Packaging Operator

Job Responsibilities

• Runs and maintains Leaker Detection, Metal Detection and all Packaging equipment.
• Completes and maintains all Documentation and Inspections as assigned.
• Ensures the correct operation and follows all Procedures of the Typical Day assigned equipment.
• Identifies flows from HCV’s to packaging and completes Product Transitions.
• Trains to troubleshoot and communicate any Plant issues with related equipment and/or Process.
• Maintains the operation and Sanitation of all Typical Day equipment including: CIP(Clean In Place) system, COP (clean out of place systems), Operator Based Maintenance and Pre and post CIP inspections.
• Performs All In Process Sampling as assigned.
• Notifies/Communicates with management/maintenance any problems with equipment or processes that could affect Safety, Food Safety or quality.
• Learns and operates computer related processes and controls.
• Handles and reforms products safely.
• Participates in training and development programs and associated activities.
• Coaches and trains teammates.
• Communicates any food safety incidents, observations, or opportunities to leadership team or teammates.
• Participates in food safety and sanitation root cause analysis and improvement activities when required.
• Prioritizes safety above all other job duties by reporting any safety issues, observations, opportunities to teams and following up.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED from an accredited institution.
• SAP experience.
• Dairy manufacturing experience.

What Will Put You Ahead

• English skills must be proficient to understand, read, write and speak English.
• Basic computer skills.
• Able to work 12-hour variable shifts, including weekends, holidays and overtime as needed.
• Able to lift up to 60lbs.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear.
• Stand and walk almost the entire workday.
• Physically capable of working in any of the job tasks within the cheese plant.
• Pushing, pulling, reaching, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, handling and grasping, twisting/turning, repetitive bending.