Packaging Helper - OW - Line 3A - 7:15am - 7:45pm

King's Hawaiian Bakery•Oakwood, GA

About The Position

Joining King’s Hawaiian makes you part of our `ohana (family). We are a family-owned business for over seventy years, respecting our roots while thinking about our future as we continue to grow and care for our customers and the communities we serve. Our `ohana members build an environment of inclusivity as they freely collaborate, pursue learning through curiosity, and explore innovation as critical thinkers. Beyond that, we are also passionate about supporting the long-term health and well-being of our employees and their families. If you’re excited to rise with our team, come and join our `ohana! Joining King’s Hawaiian makes you part of our `ohana (family). We are a family-owned business for over seventy years, respecting our roots while thinking about our future as we continue to grow and care for our customers and the communities we serve. Our `ohana members build an environment of inclusivity as they freely collaborate, pursue learning through curiosity, and explore innovation as critical thinkers. Beyond that, we are also passionate about supporting the long-term health and well-being of our employees and their families. If you’re excited to rise with our team, come and join our `ohana! Summary: Removes all finished bakery products off the packaging conveyors and packs them into plastic baskets or corrugated master cases.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED equivalent.
One year of general warehouse/production work experience.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals written in English.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence in English.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
May require use of equipment in machine shop, small portable equipment and manual tools.
May require occasional operation of a motor vehicle or travel to another state on behalf of the company.
Safety conscious

Responsibilities

Picks up bakery products and places them in cases or trays.
Observes conveyors and packaging machine operation to prevent jams, dislodges jams while following all safety procedures.
Removes filled cases from discharge end of tape machine, placing them on pallets and conveyors.
Inspects products for damage or for conformity to specifications prior to pack into master case.
Transports completed pallets into the storage area.
Breaks up and stages case dividers.
Supplies empty cases to other packaging helpers
Keeps work area clean and orderly be sweeping floors, wiping down equipment and other sanitation jobs assigned.
Sets tape machine to the product and case specifications, passes the cases through the machine and printing system through training.
Monitors tape on case enduring all flaps have been sealed accurately with tape in the middle.
Monitors case to ensure the bar code and lot number are print accurately by the printing system.
Repacks damage cases on the line.
Monitors the tape level on the top and bottom of the machine.
Changes the rolls of tape when finished.
Clears any jammed on the conveyor.
Reports case counts on count sheets for each product that passes though the tape machine.
Operates material handling equipment to convey and store materials and finished goods.
Reports all equipment problems to the foreman and/or supervisor immediately.
Helps in training of new employees or employees who change job classifications.
Participates on all matters relating to safety and health in the work area and positively promote safety in our operations.
Plans and carries out job assignments without hazards to yourself and other employees.
Reports all unsafe acts and/or conditions or equipment immediately.
Promotes safety by understanding and following safety procedures and reporting all incidents in a timely manner.