Cheese Packager DAYS

Job Type:
 Regular
 People are at the heart of our success. Our culture encourages collaboration, transparency, and accountability in order to generate value and achieve sustainable results. Being part of the team means committing to an environment where everyone’s impact truly matters.
 At Agropur, accountability means owning challenges and taking concrete action to achieve results.
 An environment that empowers you to take action:
 Starting Rate of Pay: $24.73 hourly
 Sunday Double Time Pay

Schedule:

2-2-3 DAY shift, 7am - 7pm
 Competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package focusing on your physical, financial, and emotional health to include the following perks as well as the standard benefit offerings:
 Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-term Disability Insurance
 401(k) with up to 7% company contributions
 3 Weeks PTO on day 1
 Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays
 Paid parental leave
 Advancement Opportunities
 Healthy work/life balance
 What you’ll be responsible for each day:
 The Packager position ensures the final product produced is packaged in the most sanitary and efficient way possible to meet customer needs and the overall goals of the organization. The Packager will work in all areas of the packaging as needed assisting each role of department.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Fresh Stick Area
 Operate conveyors pre spiral freezer for production.
 Direct product to the rework line as needed.
 Operate the rework system for production.
 Sanitation of the fresh stick conveyors.
 Sanitation of the rework system.
 Maintain brine fat removal system during production.
 Spiral Freezer
 Complete proper startup of the spiral freezer.
 Complete proper shutdown and CIP of the spiral freezer.
 Maintain operation of the spiral freezer during production.
 Complete sanitation CIP documentation.
 Xray Systems
 Complete proper set up of Xray machines.
 Complete proper shutdown and washdown of Xray machines.
 Maintain proper documentation for production.
 Trouble shoot Xray machines.
 Product Sorters
 Complete proper set up of Key Sorters.
 Ensure correct product recipes are loaded based off production schedule.
 Understand how to interrupt reject data from machine and relay to production.
 Complete shutdown and washdown of the sorters.
 Ability to determine if sorters are performing within expectations.
 Tote Fill Area
 Operate conveyors on the tote fill line.
 Manually insert tote liners into built totes.
 Manually build totes as needed.
 Proper placement of barcodes on totes.
 Manually level and de-cuff tote liners after fill.
 Complete sanitation of the conveyers.
 Operate the sorter reject conveyor.
 Dry Pack Area
 Operate the tote erector.
 Trouble shoot the tote erector.
 Clear jams on the tote erector.
 Fill glue for the tote erector.
 Complete dry cleaning of tote erector.
 Place tote lids on finished totes.
 Operate the dry pack finished tote conveyors.
 Operate the pallet inserter.
 Operator the pallet wrapper.
 Operate the pallet stacker.
 Change wrap and pallet wrapper.
 Trouble shoot pallet inserter, pallet wrapper and pallet stacker.
 Manually enter totes into pallet labeling system.
 Change labels and the pallet labeler.
 Complete packaging paperwork and pre-ops.
 Rework System
 Operator the rework system.
 Complete documentation of product being reworked.
 Work with production on adjustments of rework addition.
 Complete CIP of the rework system.
 Other

Duties and Responsibilities:

Communicate problems and potential problems to Lead and or supervisor.
 Be an active part in the packaging process; offering suggestions to improve the packaging department and doing whatever is needed to successfully complete the job.
 Actively participant in packaging meetings.
 Complete daily department paperwork and documentation.
 Responsible for required sanitation of equipment, tools, and work area.
 Assist Production Supervisor in training and development of new employees, including instructing new employees on proper procedures, safe working practices and producing a quality product.
 Completing and signing off on Pre-op inspections prior to machines…