Production Assistant at Yazoo Mills, Inc.

Yazoo Mills, Inc., one of the nation’s leading, privately owned manufacturers of high-quality paper tubes and cores, servicing a wide scope of industries nationwide, such as converting, labeling, printing, packaging, flexible packaging, ropes and twines, medical supplies, tapes, graphic arts, and more. We are a family-owned business and our teammates are our family. We foster a company culture that inspires our employees to be innovative thinkers, problem solvers, community- minded, and results driven.

Are you looking for a new career with a stable company who has been in business for over 120 years? Yazoo Mills is hiring a Production Assistant to join our well-established and growing company. This will be a shared resource between the New Oxford facility and Hanover Plant 2 facility.

We offer:

• Competitive Wages.
• Comprehensive Benefits that include Health, Dental, 401(k), Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, 8 paid Holidays, Paid Time Off and more.
• Celebration of milestones and successes along with an occasional pop-up surprise to let our employees know we appreciate all of their hard work and dedication.
• Career Development by promoting from within and on-the-job training

Summary/Objective:

The Production Assistant serves as a shared resource between both plants and supports production.  This role is ideal for a proactive, detail-oriented, accurate, and highly organized individual who excels in communication and collaboration with employees and leaders at all levels. Responsibilities include handling inventory within production to include liners and covers, producing artwork and print plates, and ordering supplies such as ink and scrappers.

Essential Functions:

• Provides direct support to production managers.
• Creates artwork based upon customer specifications using Adobe Illustrator.
• Orders print plates from approved customer artwork and maintains print plate inventory.
• Maintains daily inventory of liners and covers and communicates appropriately for reordering.
• Order and maintain ink supplies, scraper bars, saw blades, knife blades, and other production supplies as needed.
• Order and maintain glue inventory and usage analysis.
• Completes paper and core quality testing to include crush tests.
• Communicates with outside vendors regarding quality concerns.
• Maintains confidentiality and handles sensitive information with discretion.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Hours: Monday through Friday 7AM-4PM

Position starts at $26.00/hr.