Utility - 2nd Shift

Florida Crystals / ASR Group • Buffalo, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Utility position is responsible for packing brown, powdered, and private-label sugar in 1-, 2-, 7-, and 50-pound bags. The role supports production-line operations, finished-goods quality checks, cleanliness, rework, labeling, and plant cleaning. It requires the ability to work scheduled 12-hour shifts in a fast-paced industrial environment and lift up to 50 pounds. The position is located in Buffalo, New York, and is on second shift.

Requirements

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to work scheduled 12-hour shifts.
• Great attention to detail and ability to multitask in a fast-paced industrial environment.
• Ability to understand verbal and written English.
• Results-focused and detail-oriented.
• Ability to work well with others.
• Flexibility to perform other duties when necessary.
• Required vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.

Nice To Haves

• Prior packaging experience is preferred but not required.
• High school diploma or GED is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Pack finished goods into cases and place finished cases on pallets.
• Check packages for quality issues, including back seals, end seals, and production date codes on bags and boxes.
• Maintain cleanliness in the production area around the assigned line.
• Open daily and returned-product rework when necessary.
• Assist the machine operator, including changing poly and learning basic machine stop/start operations when problems occur.
• Label boxes as necessary.
• Know the difference between edible and non-edible products.
• Assist with plant cleaning as required.
• Understand basic metal-detector rejected-bag handling and the basics of the HACCP program.
• Watch for product contamination or other dangerous issues and report them to the line operator or shift supervisor.
• Assist elsewhere in the plant when needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Up to 3 weeks of vacation during the first year.
• Paid sick time.
• Quarterly bonus program of up to 7% of quarterly gross pay.
• Annual merit increases.
• Training and career growth opportunities.
• Overtime availability.
• Competitive benefits, including health, dental, vision, and pet insurance.
• Second-shift differential of $1.00 per hour.

What This Job Offers

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