Feeder/Packer - Gluing - Night

About the role

Night shift position (6 PM – 4 AM, Monday–Thursday). The feeder/packer will interchange functions depending on business needs.

Responsibilities

Feeder duties

• Feed a minimum of 4 machines: lift product, pre-break, and place into feed hopper.
• Maintain 6 formers.
• Remove plastic and tickets from loads; give tickets to the operator.
• Monitor quality: ensure cartons are straight, remove loose scrap, and sort as directed.
• Maintain R.S.C. inventory and supply case packers with needed R.S.C.’s.
• Maintain good housekeeping.
• 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 and replace bad product, verify proper gluing and 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.
• Relieve other packers for breaks/lunch; assist with labeling, repacking boxes, and keeping the area clean.
• Maintain good housekeeping.
• Follow all safety requirements: GMP’s, PPE’s, HACCP & JSA regulations.
• Make and label boxes.
• Fill glue containers for machines.
• Clean work area and check with operators/supervisor for additional tasks.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Packaging experience in a manufacturing setting preferred.
• Dependable team player.
• Ability to read, understand, and follow safety rules, quality procedures, and machine operating instructions.
• 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

• Safety glasses with side shields, hearing protection, and steel-toed shoes are required; task-specific PPE may also be required.
• Manufacturing plant is not environmentally controlled; humidity and temperature vary throughout the year.

Physical Demands

• Continuous use of hands and fingers to position items; frequent reaching with arms, bending, and moving about the work area.
• Occasional stationary positions, ascending/descending steps, pushing, pulling, and communicating.
• Occasional lifting and positioning of up to 35 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required: 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.
• Disability insurance.