Production Worker​/Packaging Operator - Graveyard Shift

Production Worker / Packaging Operator - Graveyard Shift

Salary: $19.00/hour

Shift: 6:00pm to 6:30am (12‑rotating 3/4)

Job Type: Full Time

Pre‑employment background check and drug screen required.

• The packaging operator is required to perform two functions: the bagging operation and the baler operation. The operator must maintain the ability to perform both bagging and baler functions as determined by the Shift Leads.
• Operate machinery in a productive manner using the established safety guidelines and procedures.
• Responsible for assisting other production areas, as needed.
• Move and wrap completed products.
• Will be lifting up to 50 lbs and standing for a minimum of 7 hours per day.
• Assist the Shift Leads to start and stop the pellet mills.
• Communicate any moisture or material problems to Shift Lead.
• Maintain a clean workstation.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Responsible for operating a variety of machinery, including bagging and baler machines, shrink wrapping machines, forklifts, pallet jacks, and bag sealers.
• Stacking bags on pallets, putting covers on pallets, and placing finished goods in the correct warehouse location.
• Accurate completion of the Bagger production report, filling pellet sample cups every ton for quality control information, and tagging pallets with Quality Control tags with initials, date, ton number, and the shift the pallet was completed.

• Stacking bales on pallets, sealing bales with an iron, and wrapping pallets.
• Accurate completion of the Baler Operator production report, checking bale weight, and recording information on various reports and quality control tags.

• High School diploma or GED preferred.
• Prior forklift and production line experience preferred.
• Will require good eye, hand, and foot coordination.
• Will need to pass the company forklift training.
• Required to read and interpret scales.
• Requires mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting skills to adjust the weight and timing of the baler and other simple maintenance problems.
• Requires the ability to perform simple math calculations.

• Employee referral bonus program
• 2 weeks paid time off + 2 floating holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (FSA & HSA options)
• Educational assistance
• Life insurance, short‑term & long‑term disability
• 401(k) with employer match & immediate vesting
• Employee heating pellet program
• Lignetics SWAG gear, including an annual pair of work boots & other PPE

Lignetics believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity (EEO) and does not discriminate against its employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, genetic information, or on any other protected status under state, local or federal law. Equal employment opportunity is extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer‑employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall and termination.