Packaging Operator

Royal Canin; Puslinch; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pet food manufacturer is seeking a Packaging Operator in Puslinch, Canada. This role involves performing packaging operations, ensuring quality control, and managing a packaging team. The position offers a $3,000 sign-on bonus and a competitive salary ranging from CAD 23.65 to CAD 31.30 per hour, along with comprehensive training and development from day one, providing multiple opportunities for growth and learning in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Shift Premium of 4%

Company bonus

Access to Mars University

Qualifications

• Experience in functional tasks, knowledge of feed/food industry is optional.
• Ability to work in a hot environment with unrestricted range of motion.
• Color discrimination, olfactory & texture perception, depth perception are required.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor packaging machines to ensure efficient production.
• Lead packaging workforce and comply with production planning.
• Perform inventory and quality control tests as required.

Skills

Leadership

Good communication

Cost conscious

Team player

Safety & Hygiene conscious

Technically inclined

Job description

Hours: 12.5 hour 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.