Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders – OJT Position Available In Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tallo's Job Summary: Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders - OJT are responsible for attaching labels, inspecting products, and operating packaging machinery. They ensure quality, troubleshoot malfunctions, and maintain equipment. Tasks include sorting, stacking, and packaging items. Employers seeking individuals to fill these roles may offer competitive salaries based on experience and skills.
Company:
Brose
Salary:
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Job Description
- Attach identification labels to finished packaged items, or cut stencils and stencil information on containers, such as lot numbers or shipping destinations
- Sort, grade, weigh, and inspect products, verifying and adjusting product weight or measurement to meet specifications
- Stop or reset machines when malfunctions occur, clear machine jams, and report malfunctions to a supervisor
- Observe machine operations to ensure quality and conformity of filled or packaged products to standards
- Remove finished packaged items from machine and separate rejected items
- Monitor the production line, watching for problems such as pile-ups, jams, or glue that isn’t sticking properly
- Inspect and remove defective products and packaging material
- Start machine by engaging controls
- Tend or operate machine that packages product
- Clean, oil, and make minor adjustments or repairs to machinery and equipment, such as opening valves or setting guides
- Regulate machine flow, speed, or temperature
- Adjust machine components and machine tension and pressure according to size or processing angle of product
- Supply materials to spindles, conveyors, hoppers, or other feeding devices and unload packaged product
- Stack finished packaged items, or wrap protective material around each item, and pack the items in cartons or containers
- Package the product in the form in which it will be sent out, for example, filling bags with flour from a chute or spout
- Stock and sort product for packaging or filling machine operation, and replenish packaging supplies, such as wrapping paper, plastic sheet, boxes, cartons, glue, ink, or labels
- Count and record finished and rejected packaged items
- Clean packaging containers, line and pad crates, or assemble cartons to prepare for product packing
- Secure finished packaged items by hand tying, sewing, gluing, stapling, or attaching fastener
- Clean and remove damaged or otherwise inferior materials to prepare raw products for processing.
