Packer-1st Shift | 5:15 am - 5:30 pm | Sun. - Tues. (Rotating Wed.) | $17.60 | Caldwell, ID

C.H. Guenther & Son•Boise, ID

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Packer maintains efficient production lines and ensures products are packaged according to specifications and guidelines. Work rotations may include manual packaging, sealing products, placing products into boxes, palletizing, and operating pallet jacks to move finished products or raw materials. The role also involves visual product inspections, reporting issues, learning product specifications and production reports, accessing specifications through the company ERP system, and entering production data. The Packer follows safety, food safety, sanitation, and manufacturing requirements, including applicable SQF, GMP, HACCP, and OSHA standards and company policies. The position requires preparing and maintaining an orderly workstation, meeting productivity goals according to the production schedule, rotating among lines and workstations as needed, communicating product deficiencies, completing packaging-area changeovers, and documenting production and downtime in TGI. The Packer may also assist with quality checks and QA activities such as pH verification and metal detection. The role is based in Caldwell, Idaho, and is listed as a first-shift schedule of 5:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sunday through Tuesday, with a rotating Wednesday. Schedule flexibility may be required, including weekends, holidays, and off shifts as needed. Work includes prolonged standing and walking, repetitive physical tasks, lifting up to 50 pounds, operating pallet jacks or other industrial equipment, and exposure to noise and cool-to-warm temperatures. The employer offers medical, dental, and vision coverage; flexible and health savings accounts; a 401(k) matching savings plan; an employee assistance program; wellness programs; life, AD&D, and disability insurance; tuition reimbursement; student loan counseling; an employee referral program; and paid time off. Offers are contingent on successful pre-employment screening, including a drug screen and review of criminal background and other records as required.

Requirements

Grade school-level education; a high school diploma or GED is a plus.
1–2 years of experience operating or working with food manufacturing machinery or similar experience.
1–2 years of experience following work-task specifications, SOPs, recipes, or similar instructions.
Proficient verbal and written communication skills.
Proficient basic math skills and proper calculator use.
Analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
Ability to work as a team member and be self-motivated, including identifying product and packaging-material errors.
Ability to work at the required speed while following established safety requirements.
Ability to lift, push, pull, and carry up to 50 pounds.
Ability to stand for prolonged periods and perform work involving bending, stooping, crawling, reaching, grasping, and awkward positions.
Reliability, punctuality, and schedule flexibility, including availability for weekends, holidays, and off shifts as needed.
Ability to comply with attendance and punctuality policies and perform essential job functions consistently and safely.
Ability to follow food safety and third-party certification policies, including SQF, Gluten-Free, and Organic requirements.
Must adhere to the company's zero-tolerance drug and alcohol policy.
Proficient use of computers and an RF gun.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

Keep production lines running efficiently and package products according to specifications and guidelines.
Perform assigned packaging rotations, including manual packaging, sealing, boxing, palletizing, and moving materials with pallet jacks.
Inspect products visually and report product or packaging deficiencies to the leader and machine operators.
Learn product specifications, including product weights, and retrieve specifications from the company ERP system.
Identify the specifications for product boxes and bags and program date machines for products according to the production rotation.
Prepare the workstation at the start of the shift and keep it clean and organized in accordance with housekeeping and SQF guidelines.
Meet productivity goals by following the production schedule and product specifications.
Rotate among lines and workstations as needed, assist coworkers, and clean other lines during downtime or break and lunch coverage.
Operate auto baggers, Ilapak equipment, and related packaging machinery.
Complete changeovers in the packaging area, including the vision system, counter stacker, auto bagger, bag printer, and weight settings.
Enter production information and product pathways in TGI and record all downtime in the Machine Log system.
Retrieve packaging materials from the warehouse and return unused materials to warehouse storage at the end of the run.
Assist with QA activities, which may include pH verification, metal detection, recording pH levels, and line quality checks.
Follow food safety, safety, sanitation, environmental, regulatory, and third-party certification requirements, including SQF requirements.
Participate in safety training and contribute to safety initiatives.
Perform other duties as assigned.