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Packaging Operator

Agropur
Little Chute, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 3/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/5/2025
Job Type

Regular

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How Agropur Invests In YOU

  • Competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package focusing on your physical, financial, and emotional health to include the following perks as well as the standard benefit offerings:
    • Rate of Pay: $23.93/hour
    • Double time on Sundays
    • $1.50 Night Shift Premium
    • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-term Disability Insurance
    • 401(k) with up to 7% company contributions
    • 3 Weeks PTO on day 1
    • Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays
    • Paid parental leave
    • Advancement Opportunities
    • Healthy work/life balance
    • 2 pay increases within first year
What’s Involved In This Role

We are looking for a Cheese Packager in Little Chute, WI.

  • The Packager position ensures the final product produced is packaged in the most sanitary and efficient way possible to meet customer needs and the overall goals of the organization. The Packager will work in all areas of the packaging as needed assisting each role of department.
  • Only work 7 out of 14 days
  • 3-day weekend every other weekend
  • Night Shift 7pm-am 2-2-3 Schedule

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

  • Fresh Stick Area
    • Operate conveyors pre spiral freezer for production.
    • Direct product to the rework line as needed.
    • Operate the rework system for production.
    • Sanitation of the fresh stick conveyors.
    • Sanitation of the rework system.
    • Maintain brine fat removal system during production.
  • Spiral Freezer
    • Complete proper startup of the spiral freezer.
    • Complete proper shutdown and CIP of the spiral freezer.
    • Maintain operation of the spiral freezer during production.
    • Complete sanitation CIP documentation.
  • Xray Systems
    • Complete proper set up of Xray machines.
    • Complete proper shutdown and washdown of Xray machines.
    • Maintain proper documentation for production.
    • Trouble shoot Xray machines.
  • Product Sorters
    • Complete proper set up of Key Sorters.
    • Ensure correct product recipes are loaded based off production schedule.
    • Understand how to interrupt reject data from machine and relay to production.
    • Complete shutdown and washdown of the sorters.
    • Ability to determine if sorters are performing within expectations.
  • Tote Fill Area
    • Operate conveyors on the tote fill line.
    • Manually insert tote liners into built totes.
    • Manually build totes as needed.
    • Proper placement of barcodes on totes.
    • Manually level and de-cuff tote liners after fill.
    • Complete sanitation of the conveyers.
    • Operate the sorter reject conveyor.
  • Dry Pack Area
    • Operate the tote erector.
    • Trouble shoot the tote erector.
    • Clear jams on the tote erector.
    • Fill glue for the tote erector.
    • Complete dry cleaning of tote erector.
    • Place tote lids on finished totes.
    • Operate the dry pack finished tote conveyors.
    • Operate the pallet inserter.
    • Operator the pallet wrapper.
    • Operate the pallet stacker.
    • Change wrap and pallet wrapper.
    • Trouble shoot pallet inserter, pallet wrapper and pallet stacker.
    • Manually enter totes into pallet labeling system.
    • Change labels and the pallet labeler.
    • Complete packaging paperwork and pre-ops.
  • Rework System
    • Operator the rework system.
    • Complete documentation of product being reworked.
    • Work with production on adjustments of rework addition.
    • Complete CIP of the rework system.
Other Duties And Responsibilities

  • Communicate problems and potential problems to Lead and or supervisor.
  • Be an active part in the packaging process; offering suggestions to improve the packaging department and doing whatever is needed to successfully complete the job.
  • Actively participant in packaging meetings.
  • Complete daily department paperwork and documentation.
  • Responsible for required sanitation of equipment, tools, and work area.
  • Assist Production Supervisor in training and development of new employees, including instructing new employees on proper procedures, safe working practices and producing a quality product.
  • Completing and signing off on Pre-op inspections prior to machines starting up.
  • Understand and adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices and Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Safety Protocol
    • Stop any observed unsafe acts and obey facility safety rules and procedures.
    • Correct or report any observed safety hazards.
    • Support safety policies and programs.
    • May work offsite at warehouse in Greenville, WI.

    This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.

    Qualifications

    Education Required:

    • High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

    Experience Required

    • Minimum one (1) year of manufacturing packaging experience preferred.

    Certification/Licensure Required

    • None

    Skills Required

    • Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with supervisor and colleagues.
    • Ability to work with minimum supervision, adapt to a changing environment quickly, and think independently.
    • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
    • Demonstrate excellent organizational skills, establish priorities, ability to multitask, and meet deadlines.
    • Ability to solve problems by adapting knowledge and experience.
    • Results driven, bottom-line oriented, strive to exceed goals, and motivate self and others to achieve positive outcomes.
    • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively at all levels in a collaborative team environment.
    • Basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).
    • Basic computer operational skills; able to input and retrieve computerized information.
    • Exhibit a professional manner in dealing with others and work to maintain constructive working relationships.

    AA/EEO – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

    Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.

    In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.

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