PACKAGER

Job Duties

Essential Functions:

Tends machine(s) to feed product to conveyors, hoppers, or other feeding devices.

Removes product from platforms/conveyors and packs into preformed pouches.

Counts items packed to ensure compliance with company standards

Monitors product feed into pasteurizers.

Places product on grill marker belt.

Ensures product packages are placed on conveyor according to company standards.

Inspects filled container to ensure that product is packaged according to specifications.

Removes irregular product and any foreign material found in product. Reports irregularities to the Quality Assurance Technician, Lead Person or Supervisor.

Reviews workspace for cleanliness and safety concerns.

Uses personal protective gear PPE per company standards to ensure safe operation of machinery or tools, and safe use of chemical cleaning agents.

Disassembles and reassembles the production line and equipment as necessary for cleaning.

Cleans and Sanitizes production equipment, tools and work area per Standard Sanitation Operating Procedure (SSOP

This role is non-exempt at $20.09 to $24 per hour.

Trident Seafoods offers a comprehensive and quality benefits package. Full-time employees may be eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance plans, optional HRA/HSA, telemedicine, employee assistance and wellness programs, basic life and AD&D, and 401(k) with a company match, vacation, sick time, 10 paid holidays each year, and paid parental leave. Fulltime employees accrue vacation each pay period starting on their first day of employment, up to 112 hours per year, and are eligible for up to 48 hours of sick leave per year, in accordance with company policy.

Minimum Requirements

Travel/On-Call Requirements: not required for this position

Preferred Education & Experiences:

Three-to-six-month food manufacturing experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):

Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.

Skills:

Ability to count by multiples 2s and 3s to place correct number of items into packages.

Abilities:

Ability to interpret simple written instructions and follow established procedures.

Ability to work independently and collaborate with coworkers.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet, humid and cold conditions, and moving mechanical parts.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. May be required to distinguish shades of color to identify abnormalities and/or defects in food products.

Work Ability Requirements:

Employees regularly bend or lean at waist level. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or grasp packages and reach with hands and arms.

The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance.

The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel and crouch

The employee lifts and carries objects up to 5 lbs regularly and up to 25 lbs occasionally

Work Authorizations:

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Minimum Education Required

No education requirement found.

Minimum Experience Required

0

Shift

First (Day)

Number of Openings

1

Compensation

$20.09 - $24.00 / Hourly

Postal Code

56466

Job Type

Full Time

Place of Work

Remote

Requisition ID

29476

Job Benefits

Trident Seafoods offers a comprehensive and quality benefits package. Full-time employees may be eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance plans, optional HRA/HSA, telemedicine, employee assistance and wellness programs, basic life and AD&D, and 401(k) with a company match, vacation, sick time, 10 paid holidays each year, and paid parental leave. Fulltime employees accrue vacation each pay period starting on their first day of employment, up to 112 hours per year, and are eligible for up to 48 hours of sick leave per year, in accordance with company policy.