Machine Operator Job at Alpla Inc., Kansas City, MO

  • Alpla Inc.
  • Kansas City, MO

Job Description

Build a Career, Not Just a Job

Join ALPLA, a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions serving some of the world's most recognized brands, including P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, PepsiCo, and many more.

As a family-owned company with locations around the world, ALPLA offers stable careers, hands-on training, competitive benefits, and opportunities for growth. Whether you're an experienced manufacturing professional or looking to start a new career, we provide the support and development you need to succeed.

At ALPLA, we invest in our people, promote from within, and foster a culture focused on safety, teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement. From apprenticeship programs and technical training to leadership development opportunities, ALPLA is committed to helping employees build long-term careers.

 

What You Can Expect from ALPLA

  • Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits
    • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
    • 401(k) with company match
    • Childcare and dependent care savings programs
    • Paid vacation and holidays
    • Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
    • Tuition reimbursement and educational assistance programs
    • Career growth and advancement opportunities
    • Employee recognition programs
    • Hands-on training and professional development
    • A stable, growing company committed to sustainability

 

Ready to Build Your Future?

Join a team where your contributions matter, your development is supported, and your career can grow with a global industry leader.

 

Apply today and discover what a career at ALPLA can offer.

 

What Will You Enjoy Doing

 

  • Overall line responsibility from production to packaging
    • Ensure goods are produced and packaged in correct quantity and in accordance with agreed specifications
    • Accurately records goods produced and problems encountered during shift
    • Follow all established quality processes and inspection methods to ensure product quality and promptly escalate any concerns
    • Line clearance performance
    • Autonomous maintenance check list
    • Operate, maintain and troubleshoot packaging equipment
    • Build, load and make boxes
    • Load labels and guarantee the accuracy of applied labels
    • Perform autonomous maintenance
    • Weigh scrap and label correctly
    • Wrap finished product
    • Operate up to 5 production lines simultaneously
  • Assists Machine operator II/Supervisor and Mold Change Team with mold/color changes as needed
  • Working together in a Team
    • Ensure team works together as efficiently as possible
  • Maintains good housekeeping within department

 

Performance Metrics:

  • Efficiency
  • Waste
  • Labeling accuracy: maintains a labeling accuracy rate of 100% by consistently following all labeling procedures without deviation
  • Quality control compliance: performs all required quality checks
  • Line clearance accuracy
  • Autonomous maintenance completion

 

Competencies:

  • Ensures Accountability
  • Decision Quality
  • Communicates Effectively
  • Instills Trust
  • Collaborates
  • Values Differences
  • Drives Results

 

Qualifications and Requirements:

  • High School Diploma or equivalent required
  • Technical Background in Plastics Industry preferred
  • Basic computer skills
  • Demonstrated mechanical ability

 

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is:

  • The employee is regularly required to stand (minimum 12 hours), walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, use hands to finger, handle or feel.
  • The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, and talk and
  • The employee is occasionally required to
  • The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

 

It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA). #entrylevel #KCI

 

ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

 

 

Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

Job Tags

Full time, Temporary work, Apprenticeship, Shift work

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