Packaging Operator Jobs

Winland Foods is a leading private label food manufacturer of pasta, dry dinners, condiments, syrups, and more with nearly 3,000 employees operating out of 14 production facilities in US, Canada, and Italy. As a ‘newly’ established company, we are creating the building blocks for an innovative and agile organization that is purpose driven - delivering high quality food to our customers and communities. We foster an environment that encourages all employees to be heard, values the contributions and ideas of others. By joining Winland Foods, you become a part of a new team that values passion, collaboration, and strives to prosper with our customers.
Employee Type:
Full time
Location:
MO Excelsior Springs
Job Type:
Production Packaging
Job Posting Title:
Packaging Operator
:
This position will require a self-directed, team oriented individual who takes pride and ownership in his/her work, and is willing to accept total responsibility for the performance of the packaging operation on his/her shift. This individual must possess good mechanical skills and be able to demonstrate their ability to produce quality product at levels that will allow the plant to meet or exceed its goals and objectives.
Responsibilities:

• Be able to effectively communicate with team members to support a self-directed work environment.
• Monitor and adjust scales to ensure proper weights.
• Monitor product flow from strippers and silos to packaging machines.
• Add containers to case packers.
• Responsible for the manufacture of safe, legal and quality product.
• Monitor, operate and changeover code daters, printers and labelers.
• Clear product jams at stripper and in turners, chimneys and scales.
• Use sound judgment in exercising caution to insure personal safety and the safety of others.
• Make operational adjustments to maintain proper machine rates and packaging quality.
• Always maintain a sanitary work environment.
• Ensure that work areas are clean and that Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) are fully complied with. Accept responsibility for AIB scores in the packaging area.
• Add cartons and change packaging film.
• Complete required production paperwork to accurately calculate run time, efficiencies and cases produced.
• Perform machine and product changeovers accurately in standard allocated time for individual lines.
• Ensure compliance with all safety programs and maintain hazard free work areas.

American Italian Pasta Company is a company is Winland Foods, Inc.
Winland Foods believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
Winland Foods is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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