Production Operator/Nights

Niagara Bottling•Newnan, GA

About The Position

Join Niagara Bottling, a beverage manufacturer focused on providing high-quality, affordable beverages. The Production Operator is responsible for operating, monitoring, and maintaining a production line. Duties include starting and stopping designated equipment, maintaining production records, following safety and quality requirements, keeping production areas clean, and ensuring raw materials are available. Mechanical work may not be performed without prior approval. The position requires the ability to work in all assigned production areas and provide relief duties when needed. Regular and predictable attendance is essential. The operator must be able to work 12-hour shifts, day or night, on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule. Duties and responsibilities may change with or without prior notice.

Requirements

0–2 years of manufacturing experience; experience may include a combination of work experience and education.
High school diploma.
Full professional proficiency in English.
Ability to work 12-hour shifts, day or night, on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule.

Nice To Haves

2–4 years of manufacturing experience; experience may include a combination of work experience and education.

Responsibilities

Maintain the production line, including starting and stopping equipment such as palletizers, carton makers, carton sealers, and drop packers; do not perform mechanical work without prior approval.
Accurately complete and update machine, quality, downtime, and carton top-load reports and logs.
Follow plant safety rules, safe lifting practices, and safe machine-operation procedures, using personal protective equipment where required.
Maintain housekeeping throughout production areas, including break rooms and restrooms.
Bale plastic, cardboard, and contaminated bottles when needed, and grind bottles when needed.
Keep bottle caps, labels, cartons, trays, tray and pallet wraps, and pallet glue in adequate supply for continuous operation.
Meet company quality standards, complete hourly inspection sheets, and report quality defects.
Work in assigned production areas and perform relief duties when required.
Stack, tie, and label unused cartons.
Troubleshoot minor production-line issues.
Maintain regular and predictable attendance.

Benefits

Paid time off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
Paid parental and caregiver leaves.
Medical coverage, including virtual care options.
Dental coverage.
Vision coverage.
401(k) with company match.
Health Savings Account with company match.
Flexible Spending Accounts.
Expanded mental wellbeing benefits, including free counseling sessions for team members and household family members.
Family Building Benefits, including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation, plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements.
Income protection, including Life and AD&D, short- and long-term disability, critical illness, and accident plans.
Special discount programs, including pet plans, prepaid legal services, identity theft protection, car rental, and airport parking.
Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan, and scholarship opportunities.