Packaging Production Worker General Labor 1st Shift

About the role

As a Packaging Production Worker, you will perform necessary functions to efficiently, safely, and correctly prepare and process raw material for cooking or cut & package finished product in preparation for shipment to customers.

Responsibilities

• Follow daily production schedule and achieve specified goals.
• Ensure product conforms to specifications and minimize rework or inedible product.
• Operate taping machines, shrink wrap machines, pallet jacks, trash and recycling compactors.
• Perform standard operating procedures of production and inspection functions as directed.
• Complete all necessary technical and soft skills training as directed.
• Return from breaks in a timely manner and notify lead/supervisor before leaving the department.
• Accurately complete all necessary paperwork as directed.
• Attend all department and company scheduled meetings.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work area.
• Immediately report all accidents and deficiencies to the lead/supervisor.
• Ensure safety devices are installed and working properly.
• Suggest improvements and continuously improve the quality of all support activities.
• Perform all duties within OSHA and company safety standards.
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) training, company pre-requisite programs, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures (SSOPs).
• Ensure products are correctly labeled and identified for proper disposition.
• Keep records of products used to follow FIFO (first in – first out).
• Count and place packages in appropriate caddies, maintaining accurate records, washing and sanitizing carts, racks, and trucks.
• Handle finished product, placing it continuously in trays or assembly lines for shipment.
• Build pallets by stacking boxes, preparing pallets with cardboard wrapping, manually shrink wrapping, and moving pallets with a manual pallet jack.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as necessary.

Requirements

• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to perform repetitive functions.
• Must adhere to all company policies and regulatory guidelines.
• Must accept direction from Department Leads and supervisors.
• Must communicate effectively with co-workers and supervisors.
• Must work well in a team-oriented environment.
• Must perform duties with minimal supervision.
• Excellent attendance and dependability.
• Attention to detail.
• Great communication skills.

Qualifications

No formal education or prior experience is required. Knowledge of warehouse and assembly line experience is a plus.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to sit and reach with hands and arms.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision.

Work Environment

• Plant/office setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels.
• Exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet/slippery floors.
• Travel may be required.

Schedule

Monday–Thursday, 6:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.