Packaging Operator

Responsibilities

• Operate machinery in a productive manner using the established safety guidelines and procedures.
• Assist other production areas, as needed.
• Move and wrap completed products.
• Will be lifting up to 50 lbs and standing for a minimum of 7 hours per day.
• Assist the Shift Leads to start and stop the pellet mills.
• Communicate any moisture or material problems to Shift Lead.
• Maintain a clean workstation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Bagging Operation

• Operating a variety of machinery, primarily bagging and baler machines, shrink wrapping machines, forklifts, pallet jack, and bag sealer.
• Stacking bags on pallets, putting covers on pallets and placing finished goods in the correct warehouse location.
• Accurate completion of the Bagger production report.
• Filling pellet sample cups every ton for quality control information.
• Taging pallet with Quality Control tag with initials, date, ton number, and the shift the pallet was completed.

Baler Operation

• Stacking bales on pallets, sealing bales with an iron, and wrapping pallets.
• Accurate completion of the Baler Operator production report.
• Checking bale weight, and recording information on various reports and quality control tags.

Qualifications/Education

• A high school diploma or GED preferred.
• Prior forklift and production line experience preferred.
• Requires good eye, hand, and foot coordination.
• Will need to pass the company forklift training.
• Requires the ability to read and interpret scales.
• Requires mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting skills to adjust the weight and timing of baler and various other simple maintenance problems.
• Requires the ability to do simple math calculations.

About the role

Lignetics, Inc. offers clean, renewable solutions. We have 30 years of experience innovating eco-friendly essentials for everyday life. Lignetics manufactures a variety of consumer brands in several different categories including wood pellets for home heating, BBQ pellets for grilling, wood pellets and shavings for animal bedding, and a wood fiber-based cat litter. Each of our products have unique features and benefits but are all linked with a wonderful recycled, renewable, sustainable, and carbon neutral story. We turn recycled sawdust into value-add, branded consumer products.