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Job Title: Production Packing Associate (Building Materials Manufacturing)
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated, dependable, and physically resilient Production Packing Associate to join our building materials manufacturing team. Operating under the direct supervision of the Production Shift Leader, you will serve as a vital link at the end of our automated extrusion lines-taking ownership of final product safety, visual quality inspections, and structural pallet packing.
This position requires operating in a fast-paced, demanding industrial environment. The ideal candidate takes immense pride in maintaining a clean workspace, catches material defects before they ship, and thrives in a heavy-duty manufacturing setting.
Key Responsibilities
End-of-Line Packing & Assembly
• Box Preparation: Assemble and glue corrugated product boxes, safely monitoring and restocking hot glue levels throughout the shift.
• Component Cutting: Utilize a manual hacksaw extensively to cut packing materials, structural components, and plastic strapping to precise lengths.
• Material Handling: Label, number, and systematically pack finished siding and building accessory profiles into designated containers.
• Palletization: Safely load completed product boxes onto skids, applying and pulling down heavy tension skid straps to secure the materials for warehouse transport.
Quality Control & Extrusions Line Support
• Visual Inspection: Conduct continuous, fast-paced visual inspections of each finished profile panel, checking for color uniformity, warping, or surface defects.
• Line Support: Assist the line operator with downstream setups, including stringing the production line during changeovers.
• Defect Escalation: Immediately flag and report structural or color anomalies to the Line Operator or Area Lead to minimize material scrap.
Safety, Housekeeping & Peer Support
• Environment Maintenance: Perform rigorous line housekeeping duties to maintain a clean, trip-free, and hazard-free workstation.
• Compliance: Adhere strictly to all corporate safety protocols, including the mandatory and continuous use of required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Team Cross-Training: Provide on-the-job guidance and peer training to incoming packing personnel as operations scale.
Qualifications & Physical Requirements
Mandatory Physical Capabilities (Non-Negotiable)
• Heavy Lifting: Proven capability to lift, carry, and maneuver heavy objects weighing up to 60 pounds repeatedly without the assistance of teams, dollies, or forklifts.
• Endurance: Ability to stand and walk continuously across a hard production floor for 8 to 12+ hour shifts.
• Mobility Elements: Comfort executing frequent and prolonged periods of pushing, pulling, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, gripping, and repetitive hand/arm motions.
Environmental Adaptability
• Ability to work comfortably inside an active manufacturing plant environment that is frequently noisy, dusty, and subject to high indoor heat and chemical/plastic process odors.
Core Competencies
• Strong verbal communication habits and a collaborative team attitude.
• Exceptional attention to detail when executing rapid visual inspections.
• Reliability, strong time management, and a safety-first mindset.
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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AllSTEM Connections is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.
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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Additional Skills
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AllSTEM Representative Contact Info
Account Executive:
IN HOUSE
Branch Phone:
(909) 244-1777
Location:
Houston, TX