Selector Packer

Anchor Glass Container LLC; Elmira (OR); On-site; USD 20,664 - 34,440; Full time

Job summary

Anchor Glass Container LLC in the United States is seeking a Selector-Packer to operate at a visual station and repack area, visually inspecting bottles and discarding defective ones. The role may also involve standing at a lehr to perform inspections.

The position requires handling cases weighing 8–15 lbs and bottles averaging 8–14 oz, with occasional sweeping and line unjamming. Pay rate is $25/hour.

Qualifications

• Sits at a visual station and stands at a hand packing station.
• Weights range 8 lbs to 15 lbs for cases; bottles 8 oz to 14 oz.
• Includes sweeping and occasional line unjamming.

Responsibilities

• Visually examine bottles to meet specifications.
• Drop defective ware down a cullet chute at the light station.
• Hand pack bottles into cartons as required.
• Provide empty cartons to conveyors feeding case packers.
• Unjam bottle lines or equipment.
• Maintain good housekeeping in the work area.

Skills

Visual inspection

Packing accuracy

Manual handling

Job description

About Us: Anchor Glass Container LLC, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is a leading North American manufacturer of premium glass containers with five, strategically located production facilities throughout the US. Founded in 1983, Anchor serves many of the most iconic and recognizable consumer packaging brands in the beer, beverage, spirits and food industries. Anchor Glass Container LLC strives to exceed customer expectations through unrelenting attention to detail. What we do goes beyond glass making. We find incredible meaning in all the small things that create enriching experiences for customers and consumers alike. Everything we do – creating, customizing, shipping, collaborating – we do with the customer’s best interests in mind. Each solution is the result of a thousand-and-one details coming together in brilliant succession, thanks to our team of experts that do whatever it takes to make life easier and more enjoyable for our customers. With over 2,000 US-based team members, Anchor Glass has the size and scale to service all of your glass packaging needs, without the complexity and bureaucracy associated with larger suppliers. Excellence is in the details!

Job Title
Selector Packer

About Us: Anchor Glass Container LLC, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is a leading North American manufacturer of premium glass containers with five, strategically located production facilities throughout the US. Founded in 1983, Anchor serves many of the most iconic and recognizable consumer packaging brands in the beer, beverage, spirits and food industries. Anchor Glass Container LLC strives to exceed customer expectations through unrelenting attention to detail. What we do goes beyond glass making. We find incredible meaning in all the small things that create enriching experiences for customers and consumers alike. Everything we do – creating, customizing, shipping, collaborating – we do with the customer’s best interests in mind. Each solution is the result of a thousand-and-one details coming together in brilliant succession, thanks to our team of experts that do whatever it takes to make life easier and more enjoyable for our customers. With over 2,000 US-based team members, Anchor Glass has the size and scale to service all of your glass packaging needs, without the complexity and bureaucracy associated with larger suppliers. Excellence is in the details!

Anchor Glass in an Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Summary

This job involves; 1) Sitting at a visual station, standing at a hand packing station, working in our repack area which involves visually examining bottles and discarding defective ones, and 2) Possibly standing at a lehr to visually inspect, etc.

If employee has to pick up a case of bottles the approximate weight ranges from 8lbs to 15lbs. Individual bottles that an employee picks up has an average weight from 8oz to 14oz. This job does include some sweeping, and unjamming of lines.

This update includes steps and platforms. During the course of an eight-hour shift a Selector-Packer will be stepping onto platforms and off of platforms throughout the shift. Employees rotate with other employees approximately every twenty-minutes. These platforms do not have handrails and are one-level standard height platforms. Also, Selector-Packers may have to go up and down stairs, with handrails, to cross over single line conveyors.

Main Position Responsibilities

• Visually examines bottles to ensure proper specifications. (This job is performed sitting down at a light station).
• Any defective ware is dropped down a cullet chute at the visual light station.
• Depending on the job running employee may have to hand pack bottles into a carton. (This involved standing at a hand pack station and reaching for and picking up two to four bottles from the packing table – then placing the bottles into a customer carton).
• At times employee may have to supply empty cartons to the carton conveyor that runs into the case packer or hand pack station.
• Employee may unjam bottle lines or equipment.
• Good housekeeping practices include routine cleanup of work area.

Pay rate is $25/hour

Employee Qualifications
Pay rate for this position is $25/hour.