Job Postings

Candidates must be comfortable working independently, answer calls, enter data for accounts payable, shipping and receiving, and occasionally on the shop floor to count inventory. Work will include, but is not limited to:

• Phone Operations
• Working with Purchasing and Tracking Inventory
• Processing and Shipping Orders
• Entering vendor bills and customer invoices
• Creating Copies
• Mail Sorting
• Filing
• Arranging travel
• Assisting with Quotes and Work Orders
• Creating Manuals
• Tracking Office Supplies
• Assisting with Overflow Work from Various Departments as Needed

Required Skills:

5 Year Experience in Clerical Work, Proficient in Microsoft Office and Outlook, Knowledge of QuickBooks, Detail Oriented, Billing Experience, Completing Tasks Daily, Time Management, Exceptional Communication Skills & Professionalism

Make parts on Haas TM-2P Mill and/or TL- 2 Lathe machines. The right candidate will need to setup throughout each day for various parts made from steel, SS, and aluminum. Precision, multi-setup, and speed are key criteria for this Machinist position. Applicant must know how to either program each part from the server or use HAAS G-Code programming to program and set up each part.

Skills and Requirements:

• 5 years experience programming and setting up Haas Lathe and Mill
• Ability to work independently
• Leadership: ability to train 1-2 employees to operate machines
• Setup jobs made from steel, SS, and aluminum
• Precision, multi-setup, and speed skills
• Proficient with tools
• Ability to lift 75lbs

Programming and Troubleshooting Shrink Wrap Capital Equipment Systems; Full-Time.

American Packaging Machinery, Inc. Designs and manufactures heavy duty, high performance shrink packaging and shrink bundling machinery intended for three shift applications in the most demanding industrial environments. We pride ourselves in hiring people in the local community for over 25 years. The role of Electrical Controls Engineer will be to design the programs of our Shrink Wrapping Systems and their components/accessories by creating electrical schematics and programming PLC and HMI controls.. The Electrical Controls Engineers will have the expectation to work independently on new projects while also implementing the mechanical designs in the process and working as a team member.

Required Skills:

• 8+ years creating electrical schematics and panel layout drawings
• 8+ years PLC and HMI Controls Programming and troubleshooting for automated equipment and machinery
• Experience with Allen Bradley Software (RSLogix5000), AutoCad Electrical, Kinetix 6000 motion control products
• Reading Mechanical Drawings
• Creating electrical BOM from schematics / customer specifications
• Experience with PLCs, VFDs, and motion control products
• Familiar with 10/24 VDC, 120/240/480 VAC
• Some field service and / or start up at customer sites possible
• Debug all systems and follow through with final performance testing
• Write all operation manuals
• Train service person on machine operation

Required Knowledge:

• Packaging industry and automation Experience
• Create all drawings for machine wiring
• Specifications for controls design
• UL specifications
• Factory Talk Studio for HMIs, able to support PanelBuilder applications
• Troubleshooting knowledge with electrical components and wiring
• Phone support

Assist with cutting raw materials, distributing them to machinists, assist our welder, and/or any other general production needs. We require some production/manufacturing experience, ability to read mechanical drawings.

Experience Required:

• Some knowledge reading drawings/blueprints
• Ability to be trained to set and operate multiple bandsaws
• Ability to lift 75 lbs
• Knowledge of using power, measurement, and hand tools
• Follows safety guidelines and wears appropriate gear

Job Type: Full-time

+_We are hiring multiple people for our General Laborer positions to assist with cutting raw materials, distributing them to machinists, assist our welder, and/or any other general production needs. We require some production/manufacturing experience, ability to read mechanical drawings.

Experience Required:

• Some knowledge reading drawings/blueprints
• Ability to be trained to set and operate multiple bandsaws
• Ability to lift 75 lbs
• Knowledge of using power, measurement, and hand tools
• Follows safety guidelines and wears appropriate gear

Job Type: Full-time

Manual Machinist Full-time Benefits:

• Annual bonus possible
• Birthday bonus
• Excellent healthcare, dental, and life benefits
• Retirement plan
• Vacation and PTO
• Paid holidays
• Very low turnover and job security

Requirements:

• Set-up and operate manual lathes.

• Inspect parts for obvious defects such as dents, rust or dirt or size variations prior to start of work

• Using measuring instruments or gauges to assure parts are according to drawing/specification

• Perform machine maintenance such as oiling machines and support equipment

• Maintain work area in neat and orderly manner, observes safety rules and company policies. Wear protective clothing, safety glasses and hearing protection as required

• Keep supervisor informed on problems experienced on work assignment and in work area

• Perform other duties as may be assigned or required. May be cross trained on other production machines in similar labor grade
• Ability comprehend instructions and read complicated drawings. Use a variety of precision measuring instruments including calipers, micrometers, and other instruments used
• Ability to pull, lift, push over a minimum of 75 pounds at one time

Full-time and Part-time

COVID-19 considerations:
Must wear masks walking to and from work station and practice social distancing

Qualifications Questions to Apply :

• 5+ years manual machining experience
• 5+ years machining parts on manual lathe and/or mill experience

Build control panels, wire equipment, and assemble our custom manufactured shrink wrapping equipment.

Skills REQUIRED:

• 5+ years building and wiring electrical control panels and boxes for machinery/equipment
• Knowledge of building and wiring electrical equipment and machine building.
• Read, interpret and understand schematics and mechanical drawings.
• Utilizing schematic, plan electrical assembly and wiring sequence.
• Build and wire electrical control panels.
• Familiar with 120/208/240/480 AC voltages and 24 DC control voltages and less
• Experience with pneumatics.
• Some field service / system start-ups will be expected.
• Utilize hand and power tools for assembly.

Job Type: Full-time

Build Heavy Duty Shrink Wrapping Systems and their components/accessories per mechanical drawings and electrical schematics in our Woodstock, IL location, and service customers around the continental U.S. as needed.

Requirements:

• 2+ years machine building/assembling experience
• Assemble sub-assemblies from mechanical drawings
• Must be able to read and understand electrical schematics and mechanical drawings
• Identify and troubleshoot machinery
• 20% travel required

Benefits:

• Group sponsored Healthcare, Vision and Dental
• Company sponsored SIMPLE IRA retirement plan
• Vacation and PTO

Job Type: Full-time

Welder Full-time Benefits:

• Annual bonus possible
• Birthday bonus
• Excellent healthcare, dental, and life benefits
• Retirement plan
• Vacation and PTO
• Paid holidays
• Very low turnover and job security

Requirements:

• Responsible for setting up and operating welding equipment on a wide range of metals of complicated subassemblies and assemblies
• Regulate gas for proper atmospheric control, current and voltage for proper penetration and fusing of metals
• Check and straighten gasket surfaces and grind excess weld from finished work
• Perform Mig/Tig Welding as required
• Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
• Conserve resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results
• Contribute to team effort by training others in performance of welding tasks as needed
• Inspect all work and insure it meets requirements prior to passing it on to the next operation
• Must be able to safety use small hand and power tools, measuring tools, air tools and welding equipment
• Must be able to read and interpret Drawings and Bills of Material
• Three years of welding experience in a manufacturing environment
• Ability comprehend instructions and read complicated drawings. Use a variety of precision measuring instruments including calipers, micrometers, and other instruments used
• Ability to pull, lift, push over a minimum of 75 pounds at one time

Job Type: Full-time and Part-time

COVID-19 considerations:
Must wear masks walking to and from work station and practice social distancing

Qualifications Questions to Apply :

• 5+ years welding experience
• 5+ years Mig and Tig experience