Production Technician 1 - Strapper 1st Shift

Company Description

Valassis, a Vericast business, is a premier marketing solutions company that accelerates profitable revenue growth for the thousands of businesses it serves directly by influencing consumer purchasing and transaction behavior at scale while engaging with over 120 million households daily.  We are recognized as leading providers of incentives, advertising, marketing services, transaction solutions, customer data and cross-channel campaign management, and intelligent media delivery that create millions of customer touch points annually for their clients.  For more information, visit http://www.vericast.com or follow Vericast on LinkedIn.

Job Description

Job Title:      

• Production Technician 1 Strapper  

Position Summary:

• Responsible for palletizing finished goods and ensuring the pallets are wrapped in a manner that maintains stability and neatness, as well as perform the duties of a PT1 Feeder as needed.
• Responsible for the safe and efficient operation of assigned equipment.

Key Duties / Responsibilities:

• Ensures finished goods are properly palletized, instructing the logistics tech to move product to finish location.
• Prepare all finished products according to established USPS standards; Demonstrates proficiency through the proper recognition of the printed address labels on finished products. 
• Load material into main machine component. 
• Clear jams and address errors on end of line machine components. 
• Operate a pallet jack.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Adhere to housekeeping standards.
• Support and comply with safety and security policies to promote a healthy working environment.
• Maintain open communication with the team.
• Participate in the Team Business Meetings.
• Share equipment knowledge with team members.
• Responsible for quality, output, and production goals.
• Manage multiple work orders on multiple output stations (if applicable).
• Support and comply with internal and external audits, to include providing information, performing assigned tasks to ensure compliance, and preparing and maintaining evidence that key duties identified as internal controls have been performed.
• Make minor non-mechanical adjustments to ensure safety and maintenance procedures are followed.
• Operate a pallet jack.

Communication & Contacts (Internal/External):

• Communicate with team members.

Other:

• Ability to work overtime, beyond regular schedule, to complete work assignments as required.

Qualifications

Education & Knowledge:

• High school diploma or equivalent education certification preferred.
• Ability to speak and communicate effectively utilizing the English language

Experience / Skills / Abilities:

• 0 – 1 year related experience.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Basic math skills.
• Works with sense of urgency.
• Attention to detail.
• Effective communicator.
• Team player (works well with others).
• Ability to assess obstacles and take corrective action.

Additional Information

Hourly Pay Rate: $15.50

The ultimate compensation offered for the position will depend upon several factors such as skill level, cost of living, experience, and responsibilities.

Vericast offers a generous total rewards benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401K and generous PTO allowance. A wide variety of additional benefits like life insurance, employee assistance and pet insurance are also available, not to mention smart and friendly coworkers!

At Vericast, we don’t just accept differences - we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our clients, and our community. As an Equal Opportunity employer, Vericast considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other classifications protected by law. Applicants who have disabilities may request that accommodations be made in order to complete the selection process by contacting our Talent Acquisition team at talentacquisition@vericast.com. EEO is the law. To review your rights under Equal Employment Opportunity please visit: www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters