3660 Capping Machine Operator-Day Shift

Duties and Responsibilities

• Operates controls for the feeding line, brine pump, brine conveyor, capper conveyor, and jar washer conveyor.
• Uprights overturned jars and hand-fills with product or liquid as needed.
• Frees jammed jars on line or jammed caps in chute.
• Removes jars which do not conform to Company specifications (slack pack, foreign objects, poor quality).
• Notifies Pasteurizer Operator of product change, lunch, break or end of shift by placing empty gallon jar on line.
• Removes all jars under briner at break, lunch or end of shift. Turns off all switches at break, lunch or end of shift.
• Completes shift downtime report from briner conveyor to label machine.
• Makes sure all product adheres to food safety and quality critical limits.
• Keeps work space clean and tidy.
• Follows safety rules and company policies.
• Dumps boxes of caps as needed.
• Switches brine pump off as needed.
• Cleans switch panel.
• Carries all empty bottles that are reusable to glass washer area to be rewashed for later use.
• Turns in broken jars with thin walls to Supervisor with name of company, number of jars lost and amount of product discarded.
• Participates in training, employee meetings, committees, project teams, etc. as appropriate.
• Receives written instructions from packing schedule or verbal instructions from supervisor on above tasks and performs other work as directed by supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• High school graduate or equivalent needed. Additional trades training a strong plus.
• Ability to read, write and speak English required. Required math skills include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions.
• CRC (Bronze level or higher) a plus.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Machines, Equipment, Tools Used

• Capping machine
• Conveyor
• Syrup pump
• Feed-in line
• Brine conveyor
• Washer conveyor
• Brine pump
• Hand Tools

Physical Demands

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Climbing: Ascending or descending short ladders/stairs to reach job site.
• Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as: operates machines such as lathes, drill presses, power saws, and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm's reach, performs mechanical or skilled trades or a non-repetitive nature such as carpenters, technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc.

Work Environment

• Works inside, subject to some seasonal temperature variations and wetting from job tasks.
• Hearing protection required because of machinery noise.
• Head cover, beard cover and gloves required.