Packaging Specialist

Cavendish Farms; Jamestown (ND); On-site; USD 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Cavendish Farms in Jamestown, ND seeks a Packaging Training Specialist to strengthen site packaging capability and safety culture. You will design and deliver training, assess core competencies, and partner with management to qualify trainers.

You will spend most of your time on the packaging floor, enabling operators to run equipment safely and efficiently, while supporting CI initiatives and process improvement.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years in manufacturing training or certification.
• 3–5 years experience as an Operator.
• High School diploma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, schedule and facilitate employee training.
• Create and maintain training profiles and ensure new hires complete training.
• Spend majority of time on the packaging floor to monitor performance.
• Support safety functions and coordinate compliance with learning expectations.
• Evaluate potential new packaging materials and equipment with supervision.

Skills

Training coordination

Facilitation

Safety compliance

Process improvement

CI culture

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

Supports Packaging teams in improving site packaging capability and efficiency. This resource develops and empowers production packaging teams to safely run and maintain their equipment and areas by designing, developing, organizing and assisting with packaging training and core competency assessments before qualifying Packaging trainers and evaluating the quality of qualified trainees in conjunction with management.

Supports Packaging teams in improving site packaging capability and efficiency. This resource develops and empowers production packaging teams to safely run and maintain their equipment and areas by designing, developing, organizing and assisting with packaging training and core competency assessments before qualifying Packaging trainers and evaluating the quality of qualified trainees in conjunction with management. The Packaging Specialist also supports process improvement teams and initiatives to support business goals by promoting the CI culture.

Responsibilities

• Assist with coordination, scheduling and facilitating employee training, including creating and maintaining the trainingprofiles and ensuring completion for all new hires by existing Trainers on shift.
• Spend majority of time on the packaging floor. Utilize knowledge, skills and abilities to ensure equipment is running at optimal performance and efficiency to improve capacity.
• Safety-related functions: support safety functions, coordinate compliance requirements with learning expectations and work with other departments on product innovation (bag design, for example).
• Evaluates potential new packaging materials and equipment and Support Packaging Supervision, where applicable

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 2-5 Years in manufacturing training / certification.
• 3-5 years as an Operator