General Helper

The Masterson Company, Inc.•Milwaukee, WI

2d•$25 - $27•Onsite

About The Position

If you have general manufacturing experience, a great attitude, take pride in your work, this is the career move for you. We offer great wages & benefits. This position is in our production department and is responsible for filling product into pails, drums, and totes. Palletizing cases of product, labeling and documentation. You will be required to operate a forklift. Please be aware that there will be times you will be lifting approx. 50 pounds on a consistent basis.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent diploma (GED/HSED)
1-3 years of previous manufacturing experience.
Ability to lift and move 50 pounds continuously.
Previous forklift experience is preferred.
Safety conscious and ability to safely operate equipment (including forklifts, walk-riders, shrink-wrap machines and pallet jacks)
Detail oriented nature and precision is critical
Must be hardworking, punctual, dependable, and work well with others.

Responsibilities

Set up equipment and products from holding tank to fill station, including but not limited to valves, temp charts, metal detector, plastic covers, pallets, product lines, homogenizer, and stamper, labels, manifolds, scales, socks, In-line Filters, drums, pails, & totes, drum & tote locks, and pallet inverters.
Ability to perform mathematical computations to measure/ weigh loaded product in drums & pails.
Moves supplies or finished product pallets to and from storage area (near work center) to production line or elevator and back according to work center requirements using forklift truck.
Reads, performs set up and verifies all product set up instructions identified on Palletizer Information Sheet.
Assists others in the areas trained as required by production demands or by direction of the Supervisor.
Operate and fill packaging containers with responsibility for quality of product. Packaging containers include pail, drum, or totes.
Ability to weigh shift and overhead reach frequently to release product to fill drums and pails and totes.
Ability to seal drum and containers with lid/ cover/ metal band following required quality procedures.
Prepares bags and labels for product fills according to work instructions.
Complete written reports to include, process control chart, pallet tags, daily disposition sheet, housekeeping checklist, & labels with code date information.
Perform and document quality checks to include brix, viscosity, temperature, fill weight, metal detector, and take batch samples for quality and lab.
Troubleshoots and/or identifies equipment failures or problems and reports to maintenance.
Ability to wrap finished product using tape gun and walking/bending circumference of a pallet.
Completes necessary paperwork and/or data entry for production and/or inventory records.
Takes necessary samples for QC and Lab testing as needed.
Adheres to all GMP, including sanitary requirements, Safety, and Standardized Work procedures.