Slitter Operator

Position Summary

As a Slitter Operator you will be responsible for operating and maintaining slitting machines in our production facility. Your expertise in machine operation and precision is vital in ensuring the accurate slitting and scoring of corrugated materials to meet our production standards and client requirements.

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

• Set up, operate, and monitor slitting machines to accurately slit corrugated materials according to specified dimensions.
• Load and align corrugated materials onto the machine, ensuring proper tension and alignment to prevent defects.
• Monitor the quality of the slit materials, checking for defects, dimensions, and alignment, and adjust as needed.
• Perform routine cleaning to ensure optimal machine performance, and promptly report any malfunctions or issues to maintenance.
• Follow production schedules and prioritize work orders to meet production goals and client deadlines.
• Adhere to safety guidelines, including wearing appropriate personal protective equipment, and maintaining a safe and organized work area.
• Conduct quality checks and inspections on slit materials to ensure they meet company and industry standards.
• Maintain accurate records of machine settings, production data, and quality control checks as directed and in accordance with plant quality standards.
• Work closely with the production team to coordinate the flow of materials and products. Assist team as necessary and perform other duties as assigned by supervisors and plant management.
• 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
• 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 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

• MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams)
• ERP system (such as HRMS, Amtech, 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
• Mathematical skills required for counting, measuring, reading, and converting data.