Packaging

PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Pick products for customer shipments
• Ability to read, understand and follow customer required packaging requirements
• Ensure product is packed carefully by using correct packing material
• Ensure all accompanying documentation is present with packed items
• Assist with wrapping and labeling skids of products
• Assist with monitoring packing material inventory and communicating with purchasing to place orders
• Communicate with production in a timely manner to ensure product is available to ship on time
• Assist with organization of product and packaging material to ensure efficient flow
• Records information, such as weight, time, and date packaged.
• Communicates with Shipping Coordinator to ensure transportation is set-up in a timely manner
• Maintain activity logs as necessary
• Store goods and raw materials in factory storage areas and warehouses in manners conducive to ensuring their quality and safety
• Prepare cartons and crates for packaging purposes and ensure that items are properly and safely packed into them
• Inspect finished products to ensure that they conform to quality standards and isolate any non-conformed or damaged items
• Communicate problems with machinery, raw and end products to the Team Leader or Supervisor
• Some assignments may require entering data into Epicor
• Perform preventative and regular maintenance on machines to ensure that their operational life is extended
• When needed, act as a productive team member in other areas of the manufacturing process
• Participate in 5S activities daily and in TFPS initiatives

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• High school diploma or equivalency preferred.
• 1 year of previous experience in packaging and/or manufacturing environment with an understanding of production procedures.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to comprehend, or learn to comprehend, part specification prints and assembly instructions
• Ability to use tape measure, calipers, and other measuring devices.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to effectively communicate written and oral communications.
• Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team.

PHYSICAL SUMMARY:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk, hear, grasp, use hands, reach with hands and arms, push, stand and walk; occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and use wrists, hand or fingers repetitively; and rarely required to sit, drive, climb or balance, operate mechanical equipment or move up and down from/to a sitting position on the floor. The employee may lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Lifting and/or moving anything over 40 pounds requires a team lift. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Hearing capacity required to maximize ability to understand all verbal communication and react accordingly. Basic PPE required.

Americans with Disabilities Specifications

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.