General Helper

Company: GCP PAPER USA, Inc.

Location: Houston, TX

Job Type: Full-Time, Hourly

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Shift: 12-Hour Rotating Shifts

Job Summary

We are seeking a reliable, hardworking General Helper to join our team in Houston. This position is responsible for executing various operational support, cleaning, and manual packaging activities across different areas of our manufacturing plant. You will follow established procedures and safety regulations to ensure the continuous, efficient, and smooth flow of our production processes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Sanitation & Housekeeping: Clean designated production areas, hallways, line structures, and physical machine housings to support 5S standards.
• Material Allocation: Organize, stage, and arrange scrap materials, polyethylene rolls, protective liner wrap, and industrial pallets within logistics cells.
• Scrap Weight Logging: Accurately measure and log weights from scrap carts, core waste ("galleta"), outer liner components, and raw paper materials.
• Parent Roll Preparation: Strip and prepare large paper parent rolls and web substrates to ensure efficient automatic and manual splicing cycles.
• Mandrel Assembly Support: Help technical teams mount and dismount expansion shafts, roll sleeves, and mechanical core mandrels on line feeds.
• Parent Roll Swapping: Provide physical operational assistance during machine paper roll modifications and continuous line changeovers.
• Line Startup Support: Assist operators with initial machinery setups, equipment startups, and the early phase running of production lines.
• Basic Blockage Mitigation: Learn basic line resetting steps to safely clear simple paper jams, lift blockages, and help reactivate down equipment.
• Operational Sourcing Familiarity: Demonstrate consistent availability and a proactive attitude to learn automated machine interfaces and processing dynamics.
• Compactor/Baler Execution: Safely execute material compaction tasks using hydraulic waste compactors and cardboard shredder units.
• Compactor Area Care: Maintain a spotless, organized, and debris-free environment around industrial baler and waste compactor operations.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Experience: Beginner-level experience in a production, manufacturing, or industrial warehouse environment is preferred.
• Language: Basic communication skills in English and Spanish.
• Skills: Basic understanding of production procedures and material flow within a plant; strong attention to detail and excellent teamwork.
• Work Authorization: Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Stamina: Ability to stand and walk constantly for prolonged periods of time, up to 12 hours per shift.
• Mobility: Physical capacity to bend, twist, crouch, and climb occasionally.
• Lifting: Ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull objects weighing between 0 to 50 lbs.
• Environment: Regular exposure to industrial noise, dust, variations in temperature, elevated areas, greasy zones, and confined spaces.
• Required PPE: Constant and mandatory use of steel-toe boots, safety glasses, hearing protection, hairnets, hard hats, and anti-cut gloves (provided by the company).

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Company Benefits

• 100% Employer-Paid Healthcare: Fully covered individual Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• 100% Employer-Paid Disability: Fully covered Short-Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD).
• Retirement: 401(k) Plan.
• Time Off: Paid Time Off (PTO).

Standard Disclaimers & Compliance

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

• Employment At-Will: This job description does not constitute an employment contract. Employment with GCP PAPER USA, Inc. is "At-Will," meaning that either the employee or the company can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or prior notice.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: GCP PAPER USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors.
• Regulatory Compliance: The individual in this position is responsible for adhering to all OSHA safety protocols, ISO 9001:2015 standards, FSC certification requirements, the corporate Code of Ethics, Employee Manual, and active Human Resources policies.