Machine Operator

SIG Group; Merced (CA); On-site; USD 24,108 - 25,485; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 Benefits Enrollment

Vacation and Paid Holidays

Retirement 401K Matching

Employee Assistance Program

Identity Theft Protection Plan

Job summary

A leading packaging solutions provider in California is seeking a Machine Operator to manage the loading and unloading of materials while ensuring safety and quality measures are met. The ideal candidate will handle operational duties, assist in training, and adapt to various challenges within the role. This full-time position offers competitive hourly wages and benefits from day one.

Qualifications

• Must be willing to learn and adapt to new processes.
• Ability to safely operate motorized lift trucks and cranes.
• Experience in following quality control processes.

Responsibilities

• Load, unload, and move materials as needed.
• Perform quality inspections on products.
• Train employees in essential duties.

Skills

Accuracy

Safety

Teamwork

Flexibility

Accountability

Initiating Action

Continuous Improvement & Learning

Communicating Effectively

Planning

Problem Solving

Job description

Join to apply for the Machine Operator role at SIG Group.

SUMMARY OF ROLE: Loads, unloads, and moves materials within or near a plant, yard, or work site by performing the following duties to maximize safety, quality, and OEE. The ABM Operator—Advanced fulfills the responsibilities of this role when vacant.

Compensation: ($17.50-$18.50) per hour, plus shift differential. (12hrs) Day Shift or (12hrs) Night Shift.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform essential duties as an 'Operator - Entry' including the ability to visually inspect, remove, and pack bags systematically into boxes.
• Supply area with needed product, equipment, fitments, and other supplies to ensure no down time on the Automated Bag Making machines.
• Requisition materials from the warehouse.
• Understand and perform appropriate Quality Control Plan as required.
• Issue and return materials, record production, print labels, and perform all other Virtual Client transactions in BaaN inventory system, as needed by the ABM department such as ops complete and lot look up.
• Setup inspection areas as needed.
• Respond to minor spout and tap feed issues to restart machine.
• Move materials from work site to staging area after inspection has been completed.
• Follow all 5S expectations to ensure a clean and safe floor. The concept of 5S is to maintain a clean working area, remove all unnecessary items, and keep all necessary items in their place to ensure a safe and organized working area.
• Assist in the bailing areas by safely banding bails.
• Operate motorized lift trucks, manual and electric pallet jacks to assist in loading or moving materials and products. Ability to operate hoist and crane equipment.
• Perform the following virtual client transactions: operations complete, make carton labels, reprint labels, issue/return materials, lot lookup and what is a production correction and posting to existing lots.
• Follow escalation process when there is downtime and/or scrap.
• Make boxes, mini bins, and other corrugated product.
• Utilize packaging scales, tape machines and bin handling conveyor system.
• Use lean tools such as 5 Why/Fish Bones to troubleshoot.
• Utilize iPads to track scrap material.
• Know and understand how to safely assist Technician on roll changes.
• Lift and stack boxes on pallets according to specifications.
• Participate in doing setups by calculating return weights of partial rolls, returning those partial rolls in BaaN, and safely and properly banding the partial rolls.
• Train employees in all 'Operator - Entry and Intermediate' essential duties.
• Responsible for overseeing food safety.

You bring these skills, experience & education:

• Accuracy
• Safety
• Teamwork
• Flexibility
• Accountability
• Initiating Action
• Continuous Improvement & Learning
• Communicating Effectively
• Planning
• Problem Solving

Ideal candidates have these competencies

We are looking for people willing to consistently achieve results, even under challenging circumstances. These employees create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow, be challenged, and develop people to meet both their career and the organization’s goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is ‘yes,’ come and join us.

We offer

• Day 1 Benefits Enrollment for you and your qualified dependents
• Vacation and Paid Holidays
• Retirement 401K Matching
• Employee Assistance Program
• Identity Theft Protection Plan
• And more…

Our Promise

SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.

About SIG

SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it’s the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better.

Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Project Management, Marketing, and Product Management

Industries

• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing