Packaging Operator

ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, and Pepsi.

Benefits

• Health and Wellness Care Program
• Child Care Benefits
• Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
• Recognition programs and promotional opportunities
• 401K Retirement Plan with excellent matching
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
• Short-term, long-term, and life insurance paid by ALPLA
• Paid vacation and paid holidays

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot multiple types of packaging equipment, including but not limited to:
  • Carton erectors
  • Partition inserters
  • Product inserters (MPV, VPM, PLU)
  • Foil dispensers
  • Top closers
  • Palletization equipment
• Manual responsibilities:
  • Loading, building, and making boxes
  • Hand packaging of bottles
  • Loading labels
• Maintenance:
  • Perform routine cleaning and minor maintenance of equipment to ensure smooth operations
• Material Handling:
  • Loading/unloading packaging materials such as corrugate, containers, or other raw materials
• Documentation:
  • Accurately document records of finished goods, packaging specifications, or any visual quality checks
• Perform changeovers of diverse packaging equipment (e.g., case erector, partition inserter, top sealer)
• Apply correct labels
• Perform quality checks consisting of visual inspection of overall product, labels, and packaging integrity for defects
• Housekeeping
• Perform autonomous maintenance

Performance Metrics:

• Labeling Accuracy: Maintain a labeling accuracy rate of 100% by consistently following all labeling procedures without deviation.
• Quality Control Compliance: Perform all required quality checks with 100% completion and accuracy, identifying and reporting any defects per standard operating procedures.
• Line clearance accuracy
• Autonomous maintenance completion

Competencies

• Ensures Accountability
• Decision Quality
• Communicates Effectively
• Instills Trust
• Collaborates
• Values Differences
• Drives Results

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Minimum 6 months of manufacturing experience preferred
• Capable of lifting 55 pounds and standing for a minimum of 12 hours
• Able to work with multiple types of equipment simultaneously
• High cleanliness standards for machines and work area

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to stand, walk, push, pull, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally climb or balance.
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to sit.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 lbs., frequently lift and/or move up to 38 lbs., and occasionally lift and/or move or push/pull up to 55 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision.

Required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA).