Canner/Bottler - 1st shift
Essential Functions and Duties
- Maintain general cleanliness of the packaging area, including detailing machines, cleaning floors, scrubbing conveyors, and assisting during CIP.
- Work within established Standard Operating Procedures.
- Organize, consolidate, set up, and tear down packaging equipment.
- Learn all stations on both canning and bottling lines.
- Lift, stack, and palletize 34 lb. boxes as needed.
- Safely work in close quarters around packaging equipment and conveyors.
- Perform accurate data record keeping, including downtime, package counts, lot numbers, and other required documentation.
- Facilitate empty containers through the filling process.
- Facilitate full containers through the packaging process.
- Tow-motor finished pallets of containers into the cooler.
- Assist in assembly of variety 12-packs (bottles or cans).
- Hand-feed containers onto the conveyor to consistently supply the filler with empty containers.
- Stuff carriers into case boxes while operating machinery that opens/erects carriers.
- Operate 24- and 12-pack erectors and drop packers, ensuring smooth in-feed and out-feed conveyor flow.
- Operate case sealers while maintaining clear in-feed and out-feed conveyor paths.
- Manually shrink-wrap pallets, apply labels, and position pallets for tow-motor pickup.