About the position
The position involves operating one or multiple pieces of manufacturing equipment in a full-time capacity, with a pay range of $22.78 to $26.09 per hour. The role includes responsibilities such as moving raw materials to the production line, filling, capping, sealing, labeling, and packaging products. Employees are expected to remove damaged products or supplies as needed and are responsible for production, package, and flavor changeovers. Maintaining required product inspection processes is crucial, as is performing basic troubleshooting and minor repairs to ensure that production equipment runs efficiently. The job requires physical stamina, as it involves lifting, carrying, and pushing or pulling cases weighing between 20 to 45 pounds repeatedly over long periods. Additionally, the position requires walking or standing most of the time during the shift and may involve stooping, crawling, and crouching over and under conveyors. Employees may also be required to work on weekends and/or holidays.
Responsibilities
- Operate and monitor production line(s) to ensure efficiency
- Remove or shift materials and/or finished products to facilitate proper flow
- Ensure package and product quality
- Perform preventative maintenance
- Operate all manufacturing equipment (including new technologies) efficiently and safely
- Clean equipment and area before, during, and after shift
- Maintain clean work area through good housekeeping practices
- Expedite repairs to line, working with maintenance as necessary
- Keep daily records of down time and machine operations
- Work well with others in a team-oriented atmosphere
- Regular, reliable, predictable attendance
Requirements
- Must be 18 years or older
- Experience with high speed production lines (e.g., high output, high performance equipment, fast paced production environment)
- Experience with pallets (e.g., operating a forklift, stacking/bundling product)
- Experience operating a packing machine (e.g., stacking, bundling, and wrapping product)
- Experience operating a filler machine (e.g., ensuring right mix of product, operating production computer)
- Experience operating a palletizer (e.g., building pallets, managing product changeovers)
- Experience reading blueprints (e.g., read schematics on a machine, understanding production product flow)
- Experience reading schedules (e.g., products being produced, understanding production requirements, production planning, managing changeovers)
- Experience with computers in a manufacturing setting (e.g., electronic settings, line speed, pressures, basic troubleshooting, solving for faults/alarms and resetting equipment)
- Experience with sanitization (e.g., basic procedures/steps, GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES in a food plant, identifying risks)
- Experience with minor mechanical repairs (e.g., jams, using tools, making basic adjustments to equipment)
- Experience with preventative maintenance (e.g., inspecting and maintaining equipment, detecting and correcting issues before they occur)
