Position Overview

The Packaging Technician is under the direct supervision of the Packaging lead as well as the Production Supervisor. This position is responsible for preparing, inspecting, and packaging finished goods in accordance with the company’s quality and efficiency standards. These duties and tasks span throughout the Production packaging area. All duties and tasks are to be performed in a safe manner ensuring safety within the production facility. 

Essential Functions

Packaging Area’s work definition

Ensure finished goods are packaged safely and efficiently according to company standards.

Perform a final inspection of finished goods in accordance with the company’s quality standards in a safe and efficient manner.

General 

• Notify Lead when a machine or quality-related issue is found. Let the lead make the decision to call Maintenance, QA, or the shift Supervisor. 
• Perform Washout, Hot Rinse, and Changeover with correct steps.
• Attain packaging materials; as needed. Ask the lead if help is needed to down stack pallets.
• Assemble pallet bottoms and tops when running Costco products. 
• Assemble corrugated box when doing hand packing.
• Change film roll when needed.
• Clear minor errors on bagger when the lead is on break or lunch.
• Ergonomically perform all tasks to ensure safety in compliance with GMP standards, OSHA regulations, and company policies
• Adhere to required PPE standards in accordance with the task requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Follow correct rotation per company policy.

Sorting

• Inspect and sort all crackers within designated timeframe distinguishing between burnt, undercooked, and satisfactory guidelines.
• Gather kick-out bags from each piece of equipment. Rerun good bags through equipment. Open bags that are not in spec and put the crackers back onto the conveyor.

Patting

• Place packaged product correctly onto conveyor into cartoner to ensure efficiency. 
• Inspect each bag for any foreign materials, bad crackers, and open seals as you are patting.
• Clear minor errors and jams on cartoner.
• Retrieve kick-out bags.

Floating

• Keep the carton magazine loaded on the cartoner.
• Help clear minor errors and jams on the cartoner.
• Check the gluer on cartoner periodically. Refill glue if needed.
• Put kick-out bags before X-Ray.
• Maintain a clean work area free of debris and product by minimizing the amount of product that falls onto the floor.
• Insert empty hoppers into the overflow conveyor. 
• Insert hoppers containing product into docking stations. Put hopper tags on hoppers.

Palletizing

• Palletize cases of finished product following the case count per pallet required.
• Check the lot number and best by date as well as the box quality.
• Add corrugated box into the caser.
• Check the gluers on the caser periodically. Refill glue if needed.
• Move finished pallet to wrapping machine to wrap it. Then move the wrapped pallet to the correct location.
• Clear minor errors and jams on Caser, Box maker, and Box gluer.
• Open kick-out cases and repack good cartons or cases.

Other Duties and Responsibilities 

• Comply with all safety and quality policies, practices, and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to the shift Supervisor.
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Provide leadership to others through example and sharing of knowledge/skill.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Mental and Physical Demands

• Extensive physical activity performing strenuous daily activities of a primarily production/technical nature. 
• Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items works with the fingers and perceives attributes of objects and materials.
• Ability to have clear vision at 20 inches or less; and 20 feet or more.
• Ability to identify and distinguish colors. 
• Ability to judge distances and spatial relationships.
• Ability to adjust the eyes to bring an object into sharp focus.
• Ability to exert 56 pounds of force every 15 minutes; lift 7 to 10 pounds every 1 minute.
• Ability to stay calm and focused during difficult/stressful situations.

• Well-lighted, non-heated, and/or non-air-conditioned production setting with adequate ventilation.
• Wet or humid conditions (non-weather).
• Work near moving mechanical parts.
• Air contamination of fumes or caustic chemicals
• An atmosphere with high noise levels

Preferred Education and Experience

• High School diploma or general education degree (GED). 
• 3-6 months of experience working in a food-related field, manufacturing industry, an industrial setting, and construction.
• Internal candidates must have successfully completed the MGC training program for the position.

Core Competencies

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. 
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. 
• Ability to speak effectively before employees of the organization.
• Ability to add and subtract two digits numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one-or two-step instructions. 
• Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

Pay Rate: $18 plus $1 shift differential 2nd shift OR $2 shift differential 3rd shift.

 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 at any time with or without notice.