Packaging Operator - 2nd Shift - West Main

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Operates and monitors block forming tower sequencing through HMIs, metal detectors and Beta-Vac packaging machine to ensure quality of products to company and customer standards.
• Loads bags onto tower.
• Enters work orders, lot numbers and items codes into scale equipment.
• Weighs and attaches identification labels to blocks.
• Adjusts towers to ensure proper block heights and product weight.
• Boxes cheese according to work instruction and performs quality control checks.
• Palletizes blocks, labels pallets and moves finished pallets from production to staging area.
• Closes work orders for product shipment; records pertinent information for financial tracking.
• Documents all production according to established procedures.
• Takes and records cooler temperatures; reports deviations from company standards to Production Supervisors and/or Maintenance.
• Sanitizes equipment and block forming/packaging area according to company procedures.
• Trains other team members in the essential duties and responsibilities for this department.
• Complies with all company Safety, HACCP and GMP policies.
• Immediately reports any food safety or quality issues to management or other individual authorized to initiate action.
• Performs Sanitation of all packaging equipment per Sanitation Instructions. (Blockforming Towers, Conveyance Belts, Sealer, Scale, Floors, pipes, drains)

Qualifications

• High school degree or equivalent (GED), preferred.
• Experience in a manufacturing setting, preferably food manufacturing, desired.
• Strong operation control and monitoring skills to control operations of equipment and to make sure machines are working properly.
• Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of two-, three- and four-digit numbers using units of weight measurement and counts.
• Ability to read and comprehend work related documents and carry out work instructions.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas effectively and in a way that other Team Members will understand.
• Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions or apply general rules to specific problems.
• Basic Computer Skills including familiarity with Microsoft Office.
• Self-motivated – Acts based on inner drive and incentives.
• Organized – works and thinks in a methodical and orderly way.
• Adaptable- Adjusts easily to new or changing circumstances.
• Detail oriented – works / thinks in a methodical and organized way with a high attention to detail.
• Team player – works well within diverse groups to achieve common goals.

Education and Certifications

• Forklift Certified (will train and certify internally).