Day Shift Packager: GMP Packaging Technician

Balchem; Sleepy Eye (MN); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Balchem Corporation, a global supplier of specialty ingredients, seeks a packaging operator for our Sleepy Eye facility. Tends machines performing filling, marking, labeling, and wrapping containers, following SOPs and safety rules.

Shift 6am-6pm, pay rate $20.00 per hour. The role includes ensuring proper weight, secure seals, accurate labeling, and maintaining clean, organized work areas in compliance with GMPs and HACCP programs.

Qualifications

• High school Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
• Some production experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Fill bags or totes to proper weight according to plant and outside agency specifications.
• Ensure that the bags are properly sealed so that no powder is leaking out of seal.
• Stack finished product on pallets in a neat and orderly manner to facilitate good handling of the pallets in transport.
• Properly label product according to instructions including product code, lot number and any special markings.
• Sample product for lab and customer and inspect powder samples for any specks and foreign matter to ensure high quality of product and prevent contamination following Standard Operating Procedures.
• Maintain proper documentation of product packaged as well as rework and scrap produced to ensure accuracy of records; this includes records for metal detector checks, weight checks, equipment and utensil checks.
• Inspect equipment to ensure it is in top working order, report any problems to supervisor or maintenance.
• Follow all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and HACCP Programs for safety of self and others as well as overall compliance.
• Staging ingredients, cleaning your area and assisting fellow employees in cleaning or setting up other areas and other duties, jobs and functions as assigned or required.
• Clean and sanitize packaging equipment and work area to eliminate contamination sources.
• Conduct proficient CIP and COP processes to ensure cleanliness of equipment.
• Performs general maintenance skills with basic hand tools as needed.
• Other duties as may be assigned

Job description

Balchem Corporation, a global supplier of specialty ingredients, seeks a packaging operator for our Sleepy Eye facility. Tends machines performing filling, marking, labeling, and wrapping containers, following SOPs and safety rules.

Shift 6am-6pm, pay rate $20.00 per hour. The role includes ensuring proper weight, secure seals, accurate labeling, and maintaining clean, organized work areas in compliance with GMPs and HACCP programs.