Packaging Laborer 1st Shift

Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc.; Valdosta (GA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Disability insurance

Paid holidays

Job summary

Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc. is seeking a Packaging Laborer to uphold quality standards on the production line. You will operate packaging machinery, monitor product quality and packaging accuracy, and help maintain a clean, safe work environment.

The role supports a fast-paced, family-oriented baking operation with strong emphasis on teamwork. The position pays $21.85 per hour with weekend premiums and requires a willingness to work up to 12 hours as needed.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required or equivalent.
• Experience in related food manufacturing and/or machine operation preferred.
• Ability to stand for long periods and perform repetitive tasks safely.
• Attention to detail to ensure quality and accurate packaging.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate products entering packaging for quality.
• Remove substandard product from the line.
• Communicate quality issues to Line Control Supervisor.
• Operate and adjust slicers and packaging machinery; request repairs as needed.
• Monitor packaging quality and date accuracy.
• Pack, stage and label finished goods for shipping.
• Maintain cleanliness and safety in the work area.
• Collaborate with teammates to improve quality and efficiency.

Skills

Quality inspection

Machine operation

Team collaboration

Safety procedures

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Slicers

Packaging machinery

Conveyor systems

Job description

Come join our Team as a Packaging Laborer! We started with pastries handmade by Lois and Lloyd Martin produced inside of a garageand we have boomed into a multi-facility company where our many products are produced by machines and shipped domestically and internationally. Talk about a rich history and exciting future!As an employer of choice we offer physical, emotional, financial and professional benefits including 401K, disability insurance and paid holidays.

As a member of the Martin’s Family, a packaging laborer is responsible for machines that perform packaging functions and ensures that unpackaged and packaged products are of exceptional quality. The packaging laborer openly gives and receives truthful feedback, shares helpful knowledge with teammates, goes the extra mile, and represents Martin’s by being an ambassador of superior quality and service.

Pay rate: $21.85/hr. and Weekend Premiums, paid weekly!

Your shift schedule will typically be 6:50AM - 3:00PM, however, you must be willing to work up to 12 hours depending on business needs.

You will work a 6 week rotation of days off.

Shift Schedule

• Week 1: Sunday OFF, Monday OFF, Tuesday 8, Wednesday 8, Thursday 8, Friday 8, Saturday 8
• Week 2: Sunday OFF, Monday 8, Tuesday OFF, Wednesday 8, Thursday 8, Friday 8, Saturday 8
• Week 3: Sunday OFF, Monday 8, Tuesday 8, Wednesday 8, Thursday OFF, Friday 8, Saturday 8
• Week 4: Sunday OFF, Monday 8, Tuesday 8, Wednesday 8, Thursday 8, Friday OFF, Saturday 8
• Week 5: Sunday OFF, Monday 8, Tuesday 8, Wednesday 8, Thursday 8, Friday 8, Saturday OFF
• Week 6: Sunday OFF, Monday 8, Tuesday 8, Wednesday 8, Thursday 8, Friday 8, Saturday OFF

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Evaluates product entering packaging for quality standards.
• Removes substandard product from the line.
• Communicates quality issues to Line Control Supervisor for correction.
• Removes packaged product from conveyor line.Places packaged product into baskets.
• Monitors packaged product for quality standards.
• Packs special arrangements or selections of product.
• Verifies that the date packaged is correct.
• Starts and adjusts slicers and packaging machinery; requests necessary repairs from the maintenance team.
• Straightens product progressing along a conveyor line.
• Starts, adjusts, and monitors economy packaging equipment.
• Operates palletizing equipment.
• Operates the bagging and kwickloc equipment.
• Maintain counts of finished product to meet orders generated via the load coordinating department.
• Communicate product clip demands to Line Control Supervisors.
• Remove full or partial pallets of product from equipment for staging.
• Refill boxes of bagging equipment.
• Monitor clips on finished product and perform checks for accuracy in regards to clip color, date, product, and price.
• Monitor and operate sticker machines and pattern makers.
• Maintain cleanliness of area.
• Assists co-workers when system is not running properly.
• Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance.
• Supports organizational culture and values by following policies, working with integrity, building morale, and respecting and putting others before oneself.
• Adheres to safety, food safety, quality, and Good Manufacturing Practices regulations.
• Reports safety, food safety, and quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.
  

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience

• Education: High School Diploma/GED
• Related food manufacturing and/or machine operating experience preffered

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand for long periods of time. Employees uses hands to finger, handle or feel’ reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and smell. Employee is required to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, crouch and/or crawl. Ability to frequently lift and /or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.