Packaging Operator 3rd Shift

Campbell's•Downers Grove, IL

17h•Onsite

About The Position

The Packaging Operator works on Line 3 as a Bagger Operator/Caser and Slicer Feeder in a bakery production environment in Downers Grove, Illinois. The role helps keep the production line running safely and efficiently while ensuring bread is sliced, packaged, coded, and prepared for distribution in accordance with quality and food safety standards. The position pays $23.00 per hour and is on the 3rd shift, which generally starts as early as 10:45 PM and continues until production is finished. Start times and hours may vary with production schedules, holidays, and staffing needs; overtime and weekend work may be required. The employee must maintain strong attendance and punctuality, remain in the position for at least one year, and successfully complete a 90-day evaluation period. The role involves inspecting bread and packaging, operating bagging and slicing equipment, casing finished product, monitoring line performance, following food safety and quality procedures, communicating concerns to supervision, and maintaining a clean and organized work area. It requires working collaboratively with Production Supervision and fellow Line 3 team members in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
Two years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong decision-making, judgment, and communication skills.
Ability to identify problems and quickly communicate issues to supervision.
Ability to follow established food safety, quality, formula-control, and operating procedures.
Attention to detail in monitoring product quality, packaging, labels, coding, and production standards.
Ability to work effectively in a changing, high-pressure, team-oriented production environment.
Speed and manual dexterity to safely keep pace with production requirements.
Ability to stand for extended periods.
Ability to use hands, fingers, and arms to reach, inspect product, and operate or manipulate materials and equipment.
Ability to perform job-related walking, stooping, climbing, kneeling, crouching, and crawling.
Ability to use applicable senses to identify and troubleshoot production or equipment issues.
Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and push or pull heavy loads on wheeled dollies.
Ability to work safely around moving mechanical equipment, vibration, forklift traffic, high industrial noise levels, wet environments, airborne particles, fumes, and hot or cold temperature extremes.
Ability to use required personal protective equipment, which may include safety eyewear, safety shields, gloves, hearing protection, respirators, and approved footwear.
Commitment to following all plant safety, food safety, quality, and operating procedures.
Strong attendance and punctuality.
Remain in the position for a minimum of one year and successfully complete a 90-day evaluation period.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in a bakery, food manufacturing, packaging, or high-speed production environment.
Experience operating bagging, wrapping, slicing, conveyor, or similar automated production equipment.
Familiarity with HACCP, GMP, SOP, JSA, allergen control, lot-code traceability, and 5S practices.
Previous experience inspecting finished products for packaging, labeling, coding, weight, or other quality specifications.

Responsibilities

Inspect bread throughout production to ensure established quality, size, and weight standards are met.
Set up, operate, and monitor the Bagger and associated conveyors and guides.
Case finished product into baskets or cases while maintaining required line speeds.
Monitor packaging for proper wrap, bag print quality, bag closure, product coding, correct bag type, and label revision.
Follow product coding procedures and accurately use the code board.
Feed bread into slicers at approximately 55 loaves per minute.
Start and stop the Wrapper and Slicer based on production line needs.
Monitor the Hartman slicer and Wrapper infeed, identifying and safely addressing bread jams according to established procedures.
Verify the correct number of bread slices and report product or process variances to supervision.
Rack and unrack bread as needed.
Complete daily communication boards and promptly communicate production, quality, or safety concerns to supervision.
Follow formula specifications and procedures to maintain bread quality and ensure product labels align with formula requirements.
Comply with HACCP, CTS, SOP, GMP, JSA, food safety, allergen control, contamination prevention, and lot-code traceability requirements.
Maintain the work area according to 5S cleanliness, housekeeping, and organizational standards.
Support plant safety initiatives and follow required operating and safety procedures.
Assist with other Line 3 positions and production duties as business needs require.