Feeder/Packer - Forming - Night

Sabert Corporation•Richmond, VA

5h•Onsite

About The Position

Sabert is a leading global manufacturer of innovative food packaging products and solutions. Founded in 1983, the company's purpose is to reinvent food packaging to nourish and protect our world. Sabert designs, manufactures, and distributes a wide spectrum of packaging solutions for food distributors, restaurants & caterers, grocery stores, national food chains, and consumer entertaining. This role is for a Feeder/Packer on a rotating night shift from 6 PM to 6 AM. A feeder/packer will interchange functions depending on business needs. The Feeder is responsible for feeding paper blanks into machines and sorting, while the Packer is responsible for packing clamshell or fry cartons, inspecting product for quality, and ensuring product is properly glued.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED preferred.
Packaging experience in a manufacturing setting preferred.
Must be dependable and a team player.
Ability to read, understand and comprehend documents such as safety rules, internal quality procedures, and machine operating procedures.
Ability to communicate production and machine issues to supervisors and others in work area.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment around machinery.
Basic mathematics (i.e. counting), basic arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).
Must be currently authorized to work legally in the United States for Sabert.

Responsibilities

Feed a minimum of 4 machines, which requires lifting product, pre-breaking them, and placing product into the feed hopper.
Feed and maintain 6 formers.
Take plastic off loads and remove tickets, giving tickets to the operator.
Monitor quality, ensure cartons are straight, and remove loose scrap.
Sort if required by the operator.
Maintain R.S.C. inventory and supply case packers with the R.S.C.’s they need for production.
Maintain good housekeeping.
Follow all safety requirements including GMP’s, PPE’s, and HACCP & JSA regulations.
Perform other duties as required.
Catch and maintain 6 lanes.
Pull product from the forming chutes at the count mark.
Perform basic quality control to ensure bad product is being removed and replaced with good product.
Check to make sure product is properly glued and the right number of products is packed into sleeves.
Complete quality check-off sheets.
Place product in position and into a bag after all quality checks are completed.
Place sleeve of product into bag, place bag into case, and place case onto conveyor after all quality checks are completed.
Assist operators with cleaning off glue tips.
Relieve other packers for breaks and lunch.
Assist with labeling, repack of boxes, and keeping the area neat and clean.
Make boxes and label boxes.
Fill glue containers for machines.
Clean-up work area.
Check with operators or supervisor on anything else that needs to be done.