Packaging Operator

About the Role

Responsible for filling customer orders to ensure items are delivered to the destination in a manner that meets company standards. The position involves palletizing product and maintaining proper warehouse organization while adhering to all safety rules established by PetIQ.

Responsibilities

• Pick, pack, and ship customer orders accurately and timely.
• Follow all safety, environmental, and regulatory guidelines; use required safety equipment.
• Maintain quality, cleanliness, and organization of the work area and equipment.
• Pick customer orders from inventory using a pack list on a pack line.
• Count cartons or containers to crosscheck and validate order accuracy.
• Complete orders efficiently and accurately; perform additional duties as assigned.
• Stack product on pallets and transport to the palletizing area.
• Verify counts on incoming product to ensure proper inventories.
• Understand and apply stacking patterns.
• Maintain a clean and well-organized work area.
• Use basic computer and math skills for accurate product counting.
• Apply knowledge of box sizes and standards.
• Manage time effectively throughout the shift to maintain product flow.
• Adhere to all safety rules and guidelines.

Requirements

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Basic math skills: add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, including whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent; interpret bar graphs.
• Dexterity to use hands, fingers, and arms for handling or feeling objects.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds; frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to use fifty (50) pounds of force to move objects.
• Physical ability to stand, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms for extended periods.
• Occasionally climb or balance; stoop, kneel, and crouch.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.

Physical Requirements

• Adequate hearing to receive detailed oral information.
• Adequate visual acuity to read documents and assess cleanliness.
• Specific vision abilities: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Daily lifting of product and boxes ranging from 1 to 50 pounds, from table level to floor and above the head.
• Ability to arrange and adjust product and supplies on pallets.
• Regularly required to stand, use hands and fingers, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• Ability to continually bend and stoop for approximately 8 hours per day.
• Ability to maneuver within tight spaces (e.g., 18 inches) when working on machine platforms.
• Ability to use small hand tools for minor maintenance or adjustments.
• Ability to work in temperature ranges from 80–100°F in summer and 35–65°F in winter.

Schedule

Monday–Friday, 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM.

About the Company

Our mission is to become the most trusted ally for pet parents and a leading authority in pet health and wellbeing. We deliver smarter health and wellbeing solutions that are innovative, accessible, educational, and effective.

Values

• Pet Parent Focused: Everything we do starts with the pet parent in mind. We’re dedicated to improving pet health and wellbeing through every interaction, product, and service.
• Results Oriented: We deliver with purpose and follow through with clarity, accountability, and impact.
• Humble and Hungry: We bring passion and confidence without ego. We’re always learning, improving, and striving to do better.
• Adaptive & Agile: We embrace change, move fast, and use it as our next advantage in creating innovative solutions.
• Stronger as a Pack: Collaboration is at the heart of how we work. We help each other win, because exceptional teams build something greater than any one of us could alone.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• Company-paid life insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• 8 paid holidays, 2 personal days, and PTO.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.