Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Maintenance Tech based in Jefferson, LA. This opening is for 12hr rotating shifts, 6:30a-6:30p and 6:30p-6:30a. Must be able to work Day/Night Shifts, as the shift will rotate every month!   Pay: $31.34/hr Weekly Pay and Benefits Effective Day One! 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.  

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 11pm-7am, M-F  -- Some weekends on a rotational basis. 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 Forklift Operator based in York, PA (Farmbrook plant).  This position will work a night shift schedule, 7pm to 7am.   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.          #INDHP

Salary Range is:  $80,000 - $90,000.00     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 6:30pm-7:30am.

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Machine Operator based in York (Emigsville), PA. This position is a Monday - Friday night shift opportunity from 11pm-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 an Industrial Maintenance Mechanic based at the Atlanta HCI plant off of Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy, in Atlanta, GA. This opening is for Night Shift which operates during the hours of 6:48pm-7:00am on a 2/2/3 schedule (working every other weekend). This position will work with Husky and Sidel Machines. - Pay starting at $30.89 per hour based on experience.  - Weekly pay and benefits (medical, dental, vision, and 401k with match) effective on day one! Maintenance Mechanics are responsible for installation and repair of equipment in the plant. The Maintenance Mechanics  will perform preventative and reactive maintenance on all production equipment and building. The primary duties of a Maintenance Mechanic 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.   #INDLP

The Company Graham Packaging Company is a global leader in the design, manufacture and sale of value added, custom blow-moulded plastic containers used for packaging branded food and beverages, personal care and household products, chemicals and lubricants.  With annual sales of over $2 billion and over 80 manufacturing plants around the world, the company is a clear market leader in nearly every market segment in which they operate.    The Role The Plant Controller will report directly to the Regional Controller and will have responsibilities for the West Chicago (St. Charles, IL)  plant location specifically: - Responsible for the monthly closing process, analytical review of plant financial statements as well as forecasting and budgeting at the plant level - Review and analyze data to identify actual plant manufacturing results versus established objectives - Provide support to develop and track additional cost savings opportunities and monitor progress of current initiatives - Collaborate with senior level business unit professionals to provide insightful, data-driven analysis and support - Other responsibilities as needed   This role is segmented into 3 main themes – Insight, Control and Planning & Reporting.    Insight - Identify key performance metrics that impact conversion costs and work with operations on reduction opportunities - Analyze conversion costs and productivity of the plant to drive operational improvement in focused areas; fully support A3 process and initiatives; drive A3 reporting requirements within the plant - Provide financial leadership for capital management, including working with the manufacturing organization to prepare financial analysis related to cost savings & maintenance projects (“AFEs”) - Drive team to utilize forecast data to drive actions in the plant with flexibility in spending, manning and overall structure - Key participant in other plant lead team support initiatives and other plant functions such as safety, quality, etc. - Evaluate and analyze plant profitability at a SKU or mold level - Educate and train staff on plant financials, spend tracking, and operational levers. - Assist Plant Managers when vacancies exist in other areas  Control - External/Internal audit support - Monitoring of standard costs for accuracy - Assist in the management of the physical inventory audit process - Implement and ensure compliance of internal financial & operational controls and procedures and SOX related requirements (Building Blocks) - Inventory control focused on eliminating monthly physical count variances, reduction of slow moving/obsolete write offs; managing inventory on a FIFO basis; coordinating a successful annual tagged physical inventory - Control and maintenance of fixed asset inventory to include annual fixed asset audit  Planning & Reporting - Responsible for financial closing process for assigned plant manufacturing locations - Scorekeeper of Daily Trackers for labor and variable spend; ensure team has the tools and training to track their spend on a daily basis to optimize performance - Work with Plant lead team to develop annual plant operating budget and management presentation, monthly forecast updates and full year forecasts - Analysis of monthly operating variances with explanations to plant team and executive leadership - Provide day to day financial and operational support - Perform manufacturing variance analysis - Responsible for developing plant standard costing - Review and approve product standard costs reasonableness and correlation to plant operations - Assist management with financial analysis or special projects #LI-TA1

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Forklift Operator based in Muskogee Oklahoma. Opening is 7:00 AM- 3:30 PM, 5 days one week 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 hiring a PLC Maintenance Electrician based in York, PA. This opening is for 2nd Shift which operates during the hours of 2:42pm-11pm. - Qualified candidates starting up to $40 per hour based on experience. - Additional $3.00 shift differential for 2nd shift. - Weekly pay and benefits (medical, dental, vision, and 401k with match) effective on day one! Maintenance Electricians are responsible for troubleshooting, maintenance and repair of systems using electrical, mechanical and processing skills. The Maintenance Electrician will perform preventative and reactive maintenance on all production equipment and building. The primary duties of a Maintenance Electrician include: - Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices. - Make changes to PLC’s and HMIs to add/remove functionality. - Reads and interprets drawings, blueprints, schematics and PLC code. - Installs, examines, replaces or repairs electrical wiring, receptacles, switches, conduits, feeders, industrial communication cable assemblies, lighting fixtures and/or other electrical components. - Tests electrical and electronic equipment and components for continuity, current, resistance and voltage up to 500v DC and 480v AC. - Maintains, repairs, tests and installs electrical motors, AC and DC Drives, also hydraulic and pneumatic control systems. - Troubleshoots, maintains and repairs industrial, electrical and electronic control systems and other related devices. - Conducts preventive maintenance programs and keeps accurate maintenance records. - May install, maintain and calibrate industrial instrumentation and related devices as required. - Assist and train production employees in proper operation and maintenance of machinery. - Limited travel may be required.   #INDHP

Quality Improvement Managers are responsible for analyzing current and potential opportunities and leading improvement initiatives within the plant's quality programs and processes for all containers working through the plant quality, production, and logistics personnel. As a member of the Plant’s management team the Quality Improvement Manager also has shared responsibility for overall Plant operations, especially safety and efficiency. Primary duties of a Quality 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. - Drive Quality training initiatives across the plant as well responsible for developing a quality culture and improvement. - Use observation, questioning and data measurement to fully understand and categorize current quality issues. - Develop a detailed root cause analysis for each problem, where each root cause is validated through testing, i.e. the condition or defect can be turned on or off. - Identify and eliminate sources of variation that lead to changes to the Standard Operating Condition (SOC). - Perform data analysis and prepare written reports in order make visible the true nature of problems and opportunities. - Facilitate problem solving to root cause elimination and permanent reduction of variance. - Lead Problem Solving and/or Kaizen events by leveraging/modeling the DMAIC process. - Develop countermeasures that could range from basic problem containment to system repair to equipment replacement. - Lead Daily Management processes to validate that actions lead to desired performance improvements. - Partner with third party suppliers to perform equipment or system assessments and support quality systems - Support deployment of Lean tools such as 5S, Visual Factory Aids, etc. to improve plant quality performance. - Proactively seek problems that need to be solved and quantify the anticipated benefit of solving each particular problem. - Follow through to assess and report on achieving desired improvements. - Develop and ensure appropriate standard work and/or training tools or documentation is developed and in place to minimize problem reoccurrence. - May be responsible for special projects related to other functional areas. - Other duties as assigned - 0-25% travel may be required. #INDHP #LI-TA1

The Director of Operations will work very closely with the Vice President of Operations and the other Business Unit Directors to lead their organization through various initiatives such as the implementation of manufacturing systems and processes, standardization of processes and metrics, asset rationalization and utilization, operational excellence, and distribution realignment, among others. This executive will build the BU team that will drive bottom-line performance and improve service while creating world-class highly efficient operations. 

Graham Packaging Company is looking for an Operator 1 based at the Atlanta HCI plant off of Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy, in Atlanta, GA. This opening is for Day Shift which operates during the hours of 7am-7pm on a 2/2/3 schedule. - Pay starting at $19.85/hour. - Weekly pay and benefits (medical, dental, vision, and 401k with match) effective on 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: - 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

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Machine Operator based in Rockwall, Tx. This opening is for night shift 6:54pm - 7:00am, which operates on a 3-2-2 schedule.    Pay: $19.85/hr Additional $ night shift differential.    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.

Graham Packaging Company is currently hiring for a Plant Manager based in Sturtevant, Wisconsin.  This position will work a traditional Monday through Friday work schedule, but will require flexibility as it is responsible for a facility which runs as a continuous operation (24 hours per day / 7 days per week).  Plant Managers are responsible for overall effectiveness of day-to-day manufacturing operations through direction of personnel in the management of safety, quality, customer service, efficient utilization of resources, equipment, materials and manpower procedures and programs. The primary duties of a Plant 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. - Leads the plant safety initiatives through the participation and development of safety training programs, plant safety meetings, safety audits and by encouraging employee involvement through safety suggestion and recognition programs. - Leads the plant quality initiatives through the implementation of corrective actions from customer or internal complaints, coordinating new product qualifications, and participating in internal and external quality system audits and developing and implementing corrective action plans. - Responsible for the selection, training, growth and development of shift and staff personnel to attain organizational goals - Reviews operating statements for all departments and directs manufacturing operations so that all plant costs are within budgetary standards. - Develops and maintains sound relations with customers and works with them to identify systems improvements and possible supply chain cost reductions. - Ensures continuous improvement plans are developed and implemented to ensure short and long range goals are in process. - Oversees the production planning process to ensure customer requirements are satisfied. - Maintains contact with sales department and customer service to effectively meet and maximize utilization of plant facilities. - Act as the Plant’s Project Manager on new initiatives involving equipment and molds. - Participates in monthly, quarterly and year-end physical inventories in accordance with corporate guidelines. - Oversee the creation and implementation of plants strategic and tactical plans that provided the needed focus and drive to achieve the plant and overall company objectives. - Drive continuous improvement plans using Operation Excellence tools across cross functional departments. - Promote an open door and team building environment policy. - May be responsible for special projects related to other functional areas. - 0-10% travel may be required.

What you can expect: In this position you will develop good project organizational skills by supporting all aspects of an electrical engineering project. You will work alongside a senior automation engineer developing control systems for high speed proprietary packaging equipment contributing to such things as: - General review and understanding of 1-Step RHSB Process - General understanding of PET Material Rheology and characteristics - Participating in Process Definition DOEs - Data Collection and analysis. - Setting up and configuring industrial PC’s’ and PLC’s - Developing/modifying standard work for process control and operator training - Hands-on experience with plastics manufacturing equipment. Goal of Program: - Enhance technical understanding of extrusion, RHSB and related processes. - Experience in managing a complex DOE - Technical understanding of PET materials and characteristics. - Through understanding thermodynamic process inputs. - Learn industry terms, materials, machines and speed of manufacturing. Example Projects: - Influences of ambient air temperature on process reliability. - Thermodynamic influencers on process controls #INDLP

Graham Packaging Company is currently hiring for a Plant Manager based in Findlay, Ohio.  This position will work a traditional Monday through Friday work schedule, but will require flexibility as it is responsible for a facility which runs as a continuous operation (24 hours per day / 7 days per week).  Plant Managers are responsible for overall effectiveness of day-to-day manufacturing operations through direction of personnel in the management of safety, quality, customer service, efficient utilization of resources, equipment, materials and manpower procedures and programs. The primary duties of a Plant 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. - Leads the plant safety initiatives through the participation and development of safety training programs, plant safety meetings, safety audits and by encouraging employee involvement through safety suggestion and recognition programs. - Leads the plant quality initiatives through the implementation of corrective actions from customer or internal complaints, coordinating new product qualifications, and participating in internal and external quality system audits and developing and implementing corrective action plans. - Responsible for the selection, training, growth and development of shift and staff personnel to attain organizational goals. - Reviews operating statements for all departments and directs manufacturing operations so that all plant costs are within budgetary standards. - Develops and maintains sound relations with customers and works with them to identify systems improvements and possible supply chain cost reductions. - Ensures continuous improvement plans are developed and implemented to ensure short and long range goals are in process. - Oversees the production planning process to ensure customer requirements are satisfied. - Maintains contact with sales department and customer service to effectively meet and maximize utilization of plant facilities. - Act as the Plant’s Project Manager on new initiatives involving equipment and molds. - Participates in monthly, quarterly and year-end physical inventories in accordance with corporate guidelines. - Oversee the creation and implementation of plants strategic and tactical plans that provided the needed focus and drive to achieve the plant and overall company objectives. - Drive continuous improvement plans using Operation Excellence tools across cross functional departments. - Promote an open door and team building environment policy. - May be responsible for special projects related to other functional areas. - 0-10% travel may be required.

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Maintenance Technician I position based in Tolleson, AZ. This opening is for NIGHT SHIFT, which operates during the hours of 6:30p to 6:30am.   Pay: Starting at $27.93/hr Additional $1.50 night shift differential.    Weekly Pay and Benefits Effective Day One!   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 Machine Operator based in Bradenton, FL. This opening is for  NIGHT SHIFT (3RD SHIFT), which operates during the hours of 10:48pm to 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

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Machine Operator based in Port Allen, LA. This position is a third shift position. 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