The packager position is responsible to perform all tasks conducted by the team in the assembly process and rotate through all or most of them rather than being assigned to a specific task on a permanent basis.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for operating, cleaning, and maintaining multiple pieces of manufacturing equipment. This may include material handling to the production line, set-up, changeover, operation and troubleshooting of all retail packaging equipment - spiral through Final Case palletizing.
- Ensure finished product conforms to specifications.
- Removes damaged products or supplies, as needed.
- Responsible for production, package, and product changeovers.
- Maintains required product inspection processes.
- Performs basic troubleshooting and minor repairs to ensure production equipment runs efficiently.
- Perform preventative maintenance, clear jams as well as set up for new production runs.
- Operate all manufacturing equipment (including new technologies) efficiently and safely.
- Maintain clean work area through good housekeeping practices.
- Perform cleaning, inspection, and lubrication of equipment.
- Keep daily records of product, temperatures, weights, and down time.
- Work well with others in a team-oriented atmosphere.
- Responsible for training other packaging machine operators or cross train other PMOMs.
- Ability to understand and perform equipment changeovers in a timely manner.
- Be able to quickly learn and explain the operating principals for assigned equipment.
- Understand and perform manufacturer related sanitation and assembly tasks on equipment.
- Be able to perform basic technical functions such as removing belts for cleaning and changing out basic damaged components.
- Be able to notify and explain to maintenance when the assigned equipment is not running to center line.
- Assist in the development of a lubrication schedule for the assigned equipment and execute the schedule.
- Gain a subject matter expert level of understanding of the operational principles of the assigned equipment.
- Ability to operate pallet jack.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
- Follows all Good Manufacturing Practices as stated within the policy.
- Follows all Safety rules & procedures by working safely and ensuring safety of others.
- Follows all food safety procedures.
- Follows all environmental protocols as applicable.
- Follows all sanitation procedures and work instructions.
