Palletizer Operator

Role and Activity

Safety

* Comply with all company safety policies and procedures.

* Take an active role to insure that personal safety and the safety of others is never compromised.

Quality

* Comply with the Good Manufacturing Practices as outlined by the plant quality department.

* Complete and document all food safety checks as required by the plant HACCP program.

* Complete and document all product quality checks as required by the plant MCP program.

Actively participate in preventing and correcting quality related errors. Plant Citizenship and Interactions (Grooves)

* Communicate and interact with others in a manor consistent with the company's management philosophy, the "Grooves".

* Actively participate in team meetings, committees and task forces.

* Comply with the plant's attendance and other policies to maintain a corrective action free status.

Operational

* General:

* Become proficient in multiple skill areas and annually refresh your operational skill sets.

* Support hiring process by mentoring and on-boarding new team members.

* Lead and encourage problem solving within the Business Unit and Functional Team

* Communicate and follow-up on daily information.

* Be willing to learn and to train a variety of skills.

* Complete all required documentation in each area to support the plant inventory control, quality assurance, line reliability, damage reduction, and cost tracking systems.

* Hardener Operation:

* Understand basic hardener operations.

* Operate the hardeners under normal and product evacuation conditions.

* Bundling:

* Load and operate multiple bundlers (wrappers).

* Make minor adjustments to equipment settings to insure quality wrap.

* Insure that the proper materials and quantities have been staged for use.

* Palletizing:

* Understand the appropriate pallet pattern by product.

* Palletize using manual and semi-automatic and automatic palletizing stations.

* Load and operate the stretch wrapping equipment.

* Insure that product is properly palletized and ready for storage and distribution.

* Input Operator:

* Identify product SKU's for palletizing station assignments.

* Complete all required IMREX and Panel View transactions and reports.

* Understand shuttle car and ASRS operations and correct errors as needed.

* Support ASRS inventory process as needed (usually done quarterly).

* Insure that palletized product is ready for storage

* Currie Auto Palletizer:

* Understand basic Currie operations.

* Program Daily SKU's.

* Know and understand correct procedure for releasing lanes.

* Identify all aspects of Currie equipment performance and communicate with other operators and maintenance.

* Insure the quality of all products prior to and immediately following the Currie.

* Manage reject line to ensure product does not spoil.

* Shipping Coordinator:

* Communicate pick-ups and deliveries with carriers/ customers

* Communication with warehouses and logistics for order changes updates.

* Enter and release orders in CC Software system

* Maintain inventory levels for west-coast warehouses.

* Lab 48 hour hold and reject products.

* Ship and confirm orders in IMREX system daily

* Maintain pallet program and pallet reconciliation by carrier.

Sanitation

* General:

* Understand the safest and most effective cleaning methods used in the hardening, bundling and palletizing areas.

* Conduct basic sanitation preventive maintenance as required.

* Follow the proper cleaning procedure for each piece of equipment used in the hardening, bundling and palletizing

* Environmental Cleaning:

* Maintain work area in an "inspection ready" condition at all times.

* Follow the proper cleaning procedure for non-product contact surfaces and equipment.

* Represent The Froneri Way of working through the behaviors and characteristics in our Operating Model and Core Values

Measurable Outcomes

* Hygiene, GMP and safety audits improving week after week

* Daily, weekly, monthly production targets are fully met

* Effective interaction with the team and takes direction from Machine Operator and Management

* Quality and improvement initiatives being implemented and maintained

* De-kitting the line

LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY

* Quality and technical system adherence

* Completion of the required production to plan

* Health and Safety

* Impeccable hygiene standards always

* Clean as you go; use proper cleaning techniques (e. limited water hose usage)

* Number of direct reports (if applicable):

BEHAVIORS AND CORE VALUES:
Must consistently showcase the desired behaviors that represent our Core Values.

We Take Ownership

* Stay committed to responsibilities from start to finish

* Make sound decisions and get into the right level of detail

* Apply resources to initiatives that add growth, improve efficiencies, or reduce waste

We Do What Is Right

* Choose transparency over convenience, even if it means difficult conversations

* Set clear roles and responsibilities, enabling everyone to exercise appropriate initiative and judgment

* Speak up when you see something that does not align to our values and policies

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