Packaging Operator

Location:

Decatur, Alabama, United States

The Packaging Operator is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of packaging equipment, performing preventive maintenance, making minor repairs and producing quality product per production schedule while maintaining safety expectations.

• 8, 10, or 12-hour shift schedule including off shifts, weekends, and rotations.
• Pay: $26.59 an hour.
• Bunge offers health and wellness plans, retirement contribution and paid vacation/holidays.

• Operate production line equipment (votators, shortening, liquid and tote line).
• Troubleshoot production line issues to identify problems.
• Perform and complete package quality checks and respond to problems, identify and handle off-quality products, and package supplies.
• Interpret tank inventories and valve and pump settings to ensure the correct product is being filled and pumped.
• Load and unload railcars and trucks.
• Pump and/or dump ingredients into oil products.
• Collect product samples from tanks, railcars, and tank trucks for analysis.
• Transfer oil products throughout facility.
• Collect inventory of storage tanks.
• Operate a forklift for warehouse, loading, receiving.
• Maintain a safe work environment, identifying hazards and exposures, and being willing to approach others about safety.
• Maintain documents for processes as required by quality and operation systems.
• Maintain sanitation levels of work area.

• Good verbal and written communication.
• Ability to routinely perform strenuous physical labor.
• Ability to work at heights, around water, or in confined spaces.
• Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Ability to learn technical procedures using company-provided computer equipment.
• Dependable attendance.

• High school graduate or GED.