What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Packaging Technician position at Genpak?
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Visually inspect finished products and packaging materials to ensure they meet quality expectations
- Communicate concerns to Quality Auditor, Operator, Lead Operator and/or Supervisor
- Discard product that does not meet expectations in accordance with site procedures
- Be cognizant of surroundings and report any environmental, equipment or material issues that may arise.
- Package all product types for all lines in the facility.
- Package final products in accordance with specification requirements including count and/or stack height, bagging of products, sealing of bags, boxing of product sleeves, apply required labeling and ensure date coding and other necessary information is as expected.
- Build/stack boxes in accordance with pallet/stack layout, manually palletize as required.
- Perform rework for rejected product or damaged boxes.
- Able to properly utilize packaging equipment, including resetting the ink jet printers, operating the auto bagger and making minor adjustments as needed to ensure the product is protected, using taping and/or box sealing equipment to properly seal the box, load and stage KDs (boxes), as directed, change or replace tape in box taper, clear product jams in packaging equipment.
- Communicate need for restock of packaging materials on the lines.
- Assist in scrap management, safely utilize the grinders to ensure scrap is recycled in a manner that ensures reintegration into the manufacturing process, remove scrap products or from around the former and place in appropriate disposal buggy.
- Must comply with all company policies and procedures, including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Safe Quality Food (SQF) requirements, Standard Work Practices or Processes (SWP) requirements, General Safety Rule requirements.
- Participate in all required communication and training meetings.
- Support all LEAN and Continuous Improvement initiatives, including 5S (Sort, set, shine, standardize and sustain) Standard Work and Eliminate Waste.
