Para Production Associate

Fresh Products, LLC; Perrysburg (OH); On-site; USD 23,469 - 33,425; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4-day work week

Weekly pay

401k with company match

Medical, Dental & Vision

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Fresh Products, Location Perrysburg, OH is hiring a Para Production Associate. This full-time role on 1st shift runs from 6:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday to Thursday. The position offers a competitive base pay of $20.65 per hour, weekly pay, and a 4-day work week with some Friday OT.

Benefits include 401k with company match and comprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision coverage, plus Paid Time Off. Responsibilities include operating packaging equipment, quality checks, and maintaining production flow.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 1–3 months of related experience or training.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Tends machine that performs packaging functions such as press operation, marking, labeling, packing, or wrapping products.
• Starts machine and observes operation to detect malfunctions; reports issues to supervisor.
• Makes major adjustments to ensure finseal accuracy and wrapper temperatures; checks press weights and pressure settings.
• Inspects finished product to ensure packaging meets specifications.
• Feeds products to conveyors and unloads packaged products; replenishes packaging supplies.

Skills

Reading documents

Basic math

Common sense

Education

High school diploma or GED

1–3 months related experience

Job description

Para Production Associate

Fresh Products Location: Perrysburg, OH Job Type: Full Time

Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity with a stable company? Fresh Products invites you to become a part of our team as a Para Production Associate. As an industry leader since 1971, Fresh Products specializes in innovative away‑from‑home air care solutions that enhance environments around the world. Join us in our mission to “Keep your world smelling Fresh.”

1st Shift: 6:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday to Thursday

Pay Rate: Competitive base of $20.65 per hour

What Fresh Products Offers

• Enjoy a 4-day work week, with 3 days off
• Occasional mandatory OT on Fridays that is communicated ahead of time
• Weekly pay
• 401k with company match
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits
• Paid Time Off

General Summary

Tends machine that performs one or more packaging functions such as press operation, marking, labeling, packing, or wrapping products by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Starts machine and observes operation to detect malfunctions of machine. Stops machine and reports malfunction to supervisor.
• Makes major adjustments such as opening chutes, adjusting formers for finseal accuracy, adjusting wrapper temperatures, adjusting press weights and pressure settings.
• Inspects finished product to ensure that product is packaged according to specifications.
• Feeds products to conveyors, hoppers, or other feeding devices, and unloads packaged products.
• Replenishes packaging supplies such as packaging film, boxes, cartons, tape, ink, or labels.
• Mounts packaging film on spindles for wrapper feeding devices.
• Demonstrates proficiency in all 9 packaging positions.
• Supports Company’s goals and values.
• Must be willing to work non‑standard and extended hours as needed.
• May be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.

Required Skills & Abilities

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Required Education And/or Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• One to three months’ related experience and/or training
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

Working Conditions

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Fresh Products is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.