Packaging Operator

Job Description

Package products in bags, boxes, or bulk containers; label and stack on pallets.

• Stack bags of product weighing up to 50# from between waist and shoulder height to a pallet between knee and shoulder height.
• Maintain product and packaging quality through visually inspecting finished product.
• Ensure product, bags, wraps, seals, boxes, and pallets meet quality standards.
• Participates in full facility equipment clean-up between runs, as directed.
• Accountable for maintaining and sustaining FIFO program.

Operate and Troubleshoot Packaging Equipment

• Set up, operate, and perform basic trouble shooting of packaging equipment, to include but no limited to:Bemis 1, Bemis 2, Parsons, Jem lines, Palletizers, forklifts, stretch wrappers, scales, metal detectors, belts, control panels, labelers, coders, case erectors, trash compactors.

Quality Assurance Duties

• Enter data collected from routine checks into IQS software.
• Know and monitor HACCP compliance in-process.
• Absorb and perform product changeover, cleaning, and sanitation; perform inspections required before product start-up.
• Collect finished product samples for product release testing.
• Perform verification checks of metal detectors and magnets in area of responsibility as specified in Quality Checkpoints.
• Immediately communicate Quality concerns to Packaging Lead or Supervisor.
• Participate in the 1st article of inspection to ensure food safety and quality.

Documentation and Reporting

• Complete required paperwork accurately and completely, including simple production reports.
• Proficiency in Alphia Business Systems (i.e., JDE, IQS, etc.) as it applies to the position.

Technical Skills and Competencies

• Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, and percentages.
• Basic computer skills.
• Willing to work in a team environment and contribute to group goals.
• Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally, in written form, and via radio.
• Ability to receive and provide instructions in a positive manner.
• Ability to obtain Alphia Lock Out / Tag Out certification.
• Ability to obtain Alphia forklift certification.
• Ability to multi-task.

Qualification Requirements

• Education: High school diploma and/or GED required.
• Experience: Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear, walk, and move from place to place.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit, use foot/feet to operate machine, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl or reach above shoulders.
• The employee is frequently required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or touch.
• The employee must exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• The employee may be frequently exposed to allergens and/or airborne particles in the production area.
• Production employees are exposed to temperatures ranging from 0 to 100 degrees, depending on the season and workstation, and may be working near moving mechanical parts.
• Occasional exposure to outdoor weather conditions may occur.
• The noise level in the work environment may be loud while production equipment is running.
• Personal Protection Equipment (including, but not limited to, boots, gloves, safety glasses, and/or face shields) is required during various processes in the production area.
• Earp plugs and bump caps are required at all times in the production area.