Production Associate -2nd Shift ($16.40/hour)

Melaleuca, Inc.•Knoxville, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Melaleuca is seeking a Full-Time 2nd Shift Production Associate with light industrial experience, including product packaging, in a high volume manufacturing environment. The company focuses on wellness and promotes the physical, environmental, financial, and personal wellness of those around them. Melaleuca has provided a stable work environment with consistent growth, annual revenue over $2 billion, over 4,000 employees, and operations in 20 countries. They offer career opportunities from entry-level to retirement, a secure work environment with a no layoffs guarantee, and benefits designed to reward longevity and contributions.

Requirements

Ability to work independently
Written & verbal communication skills
Ability to lift 35 lbs. occasionally during work shift
Ability to operate mechanical equipment
Standing and walking for duration of 8-hour shift
Pulling, stretching, bending, and lifting for duration of shift
Visually read bottles, product, batch numbers, etc.
Manual dexterity for duties such as collating, sorting, filling, toting, etc.
Ability to read, write and perform basic math skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide, etc.)
Ability to perform essential duties and responsibilities with efficiency and accuracy
Ability to climb stairs

Nice To Haves

Light industrial experience
Product packaging experience
High volume manufacturing environment experience

Responsibilities

Sets-up work area by retrieving production components (i.e., bottles, caps, pallets, products, rags, totes, etc.) and by sterilizing the tables and equipment, code dating individual bottles, etc.
Uses personnel protective equipment where required.
Prepares pallets by filling totes, labeling totes with required information, loading pallets, moving pallets with pallet jacks to the correct area, etc.
Lifts finished product in totes onto pallets, onto a table or onto a shelf.
Performs clean-up duties by washing equipment, sweeping & mopping the floors, emptying the garbage, wiping down workstations with IPA and buckets, etc.
Supports equipment changeover and setup processes as defined by the Machine Operator or Coordinator.
Inspects quality of own work for cleanliness, label placement, lids tight, correct batch numbers, etc.
Assists in training other associates as needed by demonstrating tasks, answering questions, etc.
Monitors quality by wiping excess product from containers, checking silk-screened labels, count on boxes, stacking of pallets, and by verifying that labels are correctly placed.
Completes personal reports by recording information (i.e., individual performance, batch sheets, cleaning logs, labeling, amounts, OTC product forms, component returns sheet to warehouse, etc.).
Assists in machine tear down, cleaning and set-up, etc.
Takes instruction from Machine Operator/Coordinator to assist where needed.
Assists in Product Delivery Department when needed.
Work overtime as needed.