Packaging Operator- Royal Canin (Guelph, ON)$3,000 Sign-On Bonus

mars; Guelph; On-site; CAD 33,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus CAD 3,000

Shift premium 4%

Job summary

Mars is seeking a packaging operator to manage line setup, operate packaging machinery and ensure quality and safety across shifts. The role requires leadership, strong communication, and adherence to GMP/HACCP principles.

As part of a dynamic production team, you will rotate day and night shifts, with eligibility for a 4% shift premium and potential overtime. A sign-on bonus may be offered to successful candidates.

Qualifications

• Experience in feed/food industry preferred.
• Leadership and team supervision abilities.
• Safety, hygiene and quality awareness required.

Responsibilities

• Set up packaging machines for production runs.
• Operate packaging lines and monitor performance.
• Stack finished goods and monitor CCPs and GMP.
• Perform daily inventories of raw materials and packaging.
• Maintain housekeeping and cleanliness per 5S standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Cost awareness

Initiative

Self-motivated

Team player

Safety & Hygiene

Quality conscious

Technical inclined

Tools

Packaging machines

Forklift

Labeler

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.