Packer/Inspector – 3rd Shift

Priority Plastics; Portland (IN); Hybrid; USD 40,116,000 - 51,577,000; Full time

Job summary

Priority Plastics in Indiana is seeking a dependable production/packaging associate to visually inspect and pack plastic containers in line with safety, quality, housekeeping and production standards.

You will pack bottles, check for defects, assemble cartons, grind material, operate hand tools and secondary equipment, report major problems promptly, and ensure all shop packets, packaging instructions and product paperwork are accurate and available for reference.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Basic communication, decision making, problem solving skills required.
• Teamwork, decision making and problem solving skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Pack bottles.
• Visually inspect bottles for defects.
• Makes boxes.
• Grind material.
• Ability to understand and use necessary hand tools and secondary equipment (i.e. flamers, leak detectors, grinders, blenders, etc.).
• Promptly reports major safety, quality or production problems.
• Ensure that all required documentation (e.g. shop packets, packaging instructions, etc.) are available for reference purposes.
• Ensure documentation is correct with respect to the product being manufactured.
• Makes sure needed supplies (coloring, closures, cartons, correct labels are being used, etc.) are readily available per shop packet.
• Accurately complete production reports for each product being produced.

Skills

Basic communication

Teamwork

Problem solving

Decision making

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Hand tools

Secondary equipment

Job description

Position will be required to visually inspect and pack plastic containers according to the company’s safety, quality, housekeeping and production standards.

• Pack bottles.
• Visually inspect bottles for defects.
• Make boxes.
• Grind material.
• Ability to understand and use necessary hand tools and secondary equipment (i.e. flamers, leak detectors, grinders, blenders, etc.).
• Promptly reports major safety, quality or production problems.
• Ensure that all required documentation (e.g. shop packets, packaging instructions, etc.) are available for reference purposes. Ensure documentation is correct with respect to the product being manufactured.
• Makes sure needed supplies (coloring, closures, cartons, correct labels are being used, etc.) are readily available per shop packet.
• Accurately complete production reports for each product being produced.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED education preferred.
• Basic communication, decision making, problem solving skills required.
• Teamwork, decision making and problem solving skills needed.