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Baler Operator

Elk Grove Village, IL 60007

Posted: 10/23/2024 Job Number: 746722 Pay Rate: 19.00 Industry: Paper/Pulp/Printing

Job Description

Position Title: Baler Operator
 
Wage: $19.00/hour
 
Shift: Night Shift
 
Hours: 07:00 pm - 07:00 am (3-3-4-4)
 
QPS Employment Group is searching for a passionate Baler Operator to join our client, a leading provider of marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions in Elk Grove Village, IL. 

This isn't your average waste disposal gig. You'll be a sustainability champion, ensuring paper waste gets a second life by operating and maintaining the baling equipment. Apply today!
 
Baler Operator Responsibilities:
- Operate and maintain bailing equipment to bind trimmings and paper waste received from the Press/Bindery equipment
- Tend machines that shred and/or compress and bind paper by-products generated from the print manufacturing process to facilitate the disposition of the waste materials
- Thread tie bands around bale and twist or clamp end of bands to tighten bands
- Open compression chamber doors and removes bale from the machine
- Transport bales using airlifts, pallet jacks, or hoist trucks
- Complete daily forklift condition report
- Weigh bales and keep records of the gross weight and materials grade of the bales
- Perform routine maintenance on the baling machinery and remove obstructions in the cyclone as needed
- May load bales on trucks, and rail cars for disposal, and complete shipping manifest
- May photograph container and seal for verification purposes
 
Requirements for Baler Operator:
- High School Diploma or GED
- At least two years of experience working as a baler in a manufacturing or warehouse environment
- Knowledge of standard setups, adjustments, and operating of a baler machine
- Experience loading heavy items on a semi-truck, rail car, or other vehicles
- Experience operating a powered industrial vehicle or forklift safely
- Knowledge of safety requirements while operating PIVs and working in a manufacturing setting
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing 5-S practices/responsibilities
- Forklift certified or able to obtain forklift certification internally
- Able to use hand tools
- Basic shop math
- Experience operating a baler
- Mechanical aptitude
- Able to lift, push and pull up to 50lbs
 
QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the Midwest. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment. Hiring immediately!
 
Why Work with QPS?
- Access to sought-after positions with leading employers
- Dedicated placement specialists who will guide you through every step of the job search process
 
Best of all, our services are 100% free to job seekers!
 
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Schaumburg@qpsemployment.com
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