Packaging Operator; Nights - Rotating Weekends

Position: Packaging Operator (12 Hour Nights - Rotating Weekends)
Location: City of Rochester

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fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers.

With over $3B in annual retail sales, fairlife's portfolio of delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products includes: fairlife ultra-filtered milk; Core Power High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife nutrition plan, a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.

A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company, fairlife, LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.

To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit

The construction of fairlife's manufacturing facility in Webster, NY is underway. This state-of-the-art, 750k sq ft, greenfield plant is expected to be operational in late 2025 and will lay the foundation for fairlife's next phase of growth as the leading dairy nutrition provider. While coupling the industry's latest technologies and fairlife's operational excellence to build this world-class facility, fairlife plans to hire 250 new employees and bring in approximately 5 million lbs.

of milk a day, with room to grow over the coming years.

shift schedule:

12 Hour Nights: This is a night shift position, with hours from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM. The role follows a rotating 2-2-3 schedule: two days on, two days off, three days on, followed by two days off, two days on, and three days off. Team members will work every other weekend, including Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Shift Differential of $2 per hour for night shift.

• job purpose:

The Packaging Operator operates, sets up, changes over, troubleshoots, and cleans either sleeving, case packing, or palletizing equipment. This position ensures the manufactured products meet specifications, makes minor adjustments as necessary, clears any jams that may occur, and prepares the equipment for cleaning. They continuously feed various materials into the machines such as sleeves, corrugate, shrink film, glue, pallets, and stretch wrap.

They adhere to food processing requirements verified by routine quality checks and maintain food safe practices for the entire duration of operation.

responsibilities:

• Follow all safety, working, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) rules.
• Report to and follow the directions of the Production Supervisors.
• Demonstrate the ability to safely operate moving equipment and make the appropriate adjustments within process limits in order to package accurate and defect-free cases with sleeved bottles.
• Observe machine operations to ensure quality conformity to specifications and standard operating procedures for all packaged products.
• Inspect packaged product throughout the process including filled bottles, sleeved bottles, formed cases, shrink wrapped cases, and full pallets to verify all meet finished specifications then adjust the process as needed while escalating issues to a supervisor.
• Supply packaging equipment with materials such as sleeves, corrugate, shrink film, glue, pallets, and stretch wrap.
• Periodically count and record all finished or rejected materials.
• Clean the packaging equipment, ancillary tools, conveyors, and surrounding areas. Maintain the entire packaging line in audit ready condition both during and after production.
• Proactively monitor the production line, packaging equipment, and surrounding conveyors to watch for any problems including backups, jams, or rejects. Efficiently resolve stoppages and continue production in a timely manner while recording all downtime reasons.
• Stop and address machines when faults occur, clear machine jams, then report malfunctions to the appropriate supervisor and/or technician.
• Troubleshoot problems, perform minor repairs using the correct tools, and participate in Preventive Maintenance on the packaging equipment.
• Demonstrate proactive monitoring skills, using visual observation of gauges and listening to mechanical sounds to ensure equipment is functioning properly. Inform maintenance of suspected issues if unable to correct.
• Aid in the training of new personnel or upskilling of team members.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

skills/qualifications required:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

• A High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED) required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic computational skills including simple math and reasoning required.
• Must be able to operate the equipment effectively…