Packaging Operator

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates; Guelph; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food production company in Ontario is seeking a Packaging Operator to manage packaging operations and ensure quality control. The ideal candidate will lead the packaging team, operate machinery, and ensure compliance with safety and quality standards. This position offers a competitive salary, including a sign-on bonus and shift premiums, with opportunities for advancement. Applicants should possess strong communication skills and experience in a relevant field.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Sign-on bonus

Best-in-class learning and development support

Company benefits package

Qualifications

• Training and/or experience in functional tasks is preferred.
• Unrestricted range of motion required for packaging operations.
• Tolerance to hot environments is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Perform packaging operations including quality control.
• Lead packaging workforce to comply with production planning.
• Operate and monitor packaging machines.

Skills

Leadership

Good communication

Initiative

Team player

Safety & Hygiene conscious

Technically inclined

Education

Training in functional tasks

Knowledge of feed/food industry

Tools

Forklift operation

Packaging machines

Job description

Job Description

Hours: 12.5 hours shifts – Day: 7am-7:30pm; Night: 7pm-7:30am.

The factory starts up at 7pm Sundays and shuts down at 7:30pm Fridays (with possibility of overtime).

This position is eligible to receive a $3,000 sign-on bonus, broken into 2 payments of $1,500 to be paid at six and twelve months.

This position also comes with a 4% Shift Premium.

JOB PURPOSE:

Perform packaging operations including quality control operations and close management of packaging team.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

SAFETY

All PPE must be worn in compliance with the OHSA/RC requirements

Enforce/Respect the safety rules and the internal policy

Stop any equipment / operative works / external company works if safety/environment protection/fire protection rules are broken

ENVIRONMENT

Guarantee and apply ISO 14001 (Environment), and all related working procedures

Ownership of environmental responsibilities listed in ENV-REF-002 – Associates SEA Matrix

QUALITY & FOOD SAFETY

Guarantee and apply ISO 9001, FSS/ISO22000, Mars Standards, and all related working procedures

Support the HACCP program in the department

Follow GMP-GHP in the area

Inform Shift Supervisor of quality deviations according to product standards and production procedures

Maintain CCPs and oPrPs in the department

Perform the CCP and oPrP’s procedure according to SOPs

Sampling of products to ensure quality control (micro sampling)

Report any pest activity to related Manager

Perform and record quality control tests

HUMAN RESOURCES

Adhere to multi-skills policy and acquire at least one additional competence as established with and by Management

Training: attend any training program as scheduled by company management and train any designed person in the position

Lead packaging workforce on line in order to comply with the production planning

MANAGEMENT & RESPONSIBILITIES

Set up packaging machines

Operate packaging machines

Stack packaged products in case / on pallets

Monitor packaging machines

Identify bags / case / pallets according to GMP

Perform inventory of raw ingredients / packaging materials / finished products in bins, silos and racks (cyclical and period end inventories)

Perform daily monitoring swabs (M swabs) as required

Perform area-related equipment first level maintenance

Any task as delegated by Manager

Work closely with the extruder operator in order to maintain the highest efficiency of the plant for completion of the production planning

Full knowledge of packaging operations (Paper bag machines, Plastic bag machines, Sampling machine, On-Process Check-Weigher, Inkjet, Labeler, Wrappers, Screeners, Scales, Quality control, Forklift / Pallet truck operations, Packaging materials / Finished goods…)

CLEANLINESS & TIDINESS

Perform Housekeeping Checks to ensure compliance to 5S

Perform operational cleaning operations

Change over cleaning

Weekly cleaning

Hypo cleaning

COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION

Provide any requested documentation to other Departments according to internal rules

Shift changes: communicate with co-worker of next shift about machine problems, progress on production schedule, bin inventories, quality issue…

Complete production reports as required by manager and record any production events (stops, quantity, quality…)

BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

Training and/or experience in functional tasks (opt: knowledge of feed/food industry)

Leadership, Good communication, Cost conscious, Initiative, Self-motivated, Team player, Safety & Hygiene & Quality conscious, Technically inclined, Unrestricted range of motion, Color discrimination, Olfactory & texture perception, Depth perception, Tolerance to hot environment.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between the below range CAD 23.65 - CAD 31.30. Please note: This job posting is for an existing vacancy. AI is used as a supporting tool in our recruitment process.