Job title:- Plant/Packaging Operator

Location:- Bapchule, AZ 85121

Duration:- 12 Months

Candidate needs to be available for overtime. In the beginning, they may train some on first shift.

Shifts

(5AM-5:30PM) or (5:30PM-5:30AM);

Monday-Friday. Saturday’s as needed.

Qualifications:

Contracting labor to support processing of cotton seed.

Responsibilities:

• Position Objective:
• This position is accountable for assisting in the day to day operations of the plant and warehouse.
• Key Client will be placed on managing the overall process at the plant level from seed treatment to packaging by seed count.
• In addition, Client will be placed on operating both manual and automated seed count and bagging equipment. It is imperative to track and maintain accuracy of seed/lbs., bag weights, bag inventory, bag appearance, and treater accuracy.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Participate in day to day seed count, bagging, and treating operation in plant.
• Operate and manage automatic seed sampling equipment to pull accurate samples from each lot as directed.
• Assist in seed counts for packaging seed and obtaining QA samples.
• Enter plant monitoring data for the treating and packaging area as directed.
• Monitor packaging appearance. (printing on bags, printing of placards, bar coding, wrapping, and etc...)
• Monitor the treatment process for application accuracy.
• General repairs of bag placers, baggers, treater, and palletizer during the season, as well as shut down periods.
• Participate in cleanup of treating and bagging area for all variety changes.
• During the carryover season, assist management in sorting and doing inventory counts on carryover. Assist with the carryover blending process by seed count.
• Assist in all inventory counts of raw goods.
• Other duties as directed by management.
• Maintain good housekeeping practices.
• Follow all OSHA rules and regulations for safety compliance.
• Decision Making: Baggers or bag placer scales are not operating - Determine the problem and make corrections
• See count not correct - Realize problem and make correctio or retest.
• Application print is not clean and distinct on the bag top - Determine the cause and correct
• Bagging equipment is not inserting the correct amount of product - Determine the cause and correct
• Treater out of calibration - Determine the cause, make correction or inform management Required

Skills/Competencies:

• Equipment Repairs
• Working with others
• Stacking bags
• Mechanical abilities
• Communication skills
• Must be capable of handling 50lb bags if needed