Crown Holdings, Inc.

Slitter Operator

Posted on: 6 Feb 2021

Hanover, PA

Job Description

Job Accountabilities

About Crown:

CROWN Cork & Seal USA, Inc., a wholly owned company of Crown Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in the design, manufacture and sale of packaging products for consumer goods. At Crown, we are passionate about helping our customers build their brands and connect with consumers around the world. We do this by delivering innovative packaging that offers significant value for brand owners, retailers and consumers alike. With operations in 36 countries employing over 24,000 people and net sales of over $8 billion, we are uniquely positioned to bring best practices in quality and manufacturing to our customers to drive their businesses locally and globally. Sustaining a leadership position requires us to build a team of highly talented, dedicated and driven individuals.

Division Overview:

Crowns Food Division is the number one manufacturer of food cans in the world. Our complete array of food packaging serves a variety of markets, including fruit, vegetables, dairy, fish, meat, ready meals, pet food, infant milk powder and other dry food products. We offer a wide selection of food cans from round to bowl as well as shaped cans. We truly focus on excellence. Here is your chance to join the Crown Food Division.

Location:

Plant 37 is located in Hanover, PA. The Plant manufactures 3-piece steel cans for the food industry over 3 shifts. There are approximately 50 employees at the Hanover location. The Plant is located on Route 194 in York County and is in close proximity to Gettysburg PA, York PA and the Maryland border.

Position overview:

The Slitter/Utility Operator works closely with Supervision and Quality to ensure optimum levels in Quality Inspections, Package identification, Final packaging, works closely with Plant Personnel to ensure processing equipment is cleaned appropriately, supports plant maintenance activities (e.g. painting).

Duties And Responsibilities:

Reporting directly to the Production Supervisor, the Slitter/Utility Operator responsibilities would include, but not be limited to, the following:

* Check loads of plate for possible problems before running them on slitter
* Accurately filling out production reports from load tickets
* Inspect body blanks being produced for quality, margins, surface scratches, squareness, color variation
* Feed body blanks into welder
* Feed ends into Double Seamers and check the quality of ends
* Empty slitter straw tubs and keep work area clean
* Assist maintainer to produce good quality and quantity
* Use Process Control to maintain good quality of work and monitor quality of products produced
* Relieve palletizer and slitter operator
* Clean equipment per requirements
* Support plant maintenance activities
* Ability to assist with lift truck operator responsibilities
* Other duties as assigned

*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Job Requirements

Minimum Requirements

* High School Education/GED
* Manufacturing experience a plus
* 1+year of forklift experience in a manufacturing environment
* Must be available to work various shifts if needed and be able to work nights, weekends, and overtime to cover absences or provide additional support

Preferred Requirements

* Knowledge of all OSHA related training in a manufacturing environment.
* 6S Training

Physical Requirements

* While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands, reach with hands and arms, and may be required to balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
* The associate may lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
* Ability to stand for 8-12 hour shifts

Working Conditions

* Generally works in a plant environment
* While performing the duties of this job, the associate will be exposed to light lifting, warehouse forklift traffic
* Production noise level is frequently loud

Benefits:

Crown offers competitive pay, comprehensive benefits including free company paid health insurance for employees as well as Company matched 401(k) and active hourly Pension Plan.

Travel

Crown is an equal opportunity employer. Crown does not discriminate against any candidate or employee on the basis of race, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Crown Holdings, Inc.

Yardley, PA

Crown Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells packaging products and equipment for consumer goods and industrial products in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It offers products for consumer goods, including steel and aluminum cans for food, beverage, household, and other consumer products; glass bottles for beverage product; and metal vacuum closures and steel crowns through its sales organization to the soft drink, food, citrus, brewing, household products, personal care, and various other industries.

The company also provides products for industrial products, such as steel and plastic strap consumables and equipment, paper-based protective packaging, and plastic film consumables and equipment to metals, food and beverage, construction, agricultural, corrugated, and general industries. In addition, it offers aerosol cans and ends; and promotional and specialty packaging containers with various lid and closure variations.

Further, the company provides industrial film and other related products; transit protection products, such as airbags, edge protectors, and honeycombs; and equipment and tools, such as manual, semi-automatic, and automatic equipment and tools used in end of line manufacturing applications to apply consumables. Crown Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Yardley, Pennsylvania.