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Portco

Makes custom bags and films for food packaging

Press Utility

Full-Time
$17.25 - $20.29/hr
Entry
Woodland, WA, USA
In Person
Manufacturing & Production OperationsMachine & Process Operation

About the job

Requirements
  • Ability to efficiently assist where needed in the Press Department.
  • Follow all Portco policies and procedures.
  • Ensure that all food safety and quality standards are met at all times.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, including listening, negotiating, problem solving, and exchanging information.
  • Create, enrich, and sustain strong customer and vendor relationships.
Responsibilities
  • Clean and maintain press parts for all press machines.
  • Run and maintain the water treatment system and solvent stills.
  • Assist with press changeovers when needed and fill in for Press Assistants when needed.
  • Perform general sanitation duties.
Desired Qualifications
  • Prior production experience is preferred, but no experience is required; training is provided.

About the company

Portco makes flexible packaging for food producers and other businesses that need printed bags, pouches and films to protect their products. Its range covers multiwall paper bags, stand-up pouches and roll stock that customers feed into automated filling and sealing equipment. Customers choose materials, barrier properties and package designs to suit products ranging from frozen foods to dry ingredients and bulk goods. Portco earns revenue by printing, laminating and manufacturing custom packaging, with layers of paper, plastic film or foil selected for the contents and how they are stored and shipped. Founded in 1934, Portco is headquartered in Woodland, Washington.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Woodland, WA

Founded

1934

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What believers are saying

  • Customer ties are longstanding: Portco reports that many clients have stayed for over fifty years.
  • Time off starts accruing immediately: Portco's Woodland full-time pouch operator opening lists paid-time-off accrual from day one.
  • Entry experience is optional: Portco's full-time machine assistant opening accepts applicants without manufacturing experience and promises training.

What critics are saying

  • Domestic production retains global exposure: Portco acknowledges that some feedstocks, additives and petrochemical inputs cannot all be sourced domestically.
  • Overnight work is explicit: Portco's Toppenish full-time millwright opening specifies 10:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.
  • Harvest creates tight deadlines: Portco describes short crop-processing windows that require packaging to be ready when crops arrive.

What makes Portco unique

  • Ownership spans generations: Portco describes itself as a third-generation family-run manufacturer.
  • Food-safety certification shapes production: Portco reports Safe Quality Food Level 3 certification.
  • Sustainability has a product family: Portco EarthGuard includes recycled-content, recycle-ready and compostable packaging options.

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