Packer - First Shift

Utz Quality Foods is looking to grow our loyal, career driven, and customer focused team and is currently recruiting for a Packer to work from our manufacturing facility located in Wilkes-Barre, PA on First Shift.

As a Packer, this candidate will be responsible for packing chips in boxes and bags. Inspect quality of chips. This position works Monday - Friday from 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM.

Key Responsibilities

• Packs bags of chips into cartons.o Assembles cartons, applies stickers and packs cases according to case specifications while verifying the package quality of finished product.
• Inspects quality of chips and chip packages.
  o Examines seasoning on chips after chips are packaged.
  o Matches product codes of chips being packaged.
  o Verifies weight of packaged chips.
• Repack product merchandise into cartons on sack/tray lines.
• Loads boxes of packaged chips onto skids.
• Performs other tasks which will assist the packaging flow operation such as but not limited to:
  o Stickers product items,
  o Prepares boxes to be packed (caddies)
  o Hand pick chips; and
  o Gives lunch and work breaks.
• Responsible for quality and food safety tasks for their position.

Requirements

• Requires basic reading and math skills.
• Requires knowledge of product quality and basic operations acquired through three months of training.
• Standing required 100% of the time.
• Ability to communicate production issues to fellow co-workers and supervision.

Spreading Joy Through Food!

Here at Utz, we have a passion for food that our associates enjoy creating, our consumers love, and our customers choose. Our renowned family of brands includes Utz, Golden Flake, Good Health, TGI Friday's, On the Border, Bachman, and Zapp's. We provide a supportive, caring and inclusive environment that offers opportunities for career growth and advancement. We believe it is important to help take care of our associates by providing benefits, resources, and programs that ensure they live their healthiest lives. Our benefit package includes medical, dental, and vision plans, an employer match 401k, profit sharing plan, employee stock purchase plan and much more. Join OneUtzTeam and help us spread joy through food for generations to come!

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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