Packaging Technician

Overview

At Eagle Foods we are builders.  We are builders of brands, categories, and people.  Eagle Foods enjoys a rich heritage with brands that have proven category leadership for more than 150 years.  Eagle is a diversified food company producing and marketing sweetened condensed and evaporated milk, snacks and convenient meal solutions products.  As a company, Eagle Foods is passionate about fostering an entrepreneurial spirit that boldly builds better people and better brands while focusing on the positive impact our company, our products and our people have on the world.  Eagle Foods has a bold family of brands that consumers have come to rely on for decades, including Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk, Magnolia® Sweetened Condensed Milk, PET® Milk, Popcorn Indiana, Cretors Popcorn, Helper and Suddenly Salad.  Eagle Foods products are marketed and distributed across all U.S. retail channels, including grocery stores, club stores and mass-merchandisers, as well as foodservice and export, U.S. military, and private label business.

Responsibilities

Packaging technicians are responsible for working in the food production line and to ensure that the best quality standards are being met in the packaging of all eagle brand food products. In addition, the Packaging technician will be responsible for running and maintaining packaging department equipment (conveyors, labelers, scales, palletizers, and other related packaging equipment) performing various tasks to set up, operate, monitor, troubleshoot and perform preventive maintenance on assigned machines.

• Perform startup checks at the beginning of each shift. 
• Perform machine setup before each shift and perform testing procedures to ensure that machines work optimally during production logging results electronically by hour against set efficiency targets. 
• Perform routine time-based tests to ensure machines are producing quality products (i.e., seal, visual, weight, etc.). 
• Perform front line preventative maintenance. 
• Monitor and perform routine adjustments and calibrations on each machine (packaging machine, scales). 
• Monitor all product to be packaged to ensure best quality standards are being met against provided work instructions. 
• Oversee efficient and safe operation of all equipment on the line. 
• Review appropriate production schedules for the line to ensure correct equipment setups have been made and appropriate packaging material are present for efficient productivity.  
• Ensure all materials are properly counted, weighed, and labelled with correct label information. 
• Ensure that all partial pallets, bags, containers, are available and accessible as well as having proper documentation such as part number, weights, and expiration dates. 
• Ensure that all material and packaging are correct and meet all the customer and Company specifications against provided work instructions. 
• Ensure adequate housekeeping in the work area throughout the day to include maintaining and cleaning machine(s) before and after each shift. 
• Ensures understanding of MSDS and can follow chemical handling procedures.
• Ensures compliance of Pack 2 equipment, can follow procedure for pulling pull quality samples.
• Can follow evaporated milk hold procedures and understands filler room sanitation procedures.
• Basic troubleshooting for: labelers, palletizers, Kawasaki Robot, DRP, Fillers, Seamers
• Generates workorders

Qualifications

• Completion of a High School Diploma or GED required. 
• The ability to communicate and take directions effectively and efficiently in the English language, both verbal and written. 
• 1-year of packaging operator experience preferred. 
• Proven problem-solving skills with a mechanical understanding of machinery.
• Basic computer and tablet skills, including familiarity with common applications and internet use.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and procedures. 
• Experience with GMP’s, HACCP, and Food Safety requirements preferred.