Machine operator/packer

Overview:

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Berry Global offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Health insurance after 30 days of employment
• 2 weeks vacation in the first year
• Company paid life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match
• Educational reimbursement
• Paid vacations and holidays
• Incentive Bonuses
• Perfect Attendance Bonus
• Referral Bonus- Up to $1500.00

Summary:

This position is responsible for the packaging of manufactured products. Packer responsibilities are in a support role for several areas of manufacturing, including, but not limited to; injection molding, thermoforming, quality and assembly.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities will include: (but not limited to the following):

• Responsibility to safety procedures
• Visually inspect, place into box (as necessary), and palletize finished goods to customer specifications
• Use lifting assist device to where applicable
• Tape and makes boxes for workcenters, insuring to keep the proper quantity available at all times
• Monitor quality (deviations, comparing comparators)
• Document daily production values, including scrap quantities and reasons
• Operate pallet jack
• Cleaning/housekeeping; sweeping, cleaning machines
• Stack cartons from 25-40 #’s on pallets
• Pushing/pulling full pallets on pallet jack and transport to elevator
• Maintain assigned area in a fashion consistent with 5S principals

• Insure that all machine downtime (start times) are recorded
• Record accurate production data that includes all necessary information needed for tracking purposes
• Assist with the flow of raw materials, supplies, and finished goods to and from the production area.
• Participate in the training of new employees
• Support and maintain all policies of the company including but not limited to ISO Standards, Health and Safety Requirements, Continuous Improvement, and standard work procedures.
• Report unsafe conditions and behaviors

Qualifications:

• Must have excellent attendance
• Must be safety & quality conscious at all times
• Must be responsible, self motivated and function well in a team environment
• Be open to a flexible work schedule and work overtime as needed
• Must have good communication skills, both written and oral
• Be able to perform basic visual quality inspections on products
• Production environment, Must have excellent attendance, long periods of standing
• Ability to repeatedly lift boxes ranging from 25-40lbs onto pallet manually and/or with the use of a Tawi lifter.
• Able to use a pallet jack on full skids
• Effectively communicates with all co-workers, assists and coaches others when able
• Acts in a consistently safe manner, Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently
• Reports each day, on time, ready to contribute
• Able to contribute and adapt when work assignments change