About Anchor Industries
Anchor Industries is a leading U.S. manufacturer of commercial tents, shade structures, pool covers, and other fabric-based products. For more than 130 years, Anchor has built a reputation for innovation, quality, and customer service across a wide range of industries.
Job Purpose:
Stage and load large rolls of fabric for the Eastman cutting machines, which cuts raw fabric material into pattern form. Will be required to meet productivity goals.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Review work order and specifications.
- Pulls correct material to be staged for all plant 2 Eastman cutting machines, loads material on the machine, and returns material back to the proper location.
- Uses a forklift to safely remove skids of material from racking, stage materials for Eastman machine operation, and store skids back in racking after use.
- Make sure the Eastman machines have skids to offload the cut material.
- Always be available whenever a machine needs fabric loaded or unloaded.
- Compare fabric listed on work order to fabric being staged.
- Work with Lead Team Member to make sure the material needed is ordered on time.
- Train new Cutting Loader Trainees.
- Works cooperatively with all coworkers to achieve common goals; communicating effectively and sharing information and resources appropriately.
- Keep work area neat, clean and organized.
- Ability to work overtime as needed.
- Other duties as assigned by leadership.
Education/Experience: Prefer high school graduate or GED. One (1) year of related work experience or proven individual ability. Will be trained further on the job for this position. Forklift certification and prior experience are preferred but not required.
Specific Job Skills Required:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to be proficient in the following areas:
- Must be able to prove regular and predictable attendance.
- Show enthusiasm and commitment toward the job and the mission of the company.
- Detail oriented, multi-tasking ability with an aptitude for accuracy.
- Knowledge of current business office practices and procedures such as MS Office, Outlook, office equipment operations, filing systems, etc.
- Solve practical problems within scope of responsibility.
- Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral or schedule form.
- Meet project deadlines while working with various stakeholders.
- Accurately reading and using a tape measure and can perform basic math.
- Use professional email etiquette in all communications.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Frequent walking, cervical and torso twisting, reaching, handling/grasping, fingering/feeling and keyboarding.
- Occasional lifting up to 50 lbs., pushing/pulling up to 150 lbs., kneeling, crouching, climbing, crawling, standing and driving.
- Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust
focus.
Potential for Promotion:
Dependent upon availability and individual performance.