Machine Operator Production

PepsiCo; Wytheville (VA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

PepsiCo is hiring for an on-site production technician in Wytheville, VA. The role involves operating and monitoring high-speed production lines, handling materials, and ensuring product quality across packaging, filling, and changeovers.

Candidates should be able to perform basic maintenance and document machine performance. Qualifications include being 18+, experience with fast-paced manufacturing and equipment such as fillers, packers, and palletizers, and familiarity with reading schedules

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older.
• Experience with high speed production lines is preferred.
• Experience with pallets or forklift operation is desirable.
• Experience operating packaging, filling, palletizing, or related equipment is a plus.
• Experience reading blueprints and schedules is beneficial.
• Familiarity with manufacturing computers, automation, and basic troubleshooting is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor production line(s) to ensure efficiency.
• Move materials and finished products to maintain proper flow.
• Ensure package and product quality.
• Perform basic maintenance and preventative tasks.
• Operate equipment safely and clean the area before, during, and after shift.
• Maintain daily records of downtime and machine operations.
• Collaborate with team and ensure regular attendance.

Skills

High-speed lines

Forklift

Packing machine

Filler machine

Palletizer

Reading blueprints

Reading schedules

Manufacturing computer

Sanitation (GMP)

Preventive maintenance

Job description

PBNA $26.65 / hour

Position operates one or multiple pieces of manufacturing equipment. This may include moving raw material handling to the production line, and/or filling, capping, sealing, labeling or packaging product. Removes damaged products or supplies, as needed. Position responsible for production, package, and flavor changeovers. Maintains required product inspection processes. Performs basic troubleshooting and minor repairs to ensure production equipment runs efficiently.

Position requires lifting, carrying, and pushing/pulling cases weighing 20-45 pounds per case repeatedly over a long work period. This position requires walking or standing most of the time during the shift and may include stooping, crawling and crouching over and under conveyors. Position may be required to work weekends and/or holidays.

PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Operate and monitor production line(s) to ensure efficiency
• Remove or shift materials and/or finished products to facilitate proper flow
• Ensure package and product quality
• Perform preventative maintenance
• Operate all manufacturing equipment (including new technologies) efficiently and safely
• Clean equipment and area before, during, and after shift
• Maintain clean work area through good housekeeping practices
• Expedite repairs to line, working with maintenance as necessary
• Keep daily records of down time and machine operations
• Work well with others in a team-oriented atmosphere
• Regular, reliable, predictable attendance

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 18 years or older

HELPFUL EXPERIENCE

• Experience with high speed production lines (e.g., high output, high performance equipment, fast paced production environment, etc.)
• Experience with pallets (e.g., operating a forklift, stacking/bundling product, etc.)
• Experience operating a packing machine (e.g., stacking, bundling, and wrapping product, etc.)
• Experience operating a filler machine (e.g., ensuring right mix of product, operating production computer, etc.)
• Experience operating a palletizer (e.g., building pallets, managing product changeovers, etc.)
• Experience reading blueprints (e.g., read schematics on a machine, understanding production product flow, etc.)
• Experience reading schedules (e.g., products being produced, understanding production requirements, production planning, managing changeovers, etc.)
• Experience with computers in a manufacturing setting (e.g., electronic settings, line speed, pressures, basic troubleshooting, solving for faults/alarms and resetting equipment, etc.)
• Experience with sanitization (e.g., basic procedures/steps, GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES in a food plant, identifying risks)
• Experience with minor mechanical repairs (e.g., jams, using tools, making basic adjustments to equipment, etc.)
• Experience with preventative maintenance (e.g., inspecting and maintaining equipment, detecting and correcting issues before they occur, etc.)

Our Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable laws, including but not limited to, San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance; and Chapter XVII, Article 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, commonly referred to as the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity

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