03 Skilled Labour

Hood Packaging Corp; Tifton (GA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Coveris in Tifton, GA is seeking a Production Specialist to join our team. You will check and stack tubes and finished bags, ensuring quality and order compliance, and you will position a corrugated cover over pallets during finishing.

The role requires standing most of the time, lifting up to 50 pounds, and occasional 100-pound pan handling. You will follow ISO Quality Checklists, maintain clean work areas per SQF standards, and communicate clearly with team members while documenting records

Qualifications

• Basic mechanical comprehension/ability.
• Good organizational skills.
• Able to read and understand production orders and quality specifications.
• Good housekeeping skills a must.
• assure unused materials are properly labeled, returned to stock and stored.

Responsibilities

• Read orders and ensure finished product meets quality and order specifications.
• Communicate with team members and maintain accurate records; perform basic math as needed.
• Stand/walk predominantly; lift bags/tubes up to 50 pounds and move pallets up to 100 pounds.
• Follow ISO Quality Checklists and SQF standards; keep work area clean.
• Report potential quality or food safety issues to supervisor or management.
• Back up other Production Specialists as needed.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Organizational skills

Production order interpretation

Quality specification comprehension

Housekeeping

Material labeling and storage

Job description

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03 Skilled Labour

Active Full-time Hourly Plant Tifton, GA, US

Overview

Coveris is the world’s sixth largest flexible and rigid plastics packaging company, servicing international customers in the food, pet food, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, beverage, advanced coatings and other industries. Coveris was formed with the 2013 merger of five top-ranking packaging companies in the US and Europe.

With 9000 employees in 65 manufacturing facilities in 21 countries, Coveris offers innovative packaging and coatings solutions on a global basis. With sales revenue of approximately $3.0 billion, the Company continues to grow organically and through mergers and acquisitions.

This position is located at our Tifton, GA location.

Responsibilities

General Summary:

The Production Specialist is responsible for checking and stacking tubes and finished bags onto pallets in the Bottoming/ Tubing departments. Ensures all quality aspects are adhered to and completes finishing by positioning a corrugated cover over the pallet. Also includes rework of bags and tubes and liner insertion as needed.

Essential Job Functions:

• The Production Specialist must be able to read orders and ensure the finished product meets quality and order specifications. They must be able to communicate orally with team members, prepare accurate records, and have basic mathematics skills. They must have good visibility to perform inspections of the product and to follow ISO Quality Checklists.
• The Production Specialist must be able to lift a “hand” of bags/tubes weighing a maximum of 50 pounds. They must be able to maneuver a paste-pan once per week that can weigh up to 100 pounds. A Production Specialist will be expected to spend 92% of their time either standing or walking and must be able to exert 15 lbs. force to pull a pallet off a stack and slide along the floor to place in the proper position for the product to be stacked upon.
• Safety – It is plant policy to work in a safe manner. All Production Specialists must ensure guards are in place, follow lock-tag-try procedures, observe hazards such as nip points, and follow plant and department safety rules.
• Ensures work area is kept clean according to SQF standards
• Responsible for reporting any potential quality or food safety issues to their supervisor or a member of management
• Responsible for backing up other Production Specialists in the event of their absence as scheduled

Qualifications

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Basic mechanical comprehension/ability.
• Good organizational skills.
• Operate at an acceptable level of performance (Waste, M’s, Downtime, Efficiency, etc…).
• Ability to read and understand production orders and quality specifications.
• Good housekeeping skills a must.
• Assure all unused materials are properly labeled and returned to stock and properly stored.