Production Associate (1st Shift)

Melaleuca, Inc. • Knoxville, TN

2d • $14 • Onsite

About The Position

We’re seeking a Full-Time 1st Shift Production Team Member with light industrial experience including product packaging in a high volume manufacturing environment.
At Melaleuca, our focus is on wellness and everything we accomplish is done with an eye toward promoting the physical, environmental, financial, and personal wellness of those around us. We have provided a stable work environment for our team members while achieving consistent and profitable growth with our annual revenue consistently hitting over $2 billion dollars. We now have over 4,000 employees and operate in 20 countries around the world. Melaleuca is positioned to grow even more rapidly in upcoming years. No matter where you are in your career, Melaleuca is committed to providing career opportunities that can take you from Hired to Retired. Our secure work environment including a no layoffs guarantee, and our benefits designed to reward your longevity and contributions allow you to grow and advance in your career now while also providing for your future.

Requirements

• Ability to work independently
• Written and 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 such duties as collating, sorting, filling, toting, etc.
• Ability to read, write and perform basic math skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide, etc.)
• Basic math skills (add, subtract, multiply)
• Ability to perform essential duties and responsibilities with efficiency and accuracy

Nice To Haves

• Work overtime as needed
• Ability to climb stairs

Responsibilities

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

Benefits

• Company profit sharing (after 6 months of full-time employment)
• $100 monthly product voucher (soap, shampoo, laundry products, household cleaning products, personal care products, etc)
• Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) match, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays
• Pet Insurance
• Longevity Bonus (5 Yrs/$5,000, 10 Yrs/$10,000, 15 Yrs/$15,000, etc.)
• Safety Bonus
• Flexible Spending Account
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees