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Why Great Northern

Established in 1962, Great Northern is a local, privately owned paper-based packaging manufacturer with a long history of providing secure, stable, and meaningful positions.  You will experience a collaborative team-first, safe, clean, enjoyable, and predictable workplace where team members support and care for one another. Great Northern Laminations is a division of Great Northern that specializes in edge protection and protective packaging. 

Our team members produce sustainable and eco-friendly products that are supplied to national brands that impact people's day-to-day lives. 

Great Northern is committed to making a difference in the lives of our team members, customers, and the communities in which we live and work.  Many of our team members were referred by their friends and families who are already a part of the Great Northern team.

Great Northern Corporation is headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin. Great Northern Laminations is one of Great Northern Corporation’s divisions, specializing in paperboard corner, edge protection, and shipping solutions. The division is made up of 5 manufacturing facilities across the United States: Appleton, WI, Allentown, PA, Jacksonville, FL, Fontana, CA, and Wilsonville, OR. To learn more about Great Northern Laminations, please follow this link.

EMPLOYEES ARE OUR GREATEST ASSET

Privately held, Great Northern is one of the nation’s largest independent producers of corrugated packaging.  For more than five decades, customers have turned to Great Northern Corporation for integrated, comprehensive packaging solutions in industrial, commercial and retail markets.

Great Northern exists to live out the core values established by our founders - integrity, personal growth, entrepreneurial spirit, and a shared future.

Our vision, "We help our employees win through personal growth and a shared future” is a call to action to deliver on building a people-centric culture, developing leaders from within, and sending people home fulfilled about their role and contributions. The "win" for everyone is a trusting and collaborative culture that helps us be at our best every day.

Our mission statement, "We help our customers win by doing what others can't or won't” gives us a clear purpose and raises the bar for performance. Doing what others "can't or won't" for our customers is demonstrated by a willingness to serve customers, value-added partnerships and proactively developing innovative solutions to our customer's challenges.  We are excited that you are looking to join our great culture. Here are some details about the 2nd shift production position at our Appleton, WI facility.

Position Summary

The 2nd Shift Crew Leader will operate equipment and provide leadership to crew to produce the finest quality product at rates and standards consistent with the Company's desire to be a Preferred Supplier of cost effective top quality products.

Pay/Schedule

• $26.00+ $2.00 shift differential
•  1:55pm - 10pm Monday - Friday

 The Benefits of Great Northern

• Competitive 401K match and a historically generous profit-sharing retirement savings contribution
• 9 paid holidays
• Paid vacation during your first year of employment
• Medical plan options are available to provide flexibility in choosing the one that best suits your individual and family needs
• Climate-controlled facility with a clean, comfortable breakroom
• Opportunities to advance your career and compensation level
• Flexible overtime opportunities when available and/or needed
• Ability to give and/or trade shifts with other team members
• Annual merit increases as well as market benchmarking to ensure competitive wages
• Health/fitness and tuition reimbursements

 Responsibilities

• Operate equipment to meet performance standards and customer satisfaction.

• Lead glass walls and be accountable to tracking performance. 
• Coach crew members to meet expectations of safety, quality, and productivity. 
• Participate or lead continuous improvement to enhance the business. 
• Ensure efficient staffing for machine, inform supervisor when problems arise.
• Set up computer for daily workload.
• Walk down length of machine to ensure it is ready to run.  Communicate well with crew members. 
• Monitor glue levels; maintain a clean and efficient glue system.
• Ensure housekeeping for entire machine area. 
• Manage quality testing and inspections to minimize waste and prevent shipping unacceptable product. 
• Document data collection.
• Be in constant communication with supervisors and crew members.
• Maintain productions reports
• Run sample orders and trials. 
• Utilize email, sharepoint, and other computer functions for adequate communication, SOP instruction, and documentation.
• Oversee training of new employees, ensure training checklists are completed, and participate in reviews.
• All other duties as required by Production Supervisors or Management

Opportunities for Growth

You will have the opportunity to learn new skills and acquire new knowledge that can be applied to grow into new positions with higher pay.  Furthermore, you can grow your career with Great Northern through advancement opportunities available at our facilities both locally and nationally.

Expectation

To be successful your teammates will depend on you to have pride in your work, be on time, work safely, work effectively with others, be optimistic, take ownership of your responsibilities, and look for continuous improvement opportunities.