Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Machine Operator II based in Bradford, PA. This position is for 3rd shift working from 6:54 pm - 7am.   The Operator is responsible for operating a given number of plastic blow molding machines (including in-line equipment), and makes necessary adjustments or minor repairs to ensure production of containers is made in a safe, efficient and high quality manner. The primary duties of an Operator include: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other related activities as assigned - Operate a group of plastic blow molding machines and auxiliary equipment producing a container in a safe and high quality method. - Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other related activities as assigned. - Perform and/or assists in mold, insert and color changes on the line. - Perform basic processing of injection and/or blow molding machines to improve machine efficiency and reduce scrap. - Perform tasks and responsibilities of any Utility position during slow periods and/or as needed. - Monitor HDPE/PET resin (if applicable), dryer, material handling and color systems for appropriate processing conditions. - Make frequent on time quality checks on products being produced from established quality standards. - Assist other Operators and maintenance personnel on mechanical repairs. - Perform assigned preventative maintenance work. - Maintain work area to acceptable safety and housekeeping standards. - Complete and file all required documentation in an orderly and timely manner. - Communicate with the Production Shift Supervisor to coordinate production line support staff in accomplishing the lines’ objectives. - Verify material usage per standards - Perform minor troubleshooting and programming on the line. Notify leads and supervisors of any major problems or questions. - Operate equipment to minimize the generation and maximize the consumption of regrind, purge and scrap within customer specifications where applicable. - Properly identify regrind and chunk produced. - Communicate processing information to designated personnel on incoming shift. Assist other Operators as needed. - Assist in the training of new Operators. - Limited travel may be required

Quality Managers are responsible for the administration and management of all aspects of the plant’s quality program for all containers working through the plant quality, production, and logistics personnel. The responsibility includes management of internal / external relationships relative to quality (including supplier, customer, and regulatory compliance), management of internal quality control systems, process critical control points, and quality performance improvement and awareness. As a member of the Plant’s management team the Quality Assurance Manager also has shared responsibility for overall Plant operations, especially safety and efficiency.

Graham Packaging Company is looking for Packaging Specialists based in York, PA. This is a Day Shift position operating from 7am-7pm on a 2/2/3 schedule (working every other weekend). - Starting at $19.85/hour. - Weekly pay and benefits (medical, dental, vision, and 401k with match) effective on day one! Packaging Specialists are responsible for general housekeeping of the production area, case making, inspecting, and packing of finished product in accordance with established procedures, specifications and other guidelines. The primary duties of a Packaging Specialist include: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other related activities as assigned. - Visually inspect finished product for defects before packing to ensure quality. - Follow written packing instructions. - Notify supervisor or lead of potential problems with finished product and/or machinery. - Grind bottles as necessary, checking for contamination before grinding - Open and inspect bundles of corrugated material and check for proper printing and defects. - Stack case/dividers on carts and feed individual cases and dividers into case forming machine. - Use case making equipment in a safe manner. - Notify the appropriate coworker or assignee when supplies at the machine need to be replenished. - Communicate with incoming shift or line replacement on any problems with quality, machine, and packing configurations. - Assist with rework and heldware to ensure effective completion. - Assist in the training of regular and temporary workforce in stacking, packing quality, and case machines. - Keep work area and other facilities clean, orderly and safe. - Complete written documentation as required. - Limited travel may be required

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Forklift Operator based in West Chester, OH for night shift operating from 6:50pm to 7pm (paid lunch), on a 2-2-3 schedule.    Pay: $21.47/hr Additional $1.00 night shift differential.    Weekly Pay and Benefits Effective on Day One!   Forklift Operators perform a combination of product handling and lift truck operating duties to stack, transport, and store work-in-process and finished goods. Supplies production lines with efficient flow of materials – knockdowns and dividers - and moves finished goods to warehouse. Complete line driver reports accurately and legible showing locations and quantities of raw materials used as well as quantities and locations where finished goods were stored. Assist production line employees by relieving them in breaks and lunchtime periods. The primary duties of a Forklift Operator include: - Follow all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Perform a safety lift truck inspection and battery check and report any equipment malfunctioning or damage to the Warehouse Manager or Shift Supervisor. Change lift truck batteries and add water when necessary; keep record of time batteries are changed. Fill out lift truck status report. - Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other related activities as assigned. - Review daily production schedule with Shift Supervisor, brings materials to the production lines when needed to execute schedule and notify supervisor of any materials running low. Removes finished goods from production lines, back to assigned warehouse locations. - Provide accurate information of unloaded materials as well as materials used or produced to warehouse personnel. - Remove, store, and unitize production scrap bales and informs warehouse personnel when there is enough for a full load. Removes excess corrugated from mezzanine and empties baler as required. Takes full bales of cardboard scrap from baler to assigned location in the warehouse. - Maintain accurate records of materials being used and produced, and reports them in appropriate paperwork, back to warehouse personnel. - Remove finished goods and other materials in hold to assigned location. Stores finished goods stacked neatly and in proper height. Verifies that all finished goods removed from the production area must have a product code tag. - Participate in physical inventory taking. - Keep each production line supplied with the proper knock down cases, dividers, pallets and when each pallet is full take that pallet to the warehouse for loading on the trailer; and takes unused cases and dividers back to the warehouse to the proper location. - On limited production, may assist in stock-handler duties or load trailers as needed. - Bring up hot glue cases to the mezzanine, brings color concentrate to the lines, replaces cold glue tote, removes excess cases from production floor, brings slip sheets to production floor, loads storage racks with gaylords, set up rework, set up units of product on hold for Q.C., relieves stock handlers, loads and unloads corrugated trailers, identifies good corrugated from the bad and isolates it. - Follow established forklift procedures and complete required safety and maintenance checklists - Follow established procedures for damaged finished goods and raw materials and report them on line driver report. - Communicate with supervisor regarding shift totals and machine totals reports and with other lift truck operators regarding any changes or problems that arise, including damaged materials, damaged skids, or low inventories. - Complete written documentation as required. - Assist in relieving downstream teammates for breaks and lunches. - Use forklift to move pallets of finished product to stretch wrap machines to stretch wrap them and to staging area after wrapping, or to specify warehouse location. Completes finished goods report or worksheet. - Maintain supplies of corrugated and other packaging supplies at each machine. - Visually inspect all completed pallets of product for quality and conformity to the packaging instructions to ensure quality at the source. - Limited travel may be required.

Maintenance Managers are responsible for the overall plant maintenance and coordination of activities with other departments in a manner which results in the production of quality product at a cost and schedule consistent with company policies, customer service and plant objectives. The primary duties of a Maintenance Manager include: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Participates in plant staff, shift and safety meetings, and conducts regular departmental meetings and departmental training based on needs assessment. - Participates in plant operational planning meetings. - Develop new methods and procedures to optimize manufacturing efficiency and reduce operating costs. - Maintains direct contact with the Engineering department on the latest improvements to plant machinery and systems to more effectively increase manufacturing performance and reduce operating costs. - Investigates and diagnoses causes of breakdowns and develop programs and solutions to reduce/eliminate future occurrences. - Determines and controls maintenance budget to ensure efficient use of funds and reduce/eliminate repetitive purchases by identifying and eliminating root causes. - Responsible for the selection, training and development of shift personnel to attain department goals. - Meets with vendors and plant visitors. - May be responsible for special projects related to other functional areas. - 0-25% travel may be required.

The Director, Quality provides leadership and direction for Graham Packaging Quality Assurance strategic initiatives to achieve short and long term quality improvement objectives as it relates to Operations and external Customer quality performance.   This position will be accountable and own overall quality improvements and results as they relate to quality management systems, personnel development / growth, customer performance / relationships, continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product quality at manufacturing facilities and lead the organization in achieving positive results in quality metrics.    

Production Supervisors are responsible for supervising hourly employees engaged in all phases of the manufacture of all blow molded containers. Duties include safety, quality, customer service, housekeeping, training, performance management, plant productivity, labor utilization, warehousing, and control of raw materials.  This is a night shift position - 10:30pm - 6:30am, Monday - Friday and 1 weekend every 6 weeks. The primary duties of a Production Supervisor include: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices. - The majority of the time will be responsible for exercising authority and independent judgment on the shift in the interest of the Company to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, discipline or adjust complaints or effectively to recommend such action by following established policies, procedures, and practices. - Responsible for the following shift functions; personnel training, development, safety, security, quality, inventory, good housekeeping, and general management of Company policies and procedures. - Resolves all production and resulting quality problems that occur on their shift. Responsible for frequent checks of product quality. - Accountable for providing shift documentation on decisions, shift issues, actions and status updates for the shift for the purpose of compliance and continuous quality improvement (CQI). - Attends all production meetings and safety meetings and conducts all shift meetings as required. - Responsible for reviewing and authorizing proper time records for all employees on the shift. - Manages temporary staffing assignments for the shift to achieve plant production and labor objectives. - Manages machine utilization to meet or exceed efficiency goals and recommends or directs necessary personnel, maintenance or engineering changes to help achieve those goals. - Develops new methods and procedures to optimize manufacturing efficiencies, maximize labor utilization, and reduce operating costs as part of CQI objectives. - Assists Production, Operations or Plant Manager in reviewing shift operations and makes recommendations relative to changes in operations, staffing, equipment, and procedures. - Assists performing all physical inventories in accordance with Company procedures. - Maintain a supportive and productive work atmosphere through professional conduct and effective communication with internal and external customers, including vendors, coworkers, subordinates, and other supervisors. - Participates in job safety training and personally follows all plant rules and work procedures to ensure a safe and healthy work environment is developed and supported. - Executes leader standard work as designed on a daily basis. - 0-25% travel may be required.

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Machine Operator based in Altavista, VA. This position is a night shift opportunity working from 7:00 pm - 7:00 am.  The Operator is responsible for operating a given number of plastic blow molding machines (including in-line equipment), and makes necessary adjustments or minor repairs to ensure production of containers is made in a safe, efficient and high quality manner. The primary duties of an Operator include: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other related activities as assigned - Operate a group of plastic blow molding machines and auxiliary equipment producing a container in a safe and high quality method. - Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other related activities as assigned. - Perform and/or assists in mold, insert and color changes on the line. - Perform basic processing of injection and/or blow molding machines to improve machine efficiency and reduce scrap. - Perform tasks and responsibilities of any Utility position during slow periods and/or as needed. - Monitor HDPE/PET resin (if applicable), dryer, material handling and color systems for appropriate processing conditions. - Make frequent on time quality checks on products being produced from established quality standards. - Assist other Operators and maintenance personnel on mechanical repairs. - Perform assigned preventative maintenance work. - Maintain work area to acceptable safety and housekeeping standards. - Complete and file all required documentation in an orderly and timely manner. - Communicate with the Production Shift Supervisor to coordinate production line support staff in accomplishing the lines’ objectives. - Verify material usage per standards - Perform minor troubleshooting and programming on the line. Notify leads and supervisors of any major problems or questions. - Operate equipment to minimize the generation and maximize the consumption of regrind, purge and scrap within customer specifications where applicable. - Properly identify regrind and chunk produced. - Communicate processing information to designated personnel on incoming shift. Assist other Operators as needed. - Assist in the training of new Operators. - Limited travel may be required

Production Supervisors are responsible for supervising hourly employees engaged in all phases of the manufacture of all blow molded containers. Duties include safety, quality, customer service, housekeeping, training, performance management, plant productivity, labor utilization, warehousing, and control of raw materials.  This is a night shift position with hours of 6pm-6am. The primary duties of a Production Supervisor include: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices. - The majority of the time will be responsible for exercising authority and independent judgment on the shift in the interest of the Company to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, discipline or adjust complaints or effectively to recommend such action by following established policies, procedures, and practices. - Responsible for the following shift functions; personnel training, development, safety, security, quality, inventory, good housekeeping, and general management of Company policies and procedures. - Resolves all production and resulting quality problems that occur on their shift. Responsible for frequent checks of product quality. - Accountable for providing shift documentation on decisions, shift issues, actions and status updates for the shift for the purpose of compliance and continuous quality improvement (CQI). - Attends all production meetings and safety meetings and conducts all shift meetings as required. - Responsible for reviewing and authorizing proper time records for all employees on the shift. - Manages temporary staffing assignments for the shift to achieve plant production and labor objectives. - Manages machine utilization to meet or exceed efficiency goals and recommends or directs necessary personnel, maintenance or engineering changes to help achieve those goals. - Develops new methods and procedures to optimize manufacturing efficiencies, maximize labor utilization, and reduce operating costs as part of CQI objectives. - Assists Production, Operations or Plant Manager in reviewing shift operations and makes recommendations relative to changes in operations, staffing, equipment, and procedures. - Assists performing all physical inventories in accordance with Company procedures. - Maintain a supportive and productive work atmosphere through professional conduct and effective communication with internal and external customers, including vendors, coworkers, subordinates, and other supervisors. - Participates in job safety training and personally follows all plant rules and work procedures to ensure a safe and healthy work environment is developed and supported. - Executes leader standard work as designed on a daily basis. - 0-25% travel may be required.

Summary Graham Packaging is seeking a dynamic and multidisciplinary Continuous Improvement Manager to optimize plant systems, production line and equipment performance, and product quality. The Continuous Improvement Manager will be skilled in assessing and diagnosing the root causes of problems that lead to defective products, production yield loss and reduced productive uptime. The Continuous Improvement Manager will work with plants to develop and manage A3 projects to systematically address the Pareto of improvement opportunities using Lean tools and the Graham Operational Excellence (OPEX) continuous improvement process. The Continuous Improvement Manager will be knowledgeable in the fundamentals of lean manufacturing including reduction of variability, waste elimination, and theory of constraints to drive continuous improvement. The position, regionally based, has CI responsibility for the Graham network of plants.  Each CI has a focus area such as Rapid Change-Over, DOE / FMEA & 8D Complex Problem Solving, Graham Operating System – CI Element, Yield & Materials Kaizen, and Intelligent Factory.

Graham Packaging is looking for a National Account Manager. The National Account Managers will be responsible for growing our business. This is an opportunity to grow our share of strategic customer business, and to identify and close new business with the full support of our world-class R&D, Operations, and Support teams. Our entire organization is aligned to support business growth and the successful individual will have the opportunity to help drive innovation throughout the organization. This position can be located in multiple locations throughout our footprint.

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Maintenance Tech I in Lexington, KY.  The opening is for NIGHT SHIFT, which operates during the hours of 6:48p -7a. Maintenance Technicians are responsible for installation and repair of equipment in the plant. The Maintenance Technician will perform preventative and reactive maintenance on all production equipment and building. The primary duties of a Maintenance Technician include: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Focus on producing quality product by monitoring quality levels and adjust the manufacturing processes to ensure product integrity. - Maintain controls for assuring successful plant performance to budgeted goals. - Perform highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility’s equipment. - Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments. - Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during operation and perform scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service. - Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and plant facilities. - Perform mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines. - Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service. - Perform simple machinist skills. - Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment in performing duties. - Detect faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations to proper supervision. - Assist and train production employees in proper operation and maintenance of machinery - Limited travel may be required

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Forklift Operator based in West Chester, OH for night shift operating from 6:50pm to 7pm (paid lunch), on a 2-2-3 schedule.    Pay: $21.47/hr Additional $1.00 night shift differential.    Weekly Pay and Benefits Effective on Day One!   Forklift Operators perform a combination of product handling and lift truck operating duties to stack, transport, and store work-in-process and finished goods. Supplies production lines with efficient flow of materials – knockdowns and dividers - and moves finished goods to warehouse. Complete line driver reports accurately and legible showing locations and quantities of raw materials used as well as quantities and locations where finished goods were stored. Assist production line employees by relieving them in breaks and lunchtime periods. The primary duties of a Forklift Operator include: - Follow all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Perform a safety lift truck inspection and battery check and report any equipment malfunctioning or damage to the Warehouse Manager or Shift Supervisor. Change lift truck batteries and add water when necessary; keep record of time batteries are changed. Fill out lift truck status report. - Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other related activities as assigned. - Review daily production schedule with Shift Supervisor, brings materials to the production lines when needed to execute schedule and notify supervisor of any materials running low. Removes finished goods from production lines, back to assigned warehouse locations. - Provide accurate information of unloaded materials as well as materials used or produced to warehouse personnel. - Remove, store, and unitize production scrap bales and informs warehouse personnel when there is enough for a full load. Removes excess corrugated from mezzanine and empties baler as required. Takes full bales of cardboard scrap from baler to assigned location in the warehouse. - Maintain accurate records of materials being used and produced, and reports them in appropriate paperwork, back to warehouse personnel. - Remove finished goods and other materials in hold to assigned location. Stores finished goods stacked neatly and in proper height. Verifies that all finished goods removed from the production area must have a product code tag. - Participate in physical inventory taking. - Keep each production line supplied with the proper knock down cases, dividers, pallets and when each pallet is full take that pallet to the warehouse for loading on the trailer; and takes unused cases and dividers back to the warehouse to the proper location. - On limited production, may assist in stock-handler duties or load trailers as needed. - Bring up hot glue cases to the mezzanine, brings color concentrate to the lines, replaces cold glue tote, removes excess cases from production floor, brings slip sheets to production floor, loads storage racks with gaylords, set up rework, set up units of product on hold for Q.C., relieves stock handlers, loads and unloads corrugated trailers, identifies good corrugated from the bad and isolates it. - Follow established forklift procedures and complete required safety and maintenance checklists - Follow established procedures for damaged finished goods and raw materials and report them on line driver report. - Communicate with supervisor regarding shift totals and machine totals reports and with other lift truck operators regarding any changes or problems that arise, including damaged materials, damaged skids, or low inventories. - Complete written documentation as required. - Assist in relieving downstream teammates for breaks and lunches. - Use forklift to move pallets of finished product to stretch wrap machines to stretch wrap them and to staging area after wrapping, or to specify warehouse location. Completes finished goods report or worksheet. - Maintain supplies of corrugated and other packaging supplies at each machine. - Visually inspect all completed pallets of product for quality and conformity to the packaging instructions to ensure quality at the source. - Limited travel may be required.

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Warehouse Spec/Ship Clerk-Shuttle Driver, based in Bradford, PA. We have one opening for 3rd Shift, which operates during the hours of 6:54pm -7am on a rotating schedule. This position will operate a Cascade Fork Truck and Shuttle Truck.  This position does REQUIRE a CDL Class A   Starting at $22.21/hr.   Warehouse Specialist/Shipping Clerks monitor all aspects of shipping, warehousing, and the movement of freight while maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and service. The primary duties of a Warehouse Specialist/Shipping Clerk include: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Coordinate with Supervisor to generate orders for all daily shipments. - Direct and load outgoing trucks per schedule and manage paperwork. - Direct, unload, and store incoming materials and deliveries. - Gain understanding of sales orders and releases with Supervisor and customer logistic contact. - Operate forklift equipment with best, safe practices. - Ensure timely, organized, accurate plant receiving and record keeping. - Assist Supervisor in researching receiving and inventory matters. - Support Supervisor in maintaining perpetual inventory systems and perform physical inventories. - Support Supervisor in unloading, changeover of resin railcars and in preparing BOL - Complete data entry and record keeping with SAP and various spreadsheets. - Maintaining GMP Warehouse Standards. - Send outbound materials with associated paperwork. - Receive dunnage and conduct routine dunnage counts at the various sites. - Coordinate with Supervisor on storage, sale, and shipment of regrind, purging, and clean floor sweepings. - Conduct floor audits with shift end Forklift Operators to review damaged product. - Backup and assist Warehouse Lead with shipment of outbound / inbound UPS/Fed-Ex packages. - Input purchase orders into system in ID Buy and track until product delivery. - Shipping Clerk Responsibilities: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Enter correct information on bill of lading and fax to customers as required. - Contact customers and common carriers as required. - Coordinate shipments to Customers and Warehouse. - Responsible for all the paperwork connected with the warehouse function including bills of lading, freight bills, location records, unit load patterns, customer overage or shortage complaints, supply inventory records, and notifies all applicable department Managers. - Take part in physical inventories as needed. - Assist in normal daily Shipping operations as needed. - Communicate all conditions that may affect the quality of product to Supervisor and/or Plant Manager. - Receive incoming supplies and materials as required; deliver to specific departments as needed. - Enter correct information on Certificate of Compliance and fax to customer as needed. - Create manual bill of ladings, sales orders and provide proof of delivery as needed. - Check on outgoing carriers and assign dock door. Coordinate outgoing shipments with the Forklift Operator. - Ensure all loads go out on time with the correct materials, in shippable condition. - Ensure all product that may be damaged in the warehouse or shipping operations are properly handled via the HFI procedure. - Ensure all production is properly logged into the Warehouse Management System. - Informs Scheduling and Production when there are discrepancies in the Warehouse Management System, especially if they will directly affect customer shipments. - Help provide training assistance for new Warehouse/ Shipping personnel. - Ensures all shipping costs are accurately recorded. - Orders operational supplies in such a way as to avoid running out or having too much inventory.

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Robot Operator based in Altavista, VA. This opening is for  NIGHT SHIFT, which operates during the hours of 7pm to 7am. This position will operate the robot and a forklift. The Operator is responsible for operating a given number of plastic blow molding machines (including in-line equipment), and makes necessary adjustments or minor repairs to ensure production of containers is made in a safe, efficient and high quality manner. The primary duties of an Operator include: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other related activities as assigned - Operate a group of plastic blow molding machines and auxiliary equipment producing a container in a safe and high quality method. - Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other related activities as assigned. - Perform and/or assists in mold, insert and color changes on the line. - Perform basic processing of injection and/or blow molding machines to improve machine efficiency and reduce scrap. - Perform tasks and responsibilities of any Utility position during slow periods and/or as needed. - Monitor HDPE/PET resin (if applicable), dryer, material handling and color systems for appropriate processing conditions. - Make frequent on time quality checks on products being produced from established quality standards. - Assist other Operators and maintenance personnel on mechanical repairs. - Perform assigned preventative maintenance work. - Maintain work area to acceptable safety and housekeeping standards. - Complete and file all required documentation in an orderly and timely manner. - Communicate with the Production Shift Supervisor to coordinate production line support staff in accomplishing the lines’ objectives. - Verify material usage per standards - Perform minor troubleshooting and programming on the line. Notify leads and supervisors of any major problems or questions. - Operate equipment to minimize the generation and maximize the consumption of regrind, purge and scrap within customer specifications where applicable. - Properly identify regrind and chunk produced. - Communicate processing information to designated personnel on incoming shift. Assist other Operators as needed. - Assist in the training of new Operators. - Limited travel may be required

Operations Managers direct supervisors and assigned personnel within the Production Department. Coordinate production activity in a manner that results in the production of quality product in a safe and cost effective manner. Work with scheduling to ensure that an effective production plan is developed and executed consistent with plant procedures, customer service requirements, and plant objectives. The primary duties of an Operations Manager include: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Works with supervisors to oversee all Production department personnel/HR issues including: hiring, reviews, recognition, disciplinary, attendance, and grievances. - Responsible for the execution of a production schedule to satisfy customer service requirements with respect to time, cost, and quality. - Assigns and oversees all supervisory project work such as safety programs, housekeeping, regrind, CQI, etc. - Ensures cost effective inventory levels of production supplies are maintained to meet production requirements. - Coordinates with the Maintenance Manager on the preventative maintenance required for the operational equipment. - Maintains contact with the sales department so that customer requirements are effectively met and maximum utilization of plant facilities is obtained. - Manages temporary staffing levels for the operation to achieve plant objectives for labor efficiency. - Attends meetings as necessary. - Assists in taking all physical inventories in accordance with corporate procedures. - Conducts all trials and R & D for packaging conditions such as banding and stretch wrap. - Ensures that the necessary plant Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) are developed and that production employees have been trained to meets plant operations objectives. - May be responsible for special projects related to other functional areas. - 0-25% travel may be required. #LI-TA1

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Production/Shift Lead based in Modesto, CA.  This opening is for 2nd shift which operates during the hours of 3:00 PM to 11:30 PM.      The Production/Shift Leads are for production lines during one whole shift of operation. Responsible for knowing and enforcing policies, procedures, practices and programs. The primary duties of a Production/Shift Lead include: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Assign shift personnel to production equipment, following shift work schedule and break schedules to ensure work is completed on time. - Train employees on a shift. - Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other related activities as assigned. - Oversee safety, security, good housekeeping and enforce company policies to eliminate accidents and control accident costs. - Resolve production and quality problems that occur on a shift.  Make frequent checks of product quality and GMP standards and give functional guidance to shift operations and quality personnel. - Complete written documentation as required. - Attend all production, safety, and shift meetings. - Assist Production Manager in reviewing shift operations and make recommendations relative to changes in organization, personnel, equipment and procedures. - Follow work orders and ensures proper product codes are used and built. - Accurately report production data. - Troubleshoot and make necessary adjustments to machinery and equipment. - Inspect materials prior to use. - 0-25% travel may be required. #INDHP   The standard pay range for this role is $27.53 - $33.33.  Salary offers will be determined based on final candidate qualifications, experience, skillset, and other relevant factors.

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Warehouse Specialist/Material Handler based in Houston, TX. This opening is for 1ST Shift, which operates during the hours of 6:00 am -2:30 pm. This position will operate a Fork Truck. Warehouse Specialist/Shipping Clerks monitor all aspects of shipping, warehousing, and the movement of freight while maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and service. The primary duties of a Warehouse Specialist/Shipping Clerk include: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Coordinate with Supervisor to generate orders for all daily shipments. - Direct and load outgoing trucks per schedule and manage paperwork. - Direct, unload, and store incoming materials and deliveries. - Gain understanding of sales orders and releases with Supervisor and customer logistic contact. - Operate forklift equipment with best, safe practices. - Ensure timely, organized, accurate plant receiving and record keeping. - Assist Supervisor in researching receiving and inventory matters. - Support Supervisor in maintaining perpetual inventory systems and perform physical inventories. - Support Supervisor in unloading, changeover of resin railcars and in preparing BOL - Complete data entry and record keeping with SAP and various spreadsheets. - Maintaining GMP Warehouse Standards. - Send outbound materials with associated paperwork. - Receive dunnage and conduct routine dunnage counts at the various sites. - Coordinate with Supervisor on storage, sale, and shipment of regrind, purging, and clean floor sweepings. - Conduct floor audits with shift end Forklift Operators to review damaged product. - Backup and assist Warehouse Lead with shipment of outbound / inbound UPS/Fed-Ex packages. - Input purchase orders into system in ID Buy and track until product delivery. - Shipping Clerk Responsibilities: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Understands, follows and enforces all established policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Enter correct information on bill of lading and fax to customers as required. - Contact customers and common carriers as required. - Coordinate shipments to Customers and Warehouse. - Responsible for all the paperwork connected with the warehouse function including bills of lading, freight bills, location records, unit load patterns, customer overage or shortage complaints, supply inventory records, and notifies all applicable department Managers. - Take part in physical inventories as needed. - Assist in normal daily Shipping operations as needed. - Communicate all conditions that may affect the quality of product to Supervisor and/or Plant Manager. - Receive incoming supplies and materials as required; deliver to specific departments as needed. - Enter correct information on Certificate of Compliance and fax to customer as needed. - Create manual bill of ladings, sales orders and provide proof of delivery as needed. - Check on outgoing carriers and assign dock door. Coordinate outgoing shipments with the Forklift Operator. - Ensure all loads go out on time with the correct materials, in shippable condition. - Ensure all product that may be damaged in the warehouse or shipping operations are properly handled via the HFI procedure. - Ensure all production is properly logged into the Warehouse Management System. - Informs Scheduling and Production when there are discrepancies in the Warehouse Management System, especially if they will directly affect customer shipments. - Help provide training assistance for new Warehouse/ Shipping personnel. - Ensures all shipping costs are accurately recorded. - Orders operational supplies in such a way as to avoid running out or having too much inventory.

Warehouse Managers are responsible for the management of all logistic personnel and the overall responsibility for the material handling, receiving, shipping and warehouse operations and coordinating activities with the other departments in a manner which will result in meeting production schedules and customer delivery dates consistent with the Company policy and plant objectives.

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Machine Operator Level I, based in Mason, Ohio. This opening is for NIGHT SHIFT, which operates during the hours of 6:48pm - 7am on a rotating  2/2/3 cadence schedule.   Pay: $19.85/hr Additional $1.00 night shift differential. Once trained, wage increases to Qualified rate.   Weekly Pay and Benefits Effective Day One!   The Operator is responsible for operating a given number of plastic blow molding machines (including in-line equipment), and makes necessary adjustments or minor repairs to ensure production of containers is made in a safe, efficient and high quality manner. The primary duties of an Operator include but not limited to: - Understands, follows, and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures, and recognized practices. - Understands, follows, and enforces all established policies, procedures, and recognized practices. - Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other related activities as assigned. - Operate a group of auxiliary equipment producing a container in a safe and high-quality method. Such as Labelers, Palletizers, Strech Wrappers, Strappers, Blenders, Vision Systems and more as needed. - Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other related activities as assigned. - Assists on color changes on the line. - Perform tasks and responsibilities of any Utility position during slow periods and/or as needed. - Monitor HDPE resin (if applicable), material handling and color systems for appropriate processing conditions. - Make frequent on time quality checks on products being produced from established quality standards. - Assist Operator II, Master Techs. and maintenance personnel on mechanical repairs. - Perform assigned preventative maintenance work to in-line equipment. - Maintain work area to acceptable safety and housekeeping standards. - Complete and file all required documentation in an orderly and timely manner. - Communicate with the Production Shift Supervisor to coordinate production line support staff in accomplishing the lines objectives. - Verify material usage per Bill of materials (BOM) - Perform minor troubleshooting on the line. Notify leads and supervisors of any major problems or questions. - Operate equipment to minimize the generation and maximize the consumption of regrind, within customer specifications where applicable. - Properly identify regrind produced. - Assist in the training of new Operators I - Limited travel may be required.