Packaging Coordinator
Job in
Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska, 68025, USA
Listed on 2026-06-12
Listing for:
Mars
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-12
Job specializations:
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Manufacturing / Production
Manufacturing Engineer, Packaging Engineer, Quality Engineering -
Engineering
Manufacturing Engineer, Packaging Engineer, Quality Engineering, Process Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job Description:
Job:
Packaging Coordinator
Shift: Days;
Monday-Friday
Location:
Royal Canin (Fremont, NE)
The job of the Packaging Coordinator supports the process areas of the plant - Packaging and Warehouse to ensure associate safety, product quality and process efficiency. Provide functional support after normal business hours as a point of escalation for process failures. Steer the Packaging Triad team for improvement activities in the Packaging Department.
Qualifications:
Education & Professional Qualification
* Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field, or relevant work experience
* Packaging/Warehouse experience and knowledge
Knowledge/Experience
* Previous experience in food / feed process industry
* English: read, written, spoken
* Fully functional Microsoft Office
* Good communication, Cost conscious, Initiative, Etiquette skills, Self-motivated, Team player, Safety & Hygiene & Quality conscious, Technically inclined, Unrestricted range of motion, Color discrimination, Olfactory & texture perception, Depth perception, Tolerance to hot environment
Key Responsibilities:
SAFETY
* All PPE must be worn in compliance with the OHSA/RC requirements
* Enforce/Respect the safety rules and the internal policy
* Stop any equipment / operative works / external company works if safety/environment protection/fire protection rules are broken
* Support & promote plant safety and health within packaging department
ENVIRONMENT
* Guarantee and apply ISO (Environment), and all related working procedures
* Ownership of environmental responsibilities
QUALITY & FOOD SAFETY
* Guarantee and apply ISO 9001, 22000, Mars Standards, and all related working procedures
* Support development, implementation and maintenance of the HACCP program in the packaging department
* Ensure GMP-GHP in the area
* Help update the Flowchart and Hazard Analysis
* Member of the Food safety team
* Analysis of results for verification activities, internal and external audits
* Support implementation, maintain CCPs and oPRPs in the department
* Train team to CCPs and oPRPs
* Manage non-conformities (decide, put on hold, isolate, destruct), analyze for root causes and undertake correctives actions as appropriate
* Drive food safety improvement activities for the packaging department
HUMAN RESOURCES
* Training: attend any training program as scheduled by company management and train any designed person in the position
* Prepare / Organize / Participate on plant visits
* Provide coaching where it is deemed necessary
* Assist Shift Manager to direct Process team workforce
* Establish program & documents for training & maintain
* Establish workforce training programs
* Identify & report cross training needs & opportunities within the packaging department for optimizing performance
* Participate to the recruitment of new associates
MANAGEMENT & RESPONSIBILITIES
* Identify top losses in the packaging department on a quarterly basis and steer the Packaging Triad to establish focused short-term and long-term plans to reduce top losses
* Partner with Shift Management to identify skill gaps for packaging and warehouse departments, create an effective gap closure plan, and support execution of gap closure plan
* Provide functional support after normal business hours as a point of escalation for process failures
* Ongoing activities focused on reduction of mixed kibble by ensuring process adherence and driving improvement activities
* Communicate with Maintenance, Technical Manager, Operations Manager and operators about equipment deficiencies and corrective actions
* Lead autonomous work teams in the area to develop autonomous maintenance skills with Packaging Operators
* Identify opportunities for automating plant processes
* Champion project coordination with vendors and plant personnel
* Perform area-related equipment first level maintenance
* Work with Operations Manager, on implementing Lean Manufacturing Tools
(5S, Hoshin, Poka-Yoke & Kaizen) to drive continuous improvement:
* Process improvements working in conjunction with Process Engineer
* Machine improvements working in conjunction with Process Engineer
* Implementing work order system
* Qualifying new…
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