Production Associate - 1st Shift

Buckeye Corrugated, Inc.
Sioux Falls, SD
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates comfortable with manufacturing equipment operation and team-based workflows, with a focus on safety and quality standards in Sioux Falls, SD.

Best fit for

  • Individuals with prior manufacturing or production experience in a team-based environment
    — “Work from written instructions, diagrams and production cards”
  • Candidates who value a professional, results-oriented culture and are motivated by employee ownership opportunities
    — “employee-owned company with twelve (12) corrugated manufacturing facilities”
  • People who are physically capable of performing regular lifting, standing, and repetitive manual tasks
    — “Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds – regularly”

Things to consider

  • This role requires working in a manufacturing setting with potential for repetitive physical tasks
    — “Full-time role in a manufacturing setting”
  • Candidates must be able to maintain attention to detail and follow standardized procedures
    — “Uphold all ISO policies and procedures in accordance with our Quality Policy”

How to stand out

  • Highlight prior experience with manufacturing equipment and safety protocol adherence in your resume
    — “Responsible for assisting in all activities associated with safely running our corrugated converting equipment”
  • Demonstrate your ability to follow written and verbal instructions during interviews
    — “Ability to understand and follow both verbal and written instructions”
  • Showcase your experience with ERP systems and data recording in your application materials
    — “Record production statistics within our ERP system”
  • Emphasize your skills in reading a tape measure accurately and quickly during the application process
    — “Ability to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy”
  • Demonstrate your team collaboration and professional attitude through work examples or references
    — “Works well with others in a team setting”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Successfully ran corrugated converting equipment
  • Maintained a clean and orderly work area
  • Accurately recorded production statistics
  • Completed other assigned tasks efficiently
Typical background
High school diploma or GEDExperience in manufacturing or related field

Skills & requirements

Required

Manufacturing ProcessesSafety ProceduresISO ComplianceProduction PlanningMaterial HandlingERP System ProficiencyTeamworkDependabilityProblem Solving

Preferred

Tape Measure UsagePhysical StaminaAttention To DetailQuality Control

Stack & domain

Tape MeasureERP SystemTeamworkDependabilityProfessional AttitudeProblem SolvingManufacturingCorrugated Packaging

About the role

Original posting from Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. via Lever

Position Purpose:

Responsible for assisting in all activities associated with safely running our corrugated converting equipment, including setup, operation and cleanup.

Duties:

  • Follow established safety rules, policies and procedures at all times
  • Maintain work area in a neat and orderly condition
  • Uphold all ISO policies and procedures in accordance with our Quality Policy
  • Work from written instructions, diagrams and production cards
  • Feed converting machines with raw materials
  • Record production statistics within our ERP system
  • Other tasks as assigned by supervisor
  • Full-time role in a manufacturing setting

Desired Skills & Qualifications:

  • High school diploma or GED preferred
  • Ability to understand and follow both verbal and written instructions
  • Ability to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy
  • Works well with others in a team setting
  • Shows dependability on the job
  • Quality and results oriented
  • Demonstrates a professional attitude and even-tempered response through interactions with others
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form
  • Ability to solve problems involving one or more concrete variables in standardized situations

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met in order to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

  • Stand, walk and communicate with others (both speaking and listening) – regularly
  • Use hands to adjust, manipulate and feel product – frequently
  • Reach with hands and arms – frequently
  • Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl – frequently
  • Sit – occasionally
  • Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds – regularly
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

About BCI

Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. (BCI) is a privately held, employee-owned company with twelve (12) corrugated manufacturing facilities, providing an extensive range of corrugated packaging products. Located in ten states, our services and capabilities include custom-designed corrugated packaging, point-of-purchase displays, point-of-sale packaging along with fulfillment and logistics. Simply stated, we do not just make boxes. We build the means to shape impressions and influence perceptions.

BCI provides competitive pay and a robust benefits package including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision and life insurance, disability benefits, 401(k), paid time off and holidays, as well as a bonus plan and opportunity for employee stock ownership.

Source: Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. careers (Lever)

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