Packaging Technician II

Bringing our love of food to families for five generations! Blount Fine Foods is a family-owned and operated manufacturer, marketer, and developer of premium fresh prepared foods. We are an engaging team, bringing restaurant-quality products to America including single-serve grab-n-go fresh soups, mac & cheese, and entrées in grocery stores across the country, as well as for hot bars and restaurants.

Help us create the finest food experiences including those with specialty certifications that include organic, gluten-free, and low sodium, among others. Join a proven team for growth, success, and a satisfying career!

The pay range for this job is $18.50 to $18.96 per hour.

This position is first shift, start time is 8:30am.

• Daily maintenance of all Packout line equipment
• Repair of any breakdowns during normal production.
• Proactive line adjustments, to prevent lost processing time.
• Continuous equipment Preventative Maintenance, to eliminate or minimize future processing “downtime”
• Ability to learn all aspects of processing line equipment, with the ability to teach others key primary adjustments
• Ability to identify product variation to set up machinery in a timely manner.
• Proactive approach to mitigate processes lost time between production runs.
• Positional accountabilities
• Understand implications of “down time” and inefficient processing.
  • Understand how to react to such matters, to minimize downtime incurred.
  • Develop a proactive approach to address potential downtime obstructions.
• Responsible for any processing line, equipment based, “Down Time”.
• “Your equipment, your “Down Time”.
• Effective and continuous communication with Maintenance and Lead to discuss any resolve any hindrances to processing line time.
• Other responsibilities w/ similar skill and work conditions as assigned.

• One year certificate from college or technical school; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• communicate effectively both written and verbally in English as it pertains to individual position.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

• Medical, dental and vision benefits.
• 401k with Company match.
• Paid time off including vacation, sick time and holidays.
• Education Assistance Program.
• Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability.
• Discounts on Blount products at company retail locations
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Program.