Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Grinding Production Department: Grinding

Located At: Limestone, TN   

Status:  Full-Time

Reports to: Mulch Supervisor  

OPEN POSTION IS FOR 1st &  2nd SHIFT

Customary Days: Monday - Friday  

Customary Hours: 8/10 Hour Shift - Depending on the season

Position Summary:

The grinding production position is part of a rotating position within the production plant. Primary responsibility is making sure all paper is clean and ready to run into our equipment. This can include picking debris from paper pile, dumping gaylord boxes and breaking bales. Some secondary responsibilities within the rotation are cutting open chemical and/or fiber additives and placing them into a bin, cutting open defective bales and placing them in our reprocessing bin, driving a forklift (training provided) and general housekeeping duties as well as giving other production employees breaks.

• Keep paper clean and orderly.
• Adding chemical and/ or fiber into production bins.
• Maintain preset production goals.
• Remove out-of-spec bags and hand stack for reprocessing.
• Cut open rejected bales for reprocessing.
• Operate forklift to load and store bags.
• Perform general housekeeping duties.
• Perform additional duties as required.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Keep paper clean and orderly.
• Adding chemical and/ or fiber into production bins.
• Maintain preset production goals.
• Remove out-of-spec bags and hand stack for reprocessing.
• Cut open rejected bales for reprocessing.
• Operate forklift to load and store bags.
• Perform general housekeeping duties.
• Perform additional duties as required.

Job Requirements:

• Able to obtain forklift certification (training provided)

Essential Qualifications:   To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to prioritize tasks and escalate them when appropriate
• Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced quickly changing environment
• Time management skills

Language Skills:

• Ability to read, write, and speak English; bilingual in Spanish (optional)

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 regularly required to talk or hear.
• Required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, climb or crawl.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• May require more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position.
• The individual possesses fine hand manipulation (keyboarding) skills.

Work Environment:   The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position works in a manufacturing setting.
• Must be able to adapt to the noise level of a manufacturing setting, which is usually moderate to heavy. 
• The temperature will vary from hot to cold, depending on the weather.

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