Packer - First Shift

Utz Quality Foods is looking to grow our loyal, career driven, and customer focused team and is currently recruiting for a Packer to work from our manufacturing facility located in Wilkes-Barre, PA on First Shift. As a Packer, this candidate will be responsible for packing chips in boxes and bags. Inspect quality of chips. This position works Monday - Friday from 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM. Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for quality and food safety tasks for their position. Celebrating 100 years of Utz! Here at Utz, our goal is to manufacture and sell the best possible products with a commitment to customer satisfaction that is second to none. Our iconic family of brands includes Utz, Golden Flake, Zapps, Bachman, Good Health, TGI Friday's, and Jax. We pride ourselves on our pleasant working environment, challenging opportunities, career growth and competitive wages. We also offer an attractive benefit package that includes medical, prescription, dental and vision plans, an employer match 401k, profit sharing plan and more. Come grow with the Utz Family of Brands! An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 200 STEWART RD., HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania 18706
• Requires basic reading and math skills.
• Ability to communicate production issues to fellow co-workers and supervision.
• Repack product merchandise into cartons on sack/tray lines.
• Standing required 100% of the time.
• Packs bags of chips into cartons.o Assembles cartons, applies stickers and packs cases according to case specifications while verifying the package quality of finished product.
• Loads boxes of packaged chips onto skids.
• Inspects quality of chips and chip packages. o Examines seasoning on chips after chips are packaged. o Matches product codes of chips being packaged. o Verifies weight of packaged chips.
• Requires knowledge of product quality and basic operations acquired through three months of training.
• Performs other tasks which will assist the packaging flow operation such as but not limited to: o Stickers product items, o Prepares boxes to be packed (caddies) o Hand pick chips; and o Gives lunch and work breaks.