INTERNAL: Packaging Tech - 1st Shift - Liquids

Packaging Technician
1st Shift 5:00am - 3:00pm Monday - Thursday
This role is in the Liquids Department

We believe that nature is the best way to holistic health, and it should be available to everyone.

When we help people live healthy lives, we build a happier, healthier world for everyone.

How we go about our work drives TRUST in who we are, what we do, and the products we produce.

Our customers trust:

• Our products to be the gold standard
• Our words to be true
• Our claims to be honest,
• Our actions to have integrity.

And we've been leading the way since 1969.

Be a part of helping people live healthy lives as our new Packaging Tech in Liquids!

SUMMARY
The responsibilities of the Packaging Technician- Liquids position include maintaining high sanitary standards throughout the preparation, set-up, and operation of the designated jobs, while meeting the high-quality packaging specifications within a safe work environment. The Packaging Technician is also responsible for continuously working towards the improvement of quality in all operations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Operate and monitor assigned machine(s) to detect product defects.
• Perform job duties within the established quality control guidelines of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).
• Complete all job-related documentation accurately and timely.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness of workspace, equipment, and materials at all times.
• Perform cleaning duties of workspace to maintain sanitary conditions before, during, and after a new job is introduced into the area.
• Produce finished goods that are defect-free, properly identified, and within the established standards.
• Utilize hand tools, power tools, pallet jacks, and other tools as required to perform essential job duties.
• Notify Supervisor or Manager if any discrepancies arise, such as but not limited to: safety, quality, operations, or health concerns.
• Knowledgeable in basic mathematics.
• Follow the proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) guidelines at all times.
• Flexibility in assigned work schedule to meet business needs.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

PACKAGING TECHNICIAN I (0-24 Month Period)

• Must be proficient in two Packaging Zones (Zone 4 + 1 other)
• Review and begin building knowledge of required SOP and cGMP guidelines for position.
• Perform quality verifications.
• Maintain a clean and safe workspace.
• Build partnerships through team work and communication.
• Completion of all training guide requirements.
• Independently operate packaging equipment, pack, stack, and perform line quality checks.
• Accurate documentation is required.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot minor machine malfunctions.
• Knowledgeable in safety policy and lockout/tagout procedures.
• Complete all established Technician I requirements within a 24 month period.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Associates must have the capability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos, in addition to having effective written and verbal communications in English to meet training, safety and quality requirements.

MATHMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to add, subtracts, multiply, and divides in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk (10 hours a day) and bend, stoop, twist, kneel, squat, climb and crawl. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands (occasionally overheard), touch, handle, grasp and feel with and hands, wrists and arms. The employee must frequently lift, move and/or carry up to 44 pounds and move by pushing/pulling objects with 33 pounds of force. The employee is required to talk and hear.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to be worn for this position includes hearing protection and P100 respirator.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

This opening is for internal Nature's Way Employees only.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)