Packaging Operator (Full Time, Union) - Tillamook County Creamery Association : Job Details

Packaging Operator (Full Time, Union) Come join the Tillamook Team where our philosophy is Do Right By Every Bite. As an independent farmer-owned cooperative, we have been guided by good, honest values since 1909. We believe in putting quality over profit, natural over artificial, and that hard work can never be outsmarted. We're taking a stand for real food because everyone deserves better.We invite members of all diverse communities to join our workforce. At Tillamook, we believe that inclusion and diversity are central to our cultural strategy. In order to achieve our growth ambition and compete and win in the marketplace, we believe we make better decisions and build stronger teams when we invite and rely on diverse perspectives, thoughts, backgrounds and cultures into our work and to fuel our innovation and growth. To us this means creating a climate of inclusion where all employees feel valued and a sense of belonging. We believe this will make us a better consumer brand and employer. About you: What does real food mean to you? Is your favorite dish a cheesy casserole? Perhaps a decadent and indulgent ice cream? Either way, your identification with food is important to us. People who fit well here at Tillamook have a commitment to quality in everything they do. Our team members understand our vision, contribute to our mission, thrive on innovative thinking, hard work, and good, honest values About us: Our team members understand our vision, contribute to our mission, thrive on innovative thinking, hard work, and good, honest values. We live by these shared values: We are Good Stewards, We believe in Uncompromising Quality, We work as One Team, We Play to Win, and We Genuinely Care for each other. What you will do: The Package Operator works at the last stages of the cheese manufacturing line to pack finished products label and aggregate them for storage or shipment to distribution outlets. Here's a day in the life:

• Perform the packaging operation in accordance with product packaging specification, sorts products for packaging and filling machine operation, monitors production order fill rate and packaging line efficiencies, replenish packaging materials as needed, inspect in-process packaging to ensure consistent quality and remove defective products and packaging material in the process, segregate finished packaged items from machine that conform to specification and separate rejected items, conduct inventory court on finished and rejected packaged items, monitor packaging and filling operations to ensure quality and conformity of packaged products in accordance with standards.
• Monitor packaging and filling operations to ensure quality and conformity of packaged products in accordance to standards and monitor the packaging production line to forestall potential bottlenecks, pileups, jams, or labels in the wrong location.
• Adjust machines and equipment for smooth operations and make certain that the pre-op inspection is complete before start-up.
• Monitor the packaging production line to forestall potential bottlenecks, pileups, jams, or labels in the wrong location and set up and change over machines for product run.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• High school diploma or GED is required. Experience in packaging or other manufacturing operations is a plus.

• Establish and maintain effective relationships with employees, supervisors, and the public.
• Communication effectively, acts as a team player, and interacts with staff at all levels of the company.
• Computer literate with basic knowledge of Microsoft Word.
• Demonstrate complete thorough knowledge about Tillamook products.

Physical Requirements:

• Using tool to break open flaps o boxes, gripping boxes to shake/remove blocks of cheese and gripping 51b blocks of cheese.
• Frequently able to generate 621bs of grip strength.
• Frequent lifting and moving boxes and tubs of cheese.
• Standing and lifting 45# from 6 to 34 or waist and carrying 6 ft.
• Frequent lifting and moving tubs and blocks of cheese.
• Standing raising and lowering 45# tubs/blocks of cheese from pallet to conveyor from/to a height 34 to 54.
• Frequent lifting and moving tubs and blocks of cheese.
• Standing raising and lowering 45#'s 6 to 34 .
• Moving pallets with hand pallet jack and pushing multiple tubs of cheese on carts.
• Push/Pull Capacity for Trim/Grind and Pallet relocation.
• Placing 45# from pallet to conveyor belt.
• Standing moving 45# from 34 shelf to place on stationary platform at a height of 34 .
• Pull product size pieces of cheese from a cut 40# block of cheese.
• Pulling 2# Velcro pieces apart.

Industry leading benefit and reward programs: We believe in offering extremely high-level, comprehensive benefit programs to our employees. For more information, please visit the careers page: www.tillamook.com/careers. Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) is a Drug-Free Workplace. EEO TCCA prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability status (including those related to pregnancy and childbirth), protected veteran status, membership/non-membership in a labor organization, or any other characteristic protected by law.