Packaging Machine Technician

GRUMA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Our plant in Evansville, IN is looking for experienced Packaging Machine Technicians. The Packaging Machine Technician keeps high-speed packaging lines running safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with Gruma’s food-safety and quality standards. The role combines mechanical troubleshooting, line change-over, and real-time quality verification to ensure every pallet of corn flour meets spec and ships on time.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or a related field plus one year of experience in the job offered or related packaging role in a manufacturing environment.
Requires one year of experience in the following:
Operating packaging machines and performing mechanical adjustments to maintain continuous production of 50-lb bags.
Using an SAP system to capture and reconcile inflows/outflows through both physical counts and automated warehouse controls.
Generating, interpreting, and acting on daily indicator reports.
Performing preventive maintenance on loading machinery.
Applying Quality Management System and Food-Safety procedures to ensure finished-product conformity.
Supporting maintenance teams with scale calibrations, mesh changes, and both corrective and preventive maintenance on production equipment.

Responsibilities

Start, operate, and shut down bag-fillers, sealers, palletizers, stretch-wrappers, and labelers.
Adjust PLC/HMI parameters (fill weight, speed, bag size) when switching among package formats.
Replenish consumables—shrink wrap, labels, tape—and verify correct material setup for each production order.
Perform metal-detector and magnet inspections; document results and hold product if out of tolerance.
Inspect Safety Sifter screens, coordinate mesh changes, and log preventive-maintenance intervals.
Check on-bag code dates for legibility and accuracy to maintain full traceability.
Identify, isolate, and correct jams, seal faults, or weight deviations in real time to minimize downtime.
Escalate persistent issues to the Maintenance team and assist with repairs or part swaps as needed.
Complete downtime forms, noting root causes and corrective actions; feed data into OEE dashboards.
Track weight variances, seal integrity, and other key metrics to hit daily throughput targets.
Follow GMP, PPE, color-code, and Lock-Out/Tag-Out protocols at all times.
Keep the work area organized and participate in master-sanitation activities.