Packaging Technician Level 1; PT
Listed on 2026-10-07
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Manufacturing / Production
Manufacturing & Industrial Operations, Production Associate / Production Line, Production QC/QA, Food Production
Title:
Packaging Technician Level 1 (PT1)
Classification:
Hourly / Non-Exempt
Department:
Operations
Direct Reports:
No
Supervisor:
Production Supervisor
Position Type: F/T
Benefits:
Medical / Dental / Vision / Life Insurance / Disability / 401(k)
The Packaging Technician Level 1 (PT1) I must comply with all plant GMP, SQF Quality and Safety, Food Safety and Bio-Security procedures. The Packaging Technician Level 1 (PT1) is an entry level position. A PT1’s specific role may vary depending on the type of cheese product they package, but most PT1s perform basic production duties. This position may perform sanitation duties, as needed.
Typicalpositions filled by PT1’s are as follows:
- Turner/Opener
- Form Handler
- Cryovac Operator/Trayer
- Racker
- Process Grinders
Shifts:
1st
Shift: Monday
- Friday 6:55am – 3:00pm Payrate: $16 per hour
2nd
Shift: Monday
- Friday 2:55pm – 11:00pm Payrate: $16 per hour;
Shift differential $1.00
3rd
Shift: Monday
- Friday 10:55pm – 7:00am Payrate: $16.25 per hour;
Shift differential $2.00
- Assist in supporting a safe and healthy work environment for all personnel through consistent support of the company’s Safety Process.
- Participate/support the SQF program and assist in the development of the system and operational standards and corrective actions.
- Responsible that product is run to specification ensuring the highest quality and help perform root cause analysis on all quality defects.
- Ability to record tracking information from bulk cheese containers/LPs to table placards.
- Remove cheese from manufacturing containers.
- Ability to operate Swiss and 640 lifts to load respective machines.
- Understanding of all plant GMP’s.
- Ability to fold, dump and skid forms.
- Able to operate and maintain the fillers.
- Able to create rack tags and batch tags.
- Ability to sort through trim to find foreign objects.
- Perform routine quality checks.
- Hold yourself and team members accountable.
- Makes verbal reports to Line Leader and provides spoken information about a problem or issue.
- Participate in 5Y methodology.
- Available to work overtime, as needed.
- Other duties and/or projects may be assigned.
- The above list of responsibilities is not inclusive and can/ will be changed/ amended as needed to present our customers and consumers with the highest quality, safety, and secure products from Biery Cheese
- Ability to demonstrate the skills needed to perform job description.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
- Ability to deliver outstanding results.
- Demonstrate reliability and good work ethics, quality work performance, attention to detail is a must, and maintain a good working relationship with all other departments.
- Able to work independently with little supervision.
- Ability to multitask and work in a team oriented fast-paced environment.
- Willingness to grow with the organization.
- Ability to exercise considerable judgment and be able to identify and solve problems.
Biery Cheese will continuously train our team members in food safety, food quality and maintaining regulatory requirements. Biery Cheese team members will be encouraged to improve their work process to produce/ packaged at the highest quality under the guides of food safety and quality.
Our team members are to conduct themselves appropriately while at Biery Cheese and manage the production area in a safe manner to avoid injury to themselves or co-workers.
Work Environment:The work environment involves moderate risks or discomforts which may require special safety precautions…
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