Utility Mailer at The Washington Post in Springfield, Virginia

Job Description:

Job Description

The Washington Post Production facility is in need of motivated and dependable individuals to join our part-time, on call production team as a Utility Mailer. We offer flexible scheduling, generous benefits, competitive wages, and you get to work in an innovative, creative, and friendly work environment.

Job Purpose:

Assemble, mail and dispatch newspapers.

Schedule: Varies days, afternoons, and nights

Tasks performed:

Lift and stack bundles weighing up to 30 pounds

Transports skids of newspapers and inserts using a forklift/electric jack/deep reach

Handles/transfers newspapers by loading trucks with forklift or electric jack

Manually place bundles of paper, weighing up to 30 pounds, on and take off of conveyor belt

Operate conveyor belt controls

Feed stacks of papers into inserting machine

Run and repair collating and inserting machines

Change spools of materials weighing up to 50 pounds with the use of lifting tools

Wraps and bundles utilizing machine

Mechanically operates various electro-mechanical machinery that bundles, wraps, straps, and palletizes bundles of paper

Dispatch materials to various locations in the rack

Enter, verify, and monitor a dispatch information utilizing computer

Cut metal and plastic bands from around skids

Prepares product by fanning or jogging to separate and feeds in to machine

Job Requirements:

High school diploma orequivalent

Previous manufacturing experience a plus

Ability to work in a fast paced noisy environment

The Post strives to provideits readerswith high-quality, trustworthy news and information while constantly innovating. That mission is best served by a diverse, multi-generational workforce with varied life experiencesand perspectives.All cultures and backgrounds are welcomed.

The innovation doesn't end in the Newsroom - dozens of teams power The Washington Post. We are now hiring the next innovator - how will you Impact Tomorrow?

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