Packer

Wyandot USA, LLC.; Marion (OH); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Wyandot USA, LLC. is seeking a hands-on packing associate to support our snack food production line in Ohio.

You will pack items into cartons, ensure correct counts and packing arrangements, and assist teammates to maintain smooth changeovers and clean work areas in a fast-paced facility. Responsibilities include checking quality, recording hourly documentation, stacking merchandise neatly, and adhering to food safety and sanitation rules.

Qualifications

• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Detail oriented with extreme accuracy.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, non-climate-controlled environment.

Responsibilities

• Pack snack items into cartons and other shipping containers.
• Maintain area cleanliness and adhere to good manufacturing practices.
• Assist teammates during changeovers to ensure efficient and effective transitions.

Job description

Pack snack food products into cartons and other shipping containers. Perform as a team for efficient changeovers. Pack correct number of items into cartons with correct packing arrangement, in an efficient manner. Establishes and maintains area of cleanliness to adhere to good manufacturing practices. Responsible for assisting teammates during changeovers to ensure efficient and effective changeovers.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Training and contributing to areas assigned.
• Checks products for quality.
• Complete all required hourly documentation accurately and on time.
• Removes inferior products from packing area.
• Reports in timely manner to area of work assigned.
• Verifies packaged items for all requirements as determined by the specifications. Maintain work area to eliminate safety/food safety concerns.
• Checks product to ensure that it meets all quality requirements stated by the customer.
• Packs product at standardized speeds.
• Stacks merchandise neatly and accurately on skids for disposition to the warehouse or staging area.
• Utilizes downtime in a productive manner and performs housekeeping and cleaning.
• Anticipates needs of materials to properly utilize productive time.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

• FDA regulated facility
• Able to work in a fast paced, non-climate-controlled environment.
• Ability to work around forklifts.
• Maintain good basic math skills.
• Safety shoes and earplugs are mandatory in designated areas.
• Elevated and slippery conditions may be present.
• Must have the manual skill and dexterity to move and work around heavy machinery throughout the plant.
• Must be able to utilize different technology throughout shift, or ability to be trained on equipment.
• Able to work well with co-workers and supervision in a team environment.
• Able to lift up to 50lbs.
• Detailed oriented with extreme accuracy.
• Must abide by all plant rules and food safety regulations, including work safety and sanitation rules.