Packaging Machine Operator - Weekend Nights

Utz Quality Foods, Inc; Hanover (York County); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Packaging Machine Operator, where your role is vital to ensuring quality and efficiency in packaging operations. This position offers a consistent weekend schedule, allowing you to work Friday through Sunday nights. You'll be responsible for setting up packaging lines, monitoring quality, and collaborating with team members to maintain a safe and organized work environment. With a commitment to excellence and a supportive culture, this innovative firm provides opportunities for career growth and a comprehensive benefits package, ensuring you thrive both personally and professionally.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with employer match

Profit sharing plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Qualifications

• Requires basic reading, writing, and math skills.
• Knowledge of all packaging machine equipment is essential.
• Team skills are crucial for effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Set up and monitor packaging lines efficiently.
• Verify operations and calibrate scales on machines.
• Maintain a sanitary work environment and assist with repairs.

Skills

Basic reading skills

Basic writing skills

Basic math skills

Packaging machine knowledge

Forklift operation

Team skills

Basic computer skills

Tools

Packaging machines

Job description

Utz Quality Foods is looking to grow our loyal, career-driven, and customer-focused team. We are currently recruiting for a Packaging Machine Operator to join our manufacturing professionals at our High Street facility in Hanover, PA, on the Weekend Night shift.

This position offers a consistent schedule, working Friday-Sunday from 6:00 PM-6:00 AM.

Key Responsibilities:

• Set up packaging lines correctly and efficiently.


• Perform daily operator checklists at shift changes and startup.


• Verify proper operations and calibrate scales on packaging machines.


• Gather packaging film from the warehouse and ensure proper codes and pricing are printed on packages.


• Use appropriate formers and adjust temperatures to achieve proper seals on packages.


• Monitor packaging quality hourly, checking:
  
  
  
  • Item weight
  
  
  • Package seals
  
  
  • Codes and pricing
  
  
  
  


• Record film usage and calculate film waste percentages.


• Collaborate with team members in a harmonious and supportive environment.


• Communicate with incoming shift operators about any difficulties or improvements.


• Maintain efficient operations on all lines and report any conditions that could lead to product contamination.


• Assist the Maintenance Department with packaging machine repairs when necessary.


• Train new operators as needed.


• Maintain an organized, sanitary work environment and complete sanitation tasks as directed.


• Complete bag percentage reports, production records, and correct scanning errors.


• Perform quality and food safety tasks associated with the role.

Requirements

• Requires basic reading, writing and math skills.


• Requires knowledge of all packaging machine equipment and machines used in the Packaging Department.


• Requires the willingness to obtain a forklift license.


• Able to lift a minimum 50 lbs.


• Basic computer skills to enter component usage.


• Requires team skills when working and communicating with others.

External Recruitment Process

• Easy Application (5 mins): Introduce yourself and answer a few key questions to get started.


• Engaging Chat Interview (20-25 mins): Share your experiences in an online chat, highlighting how your values align with ours.


• Live Interview: Selected candidates will meet with the hiring manager to explore their alignment with the team and overall Utz company culture.

Continuously Pursuing Excellence!

Here at Utz, we have a passion for exciting and delighting consumers with delicious snack foods made from high quality ingredients. After over a century with a strong family heritage, our diverse portfolio of brands includes Utz, Zapp's, Boulder Canyon, and On the Border. Our associates are the reason for the success of this company, so it is important we provide a supportive, caring and inclusive environment that offers opportunities for career growth and advancement. We also help take care of our associates by providing benefits, resources, and programs that ensure they live their healthiest lives. Our full-time benefit package includes medical, dental, and vision plans, an employer match 401k, profit sharing plan, employee stock purchase plan and much more. Join our world class team and help us become the fastest growing pure-play U.S. snacking company of scale!

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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