1st Shift Packer

Description : Responsible for the overall handling of final product ensuring all product leaves the plant, correctly placed in pallets, trays or boxes in compliance with customer specifications.

Pay: $18 per hour based on experience

Department: Production

Reports To: Production Manager

Education and Experience : High School Diploma/ GED preferred

Work Hours:

1st Shift: 7:00 AM - 03: 20 PM

2nd Shift: 3:00 PM - 11: 20 PM

3rd Shift: 11:00 PM - 07: 20 AM

Work Environment: This job operates in a food production and warehouse setting. The floor surface is concrete. The noise level is moderate with no vibration. Material movement takes place throughout the facility.

Core Responsibilities:

• Follows Company, GMP and Safety policies to ensure compliance with the HACCP program, AIB and other regulatory requirements.
• Follows all food safety , Food Defense principles and legal requirements.

• Performs all product handling activities in a packaging work-cell ( i.e. stacking, counting, packaging, sealing, put bags in trays or boxes).
• Verifies code dates, sealing, product weight, and product appearance, is within specified parameters and conform to clients' expectations.
• Ensures trays, pallets and/or boxes are within standards.
• Verifies equipment is in good working condition; communicates to management any deficiencies noted.
• Performs visual inspection of product ensuring quality is acceptable.

• May a ssist in the training of new personnel.
• Maintain bagging machine operation for efficiency
• Coordinate with packing/stacking team for break relief
• Maintain order and cleanliness in packaging area
• Integrity in accuracy in documentation

• Follow OSHA Safety Regulation and Safety Rules.
• Report s afety concerns to management or Safety Committee

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and work on their feet, while using tools to perform repetitive actions

• Hearing and speaking to exchange information.
• Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling moderately heavy objects as assigned by position.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate bagging equipment.
• Reaching overhead, above shoulders and horizontally.
• Bending at the waist, kneeling or crouching.

• Seeing to monitor food quality and quantity.
• The ability to stand and walk for an entirety of a shift.

Competencies:

• Has interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy
• Uses proper lifting techniques

• Oral and written communication skills

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change any time with or without notice. Additional duties may be required by management that are not included on this list.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and secure work environment, we require all candidates who receive a job offer to undergo a background check and drug test. These screenings are conducted to ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory standards, as well as to safeguard the well-being of our employees and customers.