2nd Shift Palletizer Operator

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Seneca Foods is one of North America's leading providers of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States. Our high quality products are primarily sourced from over 1,400 American farms. Seneca holds the largest share of the retail private label, food service, and export canned vegetable markets, distributing to over 90 countries. Products are also sold under the brands of Libby’s®, Aunt Nellie’s®, READ®, Seneca Farms®, Green Valley®, Green Giant (Shelf-Stable)®, Cherry Man®, Paradise®, Pennant®, and Seneca labels, including Seneca snack chips.

Seneca also provides vegetable products to other companies under various co-pack arrangements.

Seneca Foods offers an excellent benefit package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life insurance, 401K, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Paid Time Off and more! Help us make our Farm Fresh Goodness Great!

At Seneca Foods, we do more than grow crops — we nourish families and strengthen communities with safe, nutritious, and affordable food. Our mission is simple but powerful:  To feed the world safe, nutritious, and affordable food.
We do it with a deep commitment to quality, people, and sustainability.

We're looking for a hands-on, detail oriented, and safety minded individual to join our team as a Palletizer Operator. If you enjoy working in a fast paced environment and being part of a company that makes a real difference, we want to hear from you.

• Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.
• Opportunities for growth in a stable, essential industry.
• A company culture that values teamwork, respect, and responsibility.

• Maintain and operate forklift safely at all times
• Complete daily forklift inspections
• Set up and operate palletizer for specific product being run
  • Adjust bars
  • Operate computer to program stack pattern of size product being run
  • Must be able to operate in both manual and automatic modes, resetting as needed
• Load slip sheets and empty pallets into machine – ensure straightness, no broken boards or double runners on pallets
• Operate pallet wrapper, replace rolls of wrap as needed
• Print daily schedule and pallet tags for product being run, ensuring accuracy
• Accurately complete necessary paperwork (finished goods tally, downtime)
• Scan finished goods into system (and location) with scan gun and stage to be put away
• Stage raw materials for packaging (glass, caps, cartons)
• Remove finished product from palletizer, ensure finished goods meet quality specs (no broken jars, labels/case codes are correct, shrink wrap is intact)
• Troubleshoot and correct problems as they occur (suction bar, photo eyes, etc.)
  • Notify maintenance if assistance is needed
• Hand palletize (stack) finished goods onto pallets as needed
• Adjust and clean photo eyes on the outside as well as the inside of the machine
• Use emergency stop correctly so as not to stop machine in the middle of cycle.
• Fix chain if it falls off
• Use proper lock out procedures when making repairs
• Stack pallets of finished product in an orderly and straight manner
• Other tasks as assigned

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 1–2 years of forklift experience preferred (Food Processing a plus).
• Basic math and clear communication skills.

Palletizer Operators work in indoor and outdoor environments. Exposure to wet/humid conditions and extreme heat/cold. Some high noise levels and moving mechanical parts. Exposure to…