PALLETIZER OPERATOR

Responsibilities

• Operate palletizing equipment and forklifts to ensure efficient, safe, and accurate handling of finished goods.
• Always wear required PPE (safety shoes, high-visibility vest, gloves, eye protection, and hearing protection).
• Maintain clear aisles and safe speeds when operating forklifts.
• Reduce or clean debris in the Palletizer area (Use downtime to clean and organize the palletizer area).
• Shipping and Receiving Oversight
• Ensure efficient, accurate shipping and receiving.
• Inventory Management
• Helps on the Monthly and Yearly Inventory Count.
• Cross-Functional Coordination
• Serve as backup Shipping Lead.
• Ensure the correct product and packaging materials are loaded.
• Collaborate with Production, QA, Maintenance, and other departments.
• Start the machine following the manufacturer’s start-up procedure.
• Monitor product flow for proper alignment, stacking, and wrapping.
• Remove any defective or damaged products immediately.
• Perform basic troubleshooting for jams or misaligned pallets.
• Reporting And Compliance
• Record machine performance and downtime in the daily log sheet.

Requirements

• Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED equivalent 3–5 years of experience in Machine Operator/logistics roles (food/beverage preferred) and/or inventory control.
• Competencies & Capabilities: Self-starter, strong drive, highly motivated to make change and bring about fact driven decisions. Strong analytical skills. Ability to operate in a complex, rapidly changing environment while adhering to tight schedules and multiple priorities. Strong organizational, problem-solving and attention to detail skills are required. Must be well-organized and able to coordinate multiple tasks and requests. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and possess the ability to present information to external and internal groups. Computer/Technical Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Power Point, MS BI [Power BI or another tool.] Intermediate understanding of SAGE ERP or similar systems.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Required: High School diploma or GED equivalent 3–5 years of experience in Machine Operator/logistics roles (food/beverage preferred) and/or inventory control.
• Preferred: Intermediate understanding of SAGE ERP or similar systems.
• Desired: Computer/Technical Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Power Point, MS BI [Power BI or another tool.]

Work Environment

• Expected to work in cold environments if needed (30º to -20º) full PPE required (Freezer Suit will be provided).
• Floor presence and interaction with Warehouse and Production teams.
• Must be able to perform work in freezer/cooler environments as needed.
• Occasional evening/weekend hours.
• Stand, walk, bend, lift up to 50 lbs.