Utility - 2nd Shift
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 packaging, quality checks, cleanliness, and plant cleaning as needed. The position is located in Buffalo, New York, and is for the 2nd shift. The starting rate is $19.00 per hour, with a $1.00 second-shift differential. The operation runs 24/5, and employees must be able to work scheduled 12-hour shifts. Prior packaging experience and a high school diploma or GED are preferred but not required.
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.
- Ability to work well with others.
- Specific vision abilities required 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 onto pallets.
- Check individual packages for quality issues, including back seals, end seals, production date codes on bags and boxes, and whether bags and boxes correspond to the same item.
- Maintain cleanliness in the production area around the assigned line.
- Open daily and returned-product rework when necessary.
- Assist the machine operator as needed, including changing poly and learning basic operations to stop or start the machine when problems occur.
- Label boxes as necessary.
- Distinguish edible from non-edible products.
- Assist with plant cleaning as required.
- Understand basic metal-detector procedures for handling rejected bags and the basics of the HACCP program.
- Watch for product contamination and report contamination or other dangerous issues 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 in the first year.
- Paid sick time.
- Quarterly bonus program of up to 7% of quarterly gross pay.
- Annual merit increases.
- Training and career growth opportunity.
- Overtime availability.
- Competitive benefits, including health, dental, vision, and pet insurance.
- Second-shift differential of $1.00 per hour.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
