Packaging Utility Operator

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain compliance with Huber Sustainability Management Standard requirements.
• Monitor equipment for visible emissions, shut down equipment with visible emissions, and report emissions to manager.
• Report spills, incidents, and near hits to manager and input into Enablon.
• Operate blending system to ensure recipes meet specifications and packaged bags/supersacks comply with weight tolerances and regulatory labeling requirements.
• Manual handling and palletizing bags weighing up to 50 lbs. at a rate of up to 120 per hour for the shift.
• Service and repair bulk powders and packaging equipment, including supersack fillers and automatic bagging systems.
• Keep palletizer supplied with necessary supplies and clean super sacks and bagged pallets in the pallet blow-off booth.
• Warehouses finished product, completes required paperwork, stencils product, repalletizes product, and dumps nonconforming product.
• Maintain good housekeeping practices, inspects packaging supplies for reuse, and maintains records of production.
• Works closely with Purchasing and Scheduling to ensure adequate supplies of packaging and production materials are available.
• Follows ISO 9001 guidelines and supports the quality management system.
• Consults with Maintenance personnel and initiates action to correct any problems found.
• Notifies Production Manager of any problems that may impact confirmed finished product ship dates.
• Collaborates with QC Lab Technician to ensure compliance with quality control specifications.
• Participates in continuous improvement efforts, including attending meetings, using continuous improvement tools, tracking data, and addressing issues on white boards.

Physical Requirements

• Works inside and outside in all areas of the plant, often exposed to heat, cold, inclement weather, grease, oil, potential ground product/raw material spillage, and dirty working conditions.
• Thorough knowledge of manual bagging, super sack filling, and automated packaging processes, including starting up, running, and explaining the process.
• Ability to lift and move 50 lbs. consistently while packaging, and ability to ascend and descend ladders, climb stairs, stoop, kneel, bend, crouch, and crawl.
• Work in a dusty environment where temperatures vary from extremely hot to cold, work in humidity, and around various chemicals.

Total Rewards

• U.S. Market-Based Salary Range: Packaging Utility Operator [$22.97 - $25.28]
• Annual discretionary bonus and profit-sharing payout may be eligible.
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package as detailed on the Huber Benefits Hub.