Packaging Operator

Accurate packaging of produced bottles by following all packaging procedures.

ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.

What Can You Expect From ALPLA

• Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits 
• Child Care Benefits
• Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
• Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities
• 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
• Medical, dental, vision plan
• Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
• Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
• Paid vacation; paid holidays

What Will You Enjoy Doing

Main Responsibilities:

• Operate, maintain, troubleshoot multiple types of packaging equipment.
  Equipment may include, but is not limited to:
  carton erectors
  partition inserters
  product inserters (MPV, VPM, PLU)
  foil dispensers
  top closers
  palletization equipment
• Manual responsibilities include:
  loading, building and making boxes
  hand packaging of bottles
  loading labels
  Maintenance includes:
  perform routine cleaning, and minor maintenance of equipment to ensure
  smooth operations
  Material Handling:
  Loading/unloading packaging materials such as corrugate, containers or
  other raw materials
  Documentation:
• Accurately document records of finished goods, packaging specifications, or
  any visual quality checks
  Perform changeover’s of divers packaging equipment (eg case erector,
  partition inserter, top sealer, …)
  Applies correct labels
  Perform quality check consisting of visual inspection of overall product,
  labels and packaging integrity for defects
  Housekeeping
  Perform Autonomous maintenance

Performance Metrics:
• Labeling Accuracy: Maintains a labeling accuracy rate of 100% by consistently
following all labeling procedures without deviation.
• Quality Control Compliance: Performs all required quality checks with 100%
completion and accuracy, identifying and reporting any defects per standard operating
procedures.
• Line clearance accuracy
• Autonomous maintenance completion

Competencies:
• Ensures Accountability
• Decision Quality
• Communicates Effectively
• Instills Trust
• Collaborates
• Values Differences
• Drives Results

What Makes You Great

Qualifications and Requirements:
• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Min. 6 months of manufacturing experience preferred
• Capable of lifting 55 pounds and to stand for a minimum of 12 hours
• Able to work with multiple types of equipment simultaneously
• High cleanliness standards for the machines and work area

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. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions. While performing the duties of this job:
• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, push and pull, reach with
hands and arms and very occasionally to climb or balance.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel;
stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs., frequently lift
and/or move up to 38 lbs. and occasionally lift and/or move or push /pull up to 55
lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA). #packer #entrylevel#Iowa2

ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind:
ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing
employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at
ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to
race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical,
mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital,
civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or
genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in
the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of
these characteristics.

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