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.
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.
Physical Demands:
- Must be able to lift 5-15 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.
- Attention to Detail: Ensuring products are correctly placed and meet customer specifications.
- Quality Control: Identifying and addressing defects or issues with products.
- Time Management: Completing tasks within set deadlines.
- Safety Awareness: Adhering to safety protocols to prevent accidents.
- Adaptability: Adjusting to changes in packing procedures or product specifications.
- Communication Skills: Effectively communicating with supervisors and team members.
- Reliability: Consistently performing tasks to a high standard.
- Stress Management: Handling the pressures of a fast-paced environment.
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 assist 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
- NetSuite scanning materials to work orders.
- Follow OSHA Safety Regulation and Safety Rules.
- Report safety concerns to management or Safety Committee