Packer, Manufacturing ​/ Production

Location & Shift

Location Address: 600 Vista Drive, Sparta, Tennessee 38583.

Work Shift:

12hr-B Shift (United States of America).

Responsible for assembling boxes and properly aligning them on the packing machine to be filled with product. Also responsible for inspecting, labeling, sealing and stacking boxes on skids in preparation for product to be shipped.

• Safely handle and operate any machinery, tools or equipment used.
• Ensure proper use of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) at all times.
• Capable of selecting appropriate size boxes for running product and assemble boxes with provided tape gun.
• Align 6-9 assembled boxes on the machine without blocking aisles or exits.
• Establish if order requires caps. If caps are required, fold liner over bottles and insert caps at the top of the filled box of product; if no caps, insert liner into box so liner can be folded over bottles before sealing.
• Place boxes on a conveyor, random sample products at the end of the conveyor to check for visible defects, and report any defect immediately to supervisor.
• After inspection, fold liner over product to avoid contamination.
• Retrieve label from label machinery and place on completed box with proper placement and fitting.
• Place labeled boxes on cooling skids for approximately 60 minutes before stacking onto the finish skid. Six to twelve boxes may be cooling at any one time.
• After cooling is complete, seal box with tape gun and stack onto finished skid. Ensure labels are visible and stacking requirements are followed.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to off smells from heated plastic, chemical fumes, and airborne particles. Elevated noise levels, warmer or cooler than normal temperatures, fumes, airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration are common. The noise level in the work environment can be loud. Employee may be exposed to seasonal weather conditions if required to go outdoors.

Proper use of PPE is required at all times. Reasonable mandatory overtime may be required due to business needs.

Employees may be required to remain stationary for extended periods, move around the production floor, communicate with subordinates, position themselves to ground level as needed, and stand on feet for 8-11.5 hours per day, minimum 5 days per week, with some mandatory overtime requirement of 6 days per week. Employees may move, adjust, and position items weighing 10 to 45 lbs.

and perform tasks such as identifying, recognizing and assessing documents and machinery.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.