Overview

POSITION SUMMARY:

To properly operate equipment from a safety, quality and efficient perspective, while maintaining the cleanliness of all equipment.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Adheres to safety, food safety, quality and legal compliance.

• Perform all work in accordance with environmental, health and safety standards, rules, regulations and practices of the facility.

• Must be able to pass training/certifications as required for qualification.

• Must perform lockout tagout as required by company standards.

• Must be able to operate multiple pieces of equipment which may include W25-1 & 2, Cryovac, L24, BIB, 12-up fillers, and 6-up fillers.

• Must be aware of all emergency stops and pinch points caused by moving machinery including energized equipment by air or electrical.

• Must be able to follow proper film cart loading procedure and must be able to execute proper film roll loading on machines.

• Must be able to identify proper boxes, labels and correct coding.

• Must be able to perform weight adjustments to maintain proper product weight.

• Must work with team members to maintain standard changeovers while ensuring line efficiencies.

• Must be able to troubleshoot and correct minor mechanical issues.

• Must be able to fully and accurately document line production by filling out inspection record/downtime sheets as well as metal detection information.

• Must be able to identify varying machine set-ups to ensure proper operation.

• Must be able to disassemble production equipment: clean, rinse, and sanitize all product contact machinery utilizing proper cleaning utensils, chemicals, and COP (Clean Out of Place) process.

• Must be able to assemble production equipment: clean, rinse, and sanitize all product contact machinery utilizing proper cleaning utensils, chemicals, and CIP (Clean In Place) process.

• Document completed work as required by the supervisor.

• Compliance with all other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

PHYSICAL AND VISUAL ACTIVITIES:

• Maintain flow of product through machine.

• Reach horizontally and vertically for boxes/product.

• Remove unusable product from machine, conveyors, boxes or floor.

• Safely hose down machines or conveyors.

• Change film rolls and tape in machines.

• Lift cases of product.

• Ability to visually differentiate items of color, up close and in the distance.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to wear personal protective equipment and/or clothing.

• Stand/walk 7 or more hours per day.

• Continuously talk/hear throughout the day.

• Frequently bend, reach, twist/turn and grip/grasp.

• Frequently use eye/hand coordination and use handling/fingering to handle boxes, use hoses or tools.

• Frequently lift and carry less than 5 pounds from floor level to overhead.

• Occasionally kneel/crawl, squat, or climb.

• Occasionally use eye/hand/foot coordination when handling film carts.

• Occasionally use fine motor tasks and taste/smell.

• Occasionally lift up to 50 lbs for an entire shift from floor level to shoulder height.

• Occasionally carry up to 50 lbs 50-100 feet.

• Push rolls of film on carts requiring 25 lbs of force 100 feet.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.

ENVIRONMENTAL/ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS:

• Constantly work in damp, wet, humid and slippery environments.

• Constantly work near moving equipment with fumes or airborne debris.

• Constantly work in high noise levels requiring hearing protection.

• Occasionally work with toxic or caustic chemicals.

• Occasionally work in extreme heat/cold.

• Occasionally work with hand tools causing segmental or whole-body vibration.

MACHINES/TOOLS/EQUIPMENT/SOFTWARE

• Bump cap, hair net, safety glasses, hearing protection, and uniform or smock.

• Cut resistant gloves.

• Nitrile gloves, plastic apron, and plastic sleeves.

• Pouch machine and conveyors.

• Food safety knife and small hand tools.

• Manual pallet jack.

• Human Machine Interface (HMI) software.

• Lockout locks and tags.

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or GED.

• One to three months of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.

• Ability to write simple correspondence.

• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one small group situations to customers, clients, and other team members of the organization.

• Ability to use effective problem solving skills.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to use mathematical functions including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in accordance with production paperwork.

• Ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement, volume, and distance.

LocationUS-GA-Conyers

Job ID 2023-17021