Selector Packer

Anchor Glass Container Corporation; Lawrenceburg (KY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent glass packaging manufacturer in Kentucky is seeking a Selector Packer to ensure quality by visually inspecting bottles and hand packing orders. The role involves physical lifting, operating at visual and hand packing stations, and maintaining cleanliness in the work area. Attention to detail and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment are essential. This position may require rotating duties and working on platforms throughout a shift.

Qualifications

• Ability to visually examine bottles for specifications.
• Capability to perform repetitive tasks involving lifting.
• Experience with basic cleanup and maintenance tasks.

Responsibilities

• Visually examine bottles at the visual station.
• Hand pack bottles into cartons as needed.
• Unjam bottle lines or equipment during operation.

Skills

Attention to detail

Ability to inspect bottles

Good housekeeping practices

Job description

Anchor Glass Container Corporation, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is a leading North American manufacturer of premium glass containers with six, 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 Corporation 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 Summary

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

Job Title

Selector Packer

About Us:

Anchor Glass Container Corporation, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is a leading North American manufacturer of premium glass containers with six, 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 Corporation 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 Summary

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

The Typical Duties of This Job Are as Follows:

• 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.

EMPLOYEE QUALIFICATIONS:

About Us

Anchor Glass Container Corporation, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is a leading North American manufacturer of premium glass containers with six, strategically located production facilities throughout the US. Founded in 1997, Anchor serves many of the most iconic and recognizable consumer packaging brands in the beer, beverage, spirits and food industries. Anchor Glass Container Corporation 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!

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