Pouch Room Operator - 3rd Shift

The Kraft Heinz Company•Winchester, VA

2d•$27•Onsite

About The Position

The Pouch Room Operator is responsible for operating multiple pouch machines safely and efficiently while performing quality control audits of SFG pouches. This role involves starting up, operating, and shutting down various systems of the pouch machine, including forming, cooling, sealing, straw strip placement, coding, and conveying. The operator will also manage packaging roll changes, optimize equipment uptime, monitor mechanical operations, and assist in troubleshooting mechanical problems. A key aspect of the role is supervising quality issues, performing and recording checks on pouch visual points of quality and seal alignment, and ensuring adequate quantities of accurate rotated foil stock are available and tested. The position requires completing all required audits, documenting material losses, downtime, and production totals, and palletizing finished boxes of pouches. Maintaining good housekeeping and ensuring the "Area of Responsibility" is clean and orderly are also essential. The operator must ensure compliance with company policies and procedures, complete all required DMS forms, and maintain the room in a tour-ready status. This position also holds accountability for QRMP standards.

Requirements

Safety Awareness – Being aware of conditions that affect employee safety.
Quality Orientation – Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.
Adaptability – Maintaining efficiency when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
Teamwork/Collaboration – Working effectively with team/work group or those outside the formal line of authority (e.g., peers, senior managers) to accomplish organizational goals; taking actions that respect the needs and contributions of others; contributing to and accepting the consensus; subordinating own objectives to the objectives of the organization or team.
Strong organizational skills
Ability to multitask
A basic understanding of mechanic parts and how they work.
Requires frequent walking and extended periods of standing
Ability to lift up to 65 lbs.
Ability to climb
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required (steel-toed shoes, hair and beard nets, bump caps, gloves, eye protection, aprons etc.)
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) environment
Must be comfortable working on a tablet/computer
Good communication skills (verbal and written)
Must be able to work as both an individual contributor as well as work well as a team member
Must be able to adapt to a changing environment/schedule

Responsibilities

Starts up, operates, and shuts down pouch forming, cooling, sealing, straw strip placement, coding, and conveying systems of the pouch machine.
Makes packaging roll changes as needed.
Optimizes equipment uptime; monitors mechanical operation of equipment and unjams machines.
Helps troubleshoot mechanical problems and notifies technician of issues.
Supervises quality issues, performs and records checks on pouch visual points of quality.
Performs and records checks on seal alignment.
Ensure adequate quantities of accurate rotated foil stock (FIFO) are available and tested.
Complete all required audits.
Document pouches material losses, downtime, and production totals; palletize finished boxes of pouches.
Maintains good housekeeping.
Ensure “Area of Responsibility” is clean and orderly.
Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures.
Ensures completion of all DMS forms (ie. CIL, CLM, 5S, Defect handling, Shift hand-offs, Oscar boards, etc.)
Maintains room as a tour ready status.
Performs all other duties as assigned.
Accountability for QRMP standards as outlined in the Winchester Kraft Heinz QRMP accountability document.