Packaging Technician Job Clinton Township area,Michigan USA,Manufacturing / Production

Job Description

Job Description

Eden Foods – Clinton, Michigan (Lenawee County) seeks a full-time employee for a food production and packaging position. Experience, reliability, and willingness to learn are needed. Good work, good people, good benefits, good food.

Job Description:

Operations Department

Position: Packaging Technician

Reports to: Production Supervisor

Duties and Responsibilities:

Reliable, efficient performance in scheduled food packaging work.

Timely entries in Daily Packaging and Quality Control logs.

Good production yields with minimal inventory loss.

Accuracy of labels, target fill weights, and package codes.

Safe operation of equipment and behavior in the workplace.

Help with quality identification and proper handling.

A sound, general knowledge of the food products handled.

Conscientious handling of inventory to avoid damage or adulteration.

Maintain Quality Control procedures in conjunction with state, federal, and Eden policies.

Maintain inventory control procedures and records.

Recommend operational changes and needs.

Coordinate scheduling of equipment maintenance.

Maintain orderly and clean workstations.

Job Requirements:

Experience and education sufficient to perform duties, and willingness to learn.

Ability to lift 50 pounds waist high, intermittently over the course of a normal day.

Ability to perform standing work during shifts.

Intelligent involvement in the work performed.

Basic math, with written and verbal communication skills.

Must pass a pre-employment physical.

Experience in, and knowledge of, food safety procedures is a plus.

This job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive or complete explanation of duties. Employees are required to perform duties as assigned by their supervisor or management. Eden reserves the right to modify job duties and responsibilities as needed. Job descriptions do not constitute or imply an employment contract.

Company Description

Eden Foods is the senior natural and organic food company in North America. It remains an independent manufacturer of dry grocery organic food, focused on the relationships necessary to sustain them. Whole grain, beans, and macrobiotic Japanese traditional foods have been core to its product line since 1968.

Over 93% of Eden foods are sold by natural food stores, co-ops, and other retail outlets via traditional natural and grocery distribution channels. The internet, Eden’s website, wholesale sales, and employee purchases make up the remainder.

Eden Foods' two warehouses – in Clinton, Michigan and Fremont, California – handle all the food we distribute.

Eden Foods Goals
1) Provide the most pure, high quality, life-supporting food and accurate information about them, their uses and benefits.
2) Creation and maintenance of a healthy, respectful, challenging, and rewarding environment for people involved with the Company.
3) Development of the ability to produce and disseminate the foodstuffs and information we create and handle.
4) Cultivate sound relationships with like minded people and organizations involved in like pursuits.
5) Cultivate adaptability to changes in economic, social, and environmental conditions to allow Eden Foods the opportunity to survive long term.
6) Have a strong, positive impact on farming and food processing practices used in the world.
7) To contribute to peaceful development of life on Earth.

Eden Foods is a principled natural food company and developing organization. Quality people of good character is what keeps us going and growing. We seek to contribute to the realization of a better world. Eden Foods is an excellent career opportunity.

Company Description

Eden Foods is the senior natural and organic food company in North America. It remains an independent manufacturer of dry grocery organic…