Job Description
Set up and operate packaging equipment for all lines that packages finished product after it is fried, baked, popped or repacked and seasoned used in the manufacturing of food products, including but not limited to palletizer robots.
• Follow production schedule.
• Set-up and troubleshoot equipment for operation.
• Oversee the operation of all palletizing equipment and perform the appropriate changes in the equipment to follow the production schedule.
• Verify appropriate materials (boxes, labels etc.)
• Perform changes of palletizer patterns and production runs.
• Keep areas well maintained.
• Help others to keep area clean and help packers when they are busy by helping open any bad bags, dump trash, pack, etc.
• Record product information as it relates to boxes.
• Record product, packaging, and order information on specified forms and records.
• Report to the supervisor any mechanical or cleaning problem in the line.
• Relieve other positions as needed.
• Fill out all production paperwork as required including but not limited to first articles, film waste, downtime, recap sheets, etc.
• Record production and test data for each product packaged, such as the film used, boxes used, etc.
• Press switches and turn knobs to start, adjust, and regulate equipment including PLC and other programs.
• Observe and listen to equipment to detect possible malfunctions, such as plugging, and report malfunctions or undesirable results to supervisors.
• Obtain, move, open, and sort products, materials, containers, and orders, using hand tools.
• Cleaning tasks, including but not limited to, wipe down machines, sweep floors, and pick-up trash.
• Responsible to ensure that the product meets quality specifications which include housekeeping, quality support, cleanliness in their surrounding work area and immediate work area.
• Monitor multiple palletizing robots.
• Work with supervisor and maintenance to troubleshoot.
• Information Ordering-The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Near Vision-The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Oral Comprehension-The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Problem Sensitivity-The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Arm-Hand Steadiness-The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Control Precision-The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Manual Dexterity-The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Written Comprehension-The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Category Flexibility-The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
• Deductive Reasoning-The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.