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