General Labor - CoPacker - 1st Shift Monday through Friday

Ken’s Foods, Inc.; Lebanon (IN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Job summary

Ken's Foods, Inc. seeks a CoPacker (1st shift) to prepare finished products for packaging and shipping. The role is based in our Indiana facility, requiring attention to quality and safety as pallets and displays are built and ready for distribution.

The ideal candidate will follow established specifications, operate packaging equipment, load materials, label pallets, and maintain a clean, safe work area in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or GED, or equivalent.
• 6 months experience or training in warehouse or packaging.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to work with chemicals and cleaning products.

Responsibilities

• Understand machine operations and follow safety precautions.
• Build multiple display pallets from finished goods per design.
• Load packaging materials into machines and apply labels.
• Reprocess raw materials and packaging items for displays.
• Shrink wrap and label pallets, keep areas clean and orderly.
• Operate pallet jack and electric stacker; follow order fulfillment processes.
• Restock and maintain safe work area for staff and traffic.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Seeking CoPacker (1st shift) Monday - Friday 7:00AM - 3:30PM

Benefit Spotlight: At Ken's Foods, we manufacture Ken's Salad dressing and Sweet Baby Ray's barbeque sauce. The process from following the recipe, creating the products using established specifications and quality processes, packaging into retail and food service containers, and shipping the product to our customers is all handled under our roof. Our Co-Packer positions start at $18.00 per hour, and we are paid weekly. We encourage you to seek additional information about our products & company at www.kensfoods.com.

SUMMARY

The Co Packer is responsible for preparing finished products to be packaged and shipped. The associates are stationed at an assigned area in the warehouse, where they retrieve items as needed from inventory stock to complete various display builds. Their objective is to focus on the improvement of the processes to ensure the customer needs are being met in a timely fashion, while maintaining high-quality, cost-effective logistics services.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understanding the machine operations and using safety precautions when the machine is in operation (pinch points, sealer, heater, moving conveyor). Manual labor, e.g., stacking, lifting, bending, building trays/flaps, and banding required.
• Ensures compliance with corporate standards and systems to monitor food safety, food safety culture, quality and facility cleanliness
• Build multiple display pallets using finished good product onto or from pallets trays, racks, and shelves according to the established design.
• Load packaging materials into machine
• Apply labels to finished good pallets
• Reprocess any raw material and packaging items for display builds.
• Shrink wrap and label all finished display pallets with identifying information.
• Sweep, dust, and mop work areas.
• Organize warehouse and work area for orderliness.
• Ensure work area is accessible and safe for salespeople and customer traffic.
• Follow order fulfillment to end to ensure a successful and timely conclusion.
• Operate manual pallet jack and electric pallet stacker
• General housekeeping
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• Able to lift up to 50 pounds
• Able to work with chemicals and cleaning products

FOOD SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ship product free of contamination.
• Follow all Ken's Foods Security and GMP policies.
• Report any suspicious activities anywhere in or around the facility.
• Inspect work area for any possible product contamination issues on a continuous basis.
• Report any leaking or spilled product immediately.
• Inspect all incoming and out-going product for signs of contamination.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience

High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED) equivalent; or 6 months experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience required.

Language Skills

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos in English. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating, maintenance instructions and procedure manuals; ability to write routine reports and correspondence, and communicate effectively to other employees and Team Leaders.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add and subtract, and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

n/a

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands or fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

ESSENTIAL MENTAL ALERTNESS REQUIREMENTS

• Work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner
• Ability to perform tasks involving high levels of cognitive function and judgment
• Not mentally or physically impaired from any cause that can adversely affect ability to safely and competently perform the duties of the position
• Ability to take prompt and appropriate response to operating conditions
• Ability to work in an unfatigued state
• Ability to accurately gauge lengths of time and distance
• Ability to quickly store and recall instructions in one’s short-term memory
• Ability to concentrate
• Ability to cope with sudden changes in surrounding and/or emergency situations and/or alarms
• Demonstrated caring, commitment and concerned attitude about safety

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; risk of electrical shock; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Ken's Foods Core Values

Safety - Safe. Aware. Committed.

Quality - Our Pledge: Safe, Quality Food

Teamwork - Communicate with Respect and Trust.

Ownership - Dedication. Improvement. Accountability.

Performance - Integrity. Passion. Solutions.

Employment with Ken's Foods is contingent upon successful completion of a drug test, background screening, and pre-employment assessment.