Packaging Operator

Dairy Farmers of America; Portales (NM); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Dairy Farmers of America is seeking a Packaging Operator in Portales, NM to ensure product quality and efficient packaging operations. You will start, run, shutdown, and maintain packaging equipment, adhere to GMP and HACCP standards, and complete logs and documentation.

Safety and regulatory compliance are essential as you work toward daily production goals. Responsibilities include performing quality checks, inspecting materials, and maintaining equipment to minimize out-of-spec product.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience in packaging or food production preferred.
• Ability to operate packaging equipment and perform quality checks.

Responsibilities

• Produce a quality product.
• Ensure all product produced is within accepted specifications.
• Start, run and shutdown the packaging equipment.
• Must be able to operate the packaging and all associated equipment while producing minimal out of specification product.
• Run all required quality checks.
• Complete all required logs.
• Maintain the packaging equipment and all associated equipment.
• Maintain all equipment associated with packaging performance.
• Complete and store all required documents.
• Follow and promote all plant and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Ensure all GMP, HACCP, safety and all plant, documentation and regulatory policies and procedures are complied with in the packaging area.
• Achieve all production goals.
• Achieve all production goals (KPI*s).
• Report and document all reasons targets are not met.
• Inspection of Raw Materials.

Skills

Packaging operations

Quality checks

Safety procedures

Documentation

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

GeneralPurpose: The primary responsibility of this position is to package a quality product while completing all assigned master sanitation. The operator must be able to start, run, shutdown, and maintain the Packaging and Flexibulk and all associated equipment. The holder of this position must follow all GMP, HACCP, safety, and all other regulatory and plant policies and procedures. The operator must achieve all production goals or report and document all reasons targets are not met. The operator is expected to promote safety, maintain a sanitary food environment, and strive to improve product quality.

Duties and Responsibilities

• * Produce a quality product.
• * Ensure all product produced is within accepted specifications.
• * Start, run and shutdown the packaging equipment.
• * Must be able to operate the packaging and all associated equipment while producing minimal out of specification product.
• * Run all required quality checks.
• * Complete all required logs.
• * Maintain the packaging equipment and all associated equipment.
• * Maintain all equipment associated with packaging performance.
• * Complete and store all required documents.
• * Follow and promote all plant and regulatory policies and procedures.
• * Ensure all GMP, HACCP, safety and all plant, documentation and regulatory policies and procedures are complied with in the packaging area.
• * Achieve all production goals.
• * Achieve all production goals (KPI*s).
• * Report and document all reasons targets are not met.
• * Inspection of Raw Materials.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must have good work history. Training will be provided

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