Packing Tech 1

Ensures products are bagged, labeled, and prepared for shipping in accordance with company quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively (written and verbal)
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written or oral form
• The ability to work in a fast pace environment (multi-tasking skills)
• The ability to operate equipment
• Excellent attention to quality and detail
• Good attendance record  arriving at work on time is critical to success
• Ability to use hand tools (shovel, hammer, etc.)
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Monitors own work to ensure quality
• Excellent safety record
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Manufacturing related experience is helpful.
• Forklift operating skills are helpful.
• General plant and workstation cleanup, including but not limited to, sweeping with push broom and vacuuming warehouse floors, cleaning all spillage and/or garbage/waste hoppers and taking waste to the landfill
• Pack paper bags of varied weights while maintaining bag weights within a specified range and troubleshooting packer equipment. Ability to set target weights, dribble/bulk set point, and use preact on packing controls in at least one DE mill. Use 50lb weight to check/calibrate packaging equipment.
• Collect samples from the packaging and production process areas as part of packaging process
• Bulk bag filling, weighing, sampling, and 1000lb weight verification of bulk bag machines
• Bulk hopper car loading & sampling
• Palletizer operation-Ability to set layers and change bag patterns, and understand how to LOTOTO palletizer
• Understand how to program production codes/lots into the inkjet palm pads.
• Assist the Lead Packer with making code stickers, tagging bags, and warehousing
• Barcom Scan Gun operation
• Mobile equipment inspection sheet is completed. Ability to use propane fill station to fill any mobile equipment tanks you might use.
• Ability to complete bulk bag weight reports, sample cards for bulk hopper cars, re-warehousing form and Barcom re-warehouse, be able to read/assist in filling out packing log front and back
• Knowledge on reading work instructions. An understanding of different bag types at plant, private label vs non, perlite bags vs DE bags, 50lb/20kg/25lb types.
• Have the ability to differentiate between the 7 pallet types used at the plant. Car, warehouse, GMA, RCP, bulk bag, skee and block pallets
• Stamping, or labeling bags if they are blank before warehousing product
• Assist Lead Packer at every opportunity to learn his or her job to act as a Leadman if the need arises
• Operate propane powered floor sweeper in warehouse
• Pick up trash and cut or pull weeds on plant property as needed on days mills maybe down
• Use 1-1/2 fire hose to clean under the processing areas
• Operate the dump truck, bobcat, vacuum truck if needed
• Operate a forklift for the production or shipping departments and any plant needs
• Refeed off weight/out of spec bags into refeed station
• Attend training classes as needed
• Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High level of safety and quality
• Ability to multi-task at a fast-pace (at times), work in outside conditions during all seasons, climb multi-levels by stairs & ladders, work from elevated platforms, use hand tools (shovel, hammer, wrenches, etc.)
• Good problem-solving skills
• Mine Safety and Health (MSHA) Knowledge - Preferred
• Forklift experience - Preferred
• Computer Software - Preferred
• Warehouse experience - Preferred