Pouch Machine Operator - Night Shift

About Calyx

Calyx Containers is a 10-year-old packaging company serving the cannabis industry from Salt Lake City. We design, manufacture, and source compliant packaging - rigid containers, flexible packaging, and labels - through our own domestic manufacturing facility and an international sourcing network. This year we launched packOS, our digital quoting and ordering platform, and we are rebuilding how our production floor runs: clearer standards, real certification, and a pay path that rewards operators for what they can run.

The Role

At Calyx, this role is Production Operator II - Pouching. You run our pouch-making machine on nights. That means turning printed, laminated film into finished pouches - setting up the machine, running changeovers on your own, holding quality across the full run, and handing off product that is ready to ship. Nights run with a smaller crew, so this is a role for someone who can own the machine without anyone standing over them. When something drifts, you catch it. When something faults, you can diagnose it and get the run back on spec. That trust is why this role is certified Operator II from day one, and why it is paid the way it is.

What You Own

• Setup and changeover, unassisted. Load film, set seal temperatures, dwell, and pressure, set up zippers, punches, and cut, and get to first good pouch fast
• Running the job. Hold registration, seal quality, and dimensions across the full run, and keep production moving to the schedule
• Quality checks. Verify seal integrity, dimensions, zipper function, and print-to-cut registration throughout the run. Catch the defect early, not at the end of the job
• Troubleshooting. Diagnose and correct common problems - weak or wrinkled seals, registration drift, zipper misalignment, film tracking - before they become scrap or a call for help
• Documentation. Record run data, counts, downtime, and quality checks completely, so day shift picks up exactly where you left off
• Material and waste discipline. Track film usage, minimize setup waste and scrap, and report yield honestly
• Machine care. Daily cleaning and operator-level preventive maintenance. Escalate real problems early instead of running through them
• Safety. Follow lockout/tagout, guarding, and PPE requirements without shortcuts, every shift

Your First 90 Days

• Day 30: You are signed off to run our pouch machine solo, including a full changeover, on our films and our jobs
• Day 60: Your setups are repeatable, your scrap is trending down, and your shift handoffs are clean and complete
• Day 90: You own the machine on nights, you have suggested at least one setup improvement that sticks, and you have started cross-training on a second machine toward Operator III

Who You Are

• Self-sufficient. You solve the problems you can and escalate the ones you cannot, early
• Mechanically confident. You understand the machine, not just its controls
• A measurer. You verify against the spec instead of eyeballing it
• Honest about problems. You stop the run and say something rather than hoping it works out
• Built for nights. You are reliable on this schedule and you like the focus it