What are the responsibilities and job description for the Palletizer - Wenatchee Plant position at Tree Top?
SUMMARY: To provide support in bagging line operations specific to preparing, stacking boxes to designated pallet, ensuring labels are correct and pallet is placed in the correct location.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Include the following. Other duties may be assigned. All of the following are to be performed while adhering to Tree Top operational policies, safety rules, procedures and good manufacturing practices. It is the responsibility of every employee at Tree Top Inc. to report food safety and food quality problems or risks to personnel with the authority to initiate action against these said possible risks. The Organization chart indicated key personnel with the authority to take action.
This is a representative sample--not to imply a complete listing of all responsibilities and tasks.
- Communicate effectively, exchange information with supervisors, package operators, and forklift operators
- Ensure workstation is set up for packaging, clean and sanitized, observe and report product defects, verify correct product specification, ensure correct labels.
- Palletize boxes according to customer specifications, ensure adequate pallets are available, change labels, tape or secure box lids, monitor, observe and report foreign material.
- Ensure work area is clean, pick up debris, sweep and clean as needed.
- Demonstrate teamwork and assist team members as needed.
- Follow proper Lock Out/Tag Out procedures, HAZCOM, chemical safety, wear required personal protective equipment, report unsafe conditions/acts to a supervisor, follow all safety rules and regulations.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, reach, feel objects, tools, or controls. Reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, talk, hear, taste or smell.
- Sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
- Frequently lift and/ or move up to 50lbs.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision for paperwork, driving and reading specifications, distance vision to drive the forklift, color vision to check product color and identify packaging color differences.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is/or could be exposed to extreme heat, moving mechanical parts, wet and/or humid conditions, electrical shock, high precarious positions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, all weather conditions, vibrations, and loud noise.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
DISCLAIMER:
Full Benefit details for this position can be found on our website: https://www.treetop.com/careers/benefits/
The above job profile does not include all essential and nonessential duties of this job. A full job description is available at the time of interview.
Persons with disabilities may be able to perform the essential duties of this job with reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodation will be evaluated on an individual basis and depends, in part, on the specific requirements for the job, the limitations related to disability and the ability of the department/division to accommodate the limitation. Tree Top does not employ individuals under the age of 18.
Tree Top is an EEO/AA employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. If you require an accommodation to participate in our application process, please contact Human Resources at: hr@treetop.com or 509-697-7251.
