and ensures glue camera system is clear, clean, and operational
• Operates the load former, following all customer unitizing instructions (bundle count, layers, stack pattern, and any other special requests)
• Quality control: the 2nd Helper is the last set of eyes before the unit leaves to be shipped; double checks that product is free of scrap, properly identified, stacked to customer’s request, and meets all specifications on the Factory Job Ticket
• Relieves 1st Helper for breaks and assists other helpers with any duties such as staging bottom sheets and tie sheets, printing, and staging identification tags prior to run
• 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, crouch, and crawl.
• Ability to regularly lift up to 10 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, ability to adjust focus
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts
• Exposure to a loud environment
  
  

Systems Usage

• ERP System (such as Harry Rhodes (HRMS), Amtech, Parabox, etc.)
• Kiwi
• 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