Production Worker

Job Title: Production Worker / Packaging Operator

This is a full-time position that requires operating machinery in a productive manner while maintaining safety guidelines and procedures. The packaging operator will perform two functions: the bagging operation and the baler operation.

The Bagging Operation:

• Operating various machinery, including bagging and baler machines, shrink wrapping machines, forklifts, pallet jack, and bag sealer.
• Stacking bags on pallets, putting covers on pallets, and placing finished goods in the correct warehouse location.
• Accurate completion of the Bagger production report, filling pellet sample cups every ton for quality control information, and tagging pallet with Quality Control tag with initials, date, ton number, and shift completed.

The Baler Operation:

• Stacking bales on pallets, sealing bales with an iron, and wrapping pallets.
• Accurate completion of the Baler Operator production report, checking bale weight, and recording information on various reports and quality control tags.

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining the ability to perform both bagging and baler functions as determined by Shift Leads.
• Responsible for assisting other production areas, as needed.
• Will be lifting up to 50 lbs and standing for a minimum of 7 hours per day.
• Assist the Shift Leads to start and stop the pellet mills.
• Communicate any moisture or material problems to Shift Lead.
• Maintain a clean workstation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Education:

• High School diploma or GED preferred.
• Prior forklift and production line experience preferred.
• Good eye, hand, and foot coordination required.
• Pass the company forklift training.
• Read and interpret scales.
• Mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting skills required to adjust weight and timing of baler and various other simple maintenance problems.
• Ability to do simple math calculations.

Benefits:

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

Lignetics believes all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity (EEO) and does not discriminate against employees or applicants based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, genetic information, or protected status under state, local or federal law.

Equal employment opportunity is extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall, and termination.