Packager (Day Shift and Swing Shift positions available)

About the role

Why Somafina? Somafina is an industry leader in contract manufacturing of dietary supplements. Our commitment to our customers and our aggressive growth strategy provide opportunities to manage uniquely complex projects with a team of dedicated and expert collaborators. We pride ourselves on our superior commitment to maintaining the highest quality standards while fostering a company culture that is collaborative and supportive.

Responsibilities

• Preparing of product into bulk, filled bottles or packaged for packing and shipment.
• Replenishes packaging supplies such as boxes, shrink-wrap, labels or pallets.
• Inspects materials, products, and containers for non-conformances at each step of packaging process.
• Inspects filled container to ensure that product is packaged according to specifications.
• Records information, such as batch code, time, and date packaged.
• Makes minor adjustments or repairs to basic machinery.
• Starts, stops, or regulates speed of conveyer.
• Starts, stops, or sets up tape machine.
• Contributes to department team incentive goals.
• Supports and involves in company, department, and/or safety policies, procedures, programs and activities.
• Maintains a clean and orderly work area.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Good verbal and written communication skills are necessary.
• Basic computer skills to input data into the database.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a current food handler's permit.

Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Basic computer skills.
• Common sense understanding.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and converse and listen.
• Ability to lift, carry, and maneuver items over head as part of routine job duties.
• The employee must exert up to 50 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. of force frequently, and/or up to 10 lbs. of force constantly to move objects.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include near acuity, far acuity, accommodation, color vision, and field of vision.