Feeder/Packer - Forming - Day

Feeder/Packer role that interchanges functions based on business needs.

Responsibilities

• Feeder duties:
  • Feed a minimum of 4 machines, including lifting product, pre-breaking, and placing into feed hopper.
  • Feed and maintain 6 formers.
  • Remove plastic and tickets from loads; provide tickets to the operator.
  • Monitor quality, ensure cartons are straight, and remove loose scrap; sort as directed by the operator.
  • Maintain R.S.C. inventory and supply case packers with needed materials.
  • Maintain good housekeeping and follow all safety requirements (GMP’s, PPE’s, HACCP & JSA regulations).
  • Perform other duties as required.
• Packer duties:
  • Catch and maintain 6 lanes.
  • Pull product from forming chutes at the count mark.
  • Perform basic quality control: remove bad product, ensure proper gluing, and verify correct product count in sleeves.
  • Complete quality check-off sheets.
  • Place product into bags, then into cases, and onto conveyor after quality checks.
  • Assist operators with cleaning glue tips, relieving other packers for breaks, labeling, repacking boxes, and maintaining area cleanliness.
  • Maintain good housekeeping and follow all safety requirements (GMP’s, PPE’s, HACCP & JSA regulations).
  • Make and label boxes, fill glue containers, and clean work area.
  • Check with operators or supervisor for additional tasks.
  • Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Experience: Packaging experience in a manufacturing setting preferred.
• Other Qualifications:
  • Dependable team player.
  • Ability to read, understand, and comprehend safety rules, quality procedures, and machine operating procedures.
  • Ability to communicate production and machine issues to supervisors and coworkers.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment around machinery.
  • Basic mathematics (counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).

Working Conditions

• Required PPE: safety glasses with side shields, hearing protection, steel-toed shoes, and task-specific PPE.
• Manufacturing plant is not environmentally controlled; humidity and temperature vary throughout the year.

Physical Demands

• Continuous use of hands and fingers to position, and arms to reach.
• Frequent bending and movement within the work area.
• Occasional stationary positions, ascending/descending steps, pushing, pulling, and communication.
• Occasional moving and positioning of up to 35 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Benefits

• Full health insurance (medical, dental, and vision).
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.