Packaging Technician I

Maintain packaging lines

Maintain packaging lines, including starting and stopping of equipment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ability to work in all assigned areas of the packaging line; perform relief duties when required.
• Follow directions and perform tasks as needed to ensure continuous work throughout shift.
• Must be able to manually stack pallets of finished goods according to specifications.
• Must be able to manually produce finished goods including taping/gluing of boxes/trays, packing of boxes/trays, and feeding product on and off of the production line.
• Perform basic troubleshooting on equipment as needed.
• Must adhere to escalation protocol and ensure proper channels of escalation are being followed.
• Load corrugate, glue pellets, ink, stretch wrap, etc. into appropriate machines.
• Watch flow of packaging materials into appropriate machine. Clear jams if necessary.
• Ensure that all equipment is on and functioning properly prior to starting a run.
• Must do visual inspection of boxes to ensure proper box/tray is used and the graphics on the box/tray are acceptable. Must ensure proper coding is on the bottle, cans, and boxes/trays
• Monitor machines while running. Check to see that all bottles/cans are packed into boxes and on pallets correctly.
• Understand and follow safety rules including safe lifting practices and safe machine operation. Personal Protective Equipment is to be used where required.
• Operate forklift in safe and efficient manner. Stage/move/load/unload materials.
• Handle chemicals according to proper safe handling procedures

Food Safety Responsibilities

• Complete food safety training and implement when needed.
• "Report any food safety problems to the SQF Practitioner or Department Manager in a timely manner so that corrective actions may be performed."
• Maintain quality requirements in accordance with company standards. Address and report any major defects or quality issues to the shift lead or supervisor.
• Housekeeping: maintain general housekeeping in all areas of production, including the break rooms and rest rooms. Remove plastic, cardboard and contaminated bottles/cans when needed; dispose of materials when needed. Keep work area clean at all times.
• Ensure that all packaging equipment and the packaging area are completely 100% clean and sanitary, ready for the following days or shifts production.

Required Experience

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Education: High School diploma or GED Preferred
• Experience: Previous bottle or can filling experience is preferred. Previous forklift experience preferred.
• Computer Skills: Intermediate knowledge of Google Sheets/Microsoft Excel, Google Docs/Microsoft Word, and Gmail/Outlook. Orchestra knowledge is a plus.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Forklift certification preferred but not required
• Language Skills: Must be able to effectively communicate in English, both verbally and written.