Utility Technician

Additional Information

Schedule:

1st Shift: 6:00am to 2:30pm

This position is also eligible for a bonus based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company's applicable plans.

This position is eligible for health benefits, such as medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), disability coverage, security, retirement and saving benefits. Additional benefits include a generous time away from work package, including personal leave, paid parental leave, medical leave, vacation, and holidays.

Job duties include contact with other employees, operating heavy machinery, and access to proprietary information, raw materials, finished merchandise, and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and vendors.

• Follows all Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for work area.
• Uses machines and hand equipment to package and/or assemble finished product.
• Perform setup of machines and equipment to prepare for production.
• Starts machine and observes operation to detect malfunctions; makes minor adjustments to machine to set guides or clear away damaged product; stops machine and reports malfunction to supervisor.
• Feeds product to conveyors, and unloads packaged product.
• Replenishes packaging supplies and mounts supplies on feeding devices.
• Inspects completed package to ensure that product is packaged according to specifications.
• Maintains the work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition and follows prescribed safety regulations.
• May be required to load and unload trucks manually or using a forklift truck

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future

• Have at least three (3) months of experience working at the Cary, IL site in the Operating Utility Technician role
• Have at least one (1) year of work experience operating machinery in a manufacturing and/or distribution environment
• Have at least one (1) year of work experience operating packaging equipment such as robotics, filling machines, case packers, or labelers, etc.
• Have at least one (1) year of work experience monitoring gauges, dials, or other machinery indicators to ensure proper operation of machinery
• Have at least one (1) year of work experience monitoring the quality of raw materials and/or finished goods
• Have at least one (1) year of work experience using material handling equipment (for example: forklifts (stand and sit), pallet jacks, hand trucks, order pickers, vacuum-hoists, drum dolly's, conveyor belts, etc.)