1st Shift Baler Operator
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Date:May 14, 2026
Location: Fort Smith, AR, US
Company: Leggett & Platt
We make life more comfortable.
Leggett & Platt's overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives - by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.
Leggett & Platt's inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.
From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.
Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history
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Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.
Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery - our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.
Learn more about Bedding Components: L&P Bedding Group (https://beddingcomponents.com/)
Job Summary:
The Baler Operator will operate baling machine to bale scrap foam. The Operator will tie off completed bales, and package for shipment.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Education & Experience:
Must be at least 18 years of age to perform this job. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
· Push empty scrap buggies from the baling area to the areas of the plant where they are used and exchange with full buggies of scrap foam. Then push full buggies to baling area to be baled.
· Separate foam @types for separate baling (when needed).
· Load scrap foam into the baler and activate with hand buttons.
· When bale is complete, tie off the complete bale.
· Remove the bale from the baler with the squeeze tow motor (license required), and move to scales to be weighted and tagged.
· Move completed bale to the bale storage area. Repeat process continuously throughout shift.
· To ensure that all scrap foam is baled and stored in the proper area, all bales rare to be tagged with the correct weight. Daily log sheet is turned into the lead person.
· Wear proper PPE as required.
· Maintain excellent housekeeping practices in production area.
· Practice proper safety techniques.
· Complete general area maintenance duties on equipment as assigned. This may include help from the maintenance department when necessary.
· Follow all procedures and guidelines.
· Perform other duties as assigned.
Education:
· High School diploma or GED equivalent required; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience:
· Good mechanical aptitude and attention to detail.
· Able to work accurately from verbal and written instructions.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
· Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time.
· Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; maintains a clean and organized work environment.
· Quantity - Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity.
· Safety - Observes all safety procedures and policies; Reports potentially unsafe conditions to supervisor; Uses equipment and materials properly.
· Good attention to detail.
· Able to work accurately from verbal and written instructions
This description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continual basis. It does not exclude other duties that may be assigned.
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Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth - good or bad.
Do Great Work...Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.
Our Commitment to You
We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all. Leggett & Platt is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veteran status, and more. Join us!
We welcome and encourage applications if you meet the minimum qualifications. Even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications, we'd love the opportunity to consider you.
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