Production Worker / Packaging Operator

Lignetics • Kingwood, WV

2d

About The Position

The Production Worker / Packaging Operator performs both bagging and baler operations as assigned by Shift Leads. The role involves operating production machinery and equipment safely, handling and wrapping finished products, supporting other production areas, and helping start and stop pellet mills. Operators report material or moisture problems, maintain a clean workstation, and complete production and quality-control records.

In the bagging operation, the employee operates bagging and baler machines, shrink-wrapping machines, forklifts, pallet jacks, and bag sealers. Duties include stacking bags, covering and labeling pallets, and placing finished goods in the correct warehouse location. The operator completes production reports, fills pellet sample cups for quality control, and tags completed pallets with required information.

In the baler operation, the employee stacks bales on pallets, seals bales with an iron, and wraps pallets. The operator completes production reports, checks bale weights, and records information on reports and quality-control tags. The position requires lifting up to 50 pounds and standing for a minimum of seven hours per day. A pre-employment background check and drug screen are required.

Requirements

• Ability to perform both bagging and baler functions.
• Ability to immediately understand and respond to verbal safety commands, audio alarms, and written hazard alerts in English in a manufacturing setting.
• Proficiency in English to read, interpret, and follow equipment lock-out/tag-out protocols and machine operation manuals.
• Sufficient English verbal skills to promptly report machine malfunctions, near-misses, and unsafe floor conditions.
• Ability to follow English-language safety signage and communicate clearly in the vicinity of fast-moving, heavy automated equipment.
• Good eye, hand, and foot coordination.
• Ability to pass company forklift training.
• Ability to read and interpret scales.
• Mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to perform simple math calculations.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and stand for a minimum of seven hours per day.
• Must pass a pre-employment background check and drug screen.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or GED.
• Prior forklift experience.
• Prior production line experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform both bagging and baler functions as determined by Shift Leads.
• Operate machinery productively while following established safety guidelines and procedures.
• Assist other production areas as needed.
• Move and wrap completed products.
• Assist Shift Leads with starting and stopping pellet mills.
• Communicate moisture or material problems to the Shift Lead.
• Maintain a clean workstation and perform other duties as assigned.
• Operate bagging, baler, shrink-wrapping, and bag-sealing machinery, as well as forklifts and pallet jacks.
• Stack bags on pallets, put covers on pallets, and place finished goods in the correct warehouse location.
• Complete the Bagger production report, fill pellet sample cups every ton for quality control, and tag pallets with initials, date, ton number, and shift.
• Stack bales on pallets, seal bales with an iron, and wrap pallets.
• Complete the Baler Operator production report, check bale weight, and record information on reports and quality-control tags.
• Adjust baler weight and timing and troubleshoot simple maintenance problems.

Benefits

• Employee referral bonus program.
• Two weeks of paid time off plus two floating holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with FSA and HSA options.
• Educational assistance.
• Life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) with employer match and immediate vesting.
• Employee heating pellet program.
• Lignetics SWAG gear, including an annual pair of work boots and other PPE.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed