Packaging Machine Operator (2Nd) - Sensible

Overview/Purpose:

To ensure specification product is packaged in a safe, sanitary, and timely manner. To supervise the packers, operate the packing machine, and pack products according to schedule and specifications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct various quality control checks per instruction and document
• Conduct pre-start safety and sanitation inspections per instructions and record results
• Make mechanical adjustments to the machine to obtain proper parameters
• Identify and isolate out of specification finished goods
• Supervise packers and help to assign their duties
• Assure that product weigh scales are in proper order and document
• Assure proper code dates are on the package and document
• Train packers on packing policies, specifications, and procedures
• Follow GMP's, Food Safety Policies, and Procedure
• Keep work area neat and clean and perform preliminary clean-up of equipment at shutdown
• Select and properly thread packaging film into vertical form and fill machine
• Set up and start various conveyor belts and machinery
• Write work orders for broken or unacceptable conditions
• Assure that packaging machine is at proper settings and speeds and document
• Other miscellaneous (helping the team, assisting where is needed)

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum six months experience in a Production capacity or related role in a manufacturing environment

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• High School Diploma or GED
• Ability to apply common sense and understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved oral instructions
• Ability to make simple math calculations and measurements
• Read and understand basic flow charts
• Willingness to work independently with minimum instructions
• Wear all required protective equipment
• Willingness to work in a hot, humid, and noisy environment
• Maintain records and communicate and correct out of control conditions
• Adhere to all GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) Procedures
• Comply with all company policies and regulations
• Willingness to work some weekends and overtime as needed
• Ability to read and speak basic English
• Ability to use basic tools and make simple mechanical adjustments
• Obey all food and human safety rules and regulations

Physical Demands:

• Fingering-computer keyboard
• Stooping and bending
• Hearing-ordinary conversation
• Walking 35%
• Sitting 5%
• Standing 60%

Work Environment:

• Lifting and carrying up to 70lbs
• Rotating and oscillating equipment
• Changes of >30 degrees within a shift
• Humidity
• Near acuity (clarity of vision at 20 inches or less)
• Speaking-ordinary speech
• Climbing stairs and ladders
• Heat up to 100 degrees and lows of 40 degrees
• Compressed Air and Live steam lines
• Exposure to fluorescent lights
• Extreme climate or climate variation
• Conveyors, elevators, and lifts

Compensation and Benefits:

• Life insurance
• Critical illness and accident insurance
• Disability coverage
• Tuition assistance
• Legal and identity protection insurance
• Pet insurance
• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• PTO
• Adoption assistance
• 401(k)
• New starting wage is $21.25 per hour (commensurate with experience and location). *Note that rate could change based on a shift schedule.
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending accounts
• Parental Leave
• Commuter benefits

Hain Celestial is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. The Company does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, expression, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

If you need accommodations for any part of the employment process because of a disability, please send an e-mail to [email protected] or call 516-587-5000 to let us know the nature of your request. EEO/AA/M/F/Veteran/Disabled