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This is an entry level position requiring continuous heavy labor activities. Assignments may ... Preferred previous experience with food safety PAY RATE * Hourly Rate: $27.10 We are an equal ...

Operate on a food packaging production line. * Weigh out food portions for each serving. * Fill ... Ability to perform general labor tasks. * Capability to stand all day and work overtime as needed.

This is an entry level position requiring continuous heavy labor activities. Assignments may ... Preferred previous experience with food safety PAY RATE Hourly Rate: $27.10 We are an equal ...

This is an entry level position requiring continuous heavy labor activities. Assignments may ... Preferred previous experience with food safety PAY RATE * Hourly Rate: $27.10 We are an equal ...

This is an entry level position requiring continuous heavy labor activities. Assignments may ... Preferred previous experience with food safety PAY RATE * Hourly Rate: $27.10 We are an equal ...

This is an entry level position requiring continuous heavy labor activities. Assignments may ... Preferred previous experience with food safety PAY RATE * Hourly Rate: $27.10 We are an equal ...

Packaging Laborer

Lena, IL · On-site

$19/hr

Level 1 - Packaging cheese, make boxes; Level 2 - Packaging cheese, make boxes, able to run at ... Experience working in a food manufacturing environment; * High school diploma or equivalent;

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Packaging Laborer 2nd Shift

Valdosta, GA • On-site

MARTINS FAMOUS PASTRY SHOPPE
Food and Drink Manufacturing • 501 - 1,000 employees

$21.85/hr

Full-time

Retirement

Posted 8 days ago


Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe rating

5.5

Company rating: 5.5 out of 10

Based on 8 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz


Job description

Come join our Team as a Packaging Laborer! We started with pastries handmade by Lois and Lloyd Martin produced inside of a garageand we have boomed into a multi-facility company where our many products are produced by machines and shipped domestically and internationally. Talk about a rich history and exciting future!As an employer of choice we offer physical, emotional, financial and professional benefits including 401K, disability insurance and paid holidays.

As a member of the Martin's Family, a packaging laborer is responsible for machines that perform packaging functions and ensures that unpackaged and packaged products are of exceptional quality. The packaging laborer openly gives and receives truthful feedback, shares helpful knowledge with teammates, goes the extra mile, and represents Martin's by being an ambassador of superior quality and service.

Pay rate: $21.85/hr. + $3.00 pay differential and Weekend Premiums, paid weekly!

You will typically work 2:50PM to 11:00PM, however, you must be willing to work up to 12 hours depending on business needs.

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

  • Evaluates product entering packaging for quality standards.

  • Removes substandard product from the line.

  • Communicates quality issues to Line Control Supervisor for correction.

  • Removes packaged product from conveyor line.

  • Places packaged product into baskets.

  • Monitors packaged product for quality standards.

  • Packs special arrangements or selections of product.
  • Verifies that the date packaged is correct.
  • Starts and adjusts slicers and packaging machinery; requests necessary repairs from the maintenance team.
  • Straightens product progressing along a conveyor line.
  • Starts, adjusts, and monitors economy packaging equipment.
  • Operates palletizing equipment.
  • Operates the bagging and kwickloc equipment.
  • Maintain counts of finished product to meet orders generated via the load coordinating department.
  • Communicate product clip demands to Line Control Supervisors.
  • Remove full or partial pallets of product from equipment for staging.
  • Refill boxes of bagging equipment.
  • Monitor clips on finished product and perform checks for accuracy in regards to clip color, date, product, and price.
  • Monitor and operate sticker machines and pattern makers.
  • Maintain cleanliness of area.
  • Assists co-workers when system is not running properly.
  • Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance.
  • Supports organizational culture and values by following policies, working with integrity, building morale, and respecting and putting others before oneself.
  • Adheres to safety, food safety, quality, and Good Manufacturing Practices regulations.
  • Reports safety, food safety, and quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience

  • Education: High School Diploma/GED
  • Related food manufacturing and/or machine operating experience preffered

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand for long periods of time. Employees uses hands to finger, handle or feel' reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and smell. Employee is required to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, crouch and/or crawl. Ability to frequently lift and /or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Employment Type: Martins Employee-Regular full-time

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