Package Production Operator: Bagging Line & Loader Expert

Detroit Salt Company; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Detroit Salt Company seeks a Package Production Operator to safely operate the material feed system using a front-end loader, manage additives and dyes, and oversee the bagging line. You will coordinate pallet removal and ensure safety, quality and productivity goals are met.

You will perform daily equipment checks, load pallets onto trucks, maintain accurate production records, and work as part of a team to keep the operation running smoothly and safely.

Qualifications

• Must have Heavy equipment loader experience, skid steer, Tele handler.
• Must have 2 years of forklift and front-end loader experience.
• Must have demonstrated mechanical and electrical skills.
• Must have demonstrated problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to quickly adapt to change.
• High degree of attention required to prevent injury to self and coworkers; promote a safe workplace.
• Must be able to speak, comprehend, and read English.
• Must be able to work well in a team environment.
• Must have shipping and warehouse experience.
• Must have production and/or assembly line experience.
• Must be self-motivated.

Responsibilities

• Work safely, responsibly following all safety policies and procedures
• Perform daily equipment checks and minor service maintenance
• Use a front-end loader to feed raw materials into the feed system hopper
• Prepare solid additives as appropriate in the dispensing racks and resupply as necessary
• Proportions, mixes and re-supplies dye as necessary
• Sets and adjusts as necessary the solid & liquid additive systems to achieve the required final product quality
• Sets and adjusts mixing equipment speeds to achieve the correct product consistency
• Ensure that product meets specifications
• Installs and re-supplies as necessary rolls of bagging film, rolls of stretch wrap, top sheet, pallets, bottom sheet, labels, and other consumables as needed
• Operates and adjusts the bagging & palletizing line according to established training and procedures
• Ensures product is bagged, sealed and palletized according to specifications
• Completes production paperwork accurately, reporting during and at the end of shift
• Keeps accurate records of production data
• Communicates all concerns affecting safety, quality, productivity and the workplace
• Accurately track and manage inventory
• Ability to properly load pallets onto trucks
• Properly perform pre-op functions
• Accepts and signs for deliveries from distributors, ensuring all items are accounted for
• Stage yard with pallets efficiently and accurately to ensure product is accounted for and yard is properly utilized
• Ensures work area is clean and organized
• Other work as required and assigned

Skills

Mechanical skills

Electrical skills

Problem-solving

Adaptability

Teamwork

Safety awareness

English reading/writing

Tools

Heavy equipment loader

Skid steer

Telehandler

Forklift

Front-end loader

Job description

Detroit Salt Company seeks a Package Production Operator to safely operate the material feed system using a front-end loader, manage additives and dyes, and oversee the bagging line. You will coordinate pallet removal and ensure safety, quality and productivity goals are met.

You will perform daily equipment checks, load pallets onto trucks, maintain accurate production records, and work as part of a team to keep the operation running smoothly and safely.