Palletizer

Description:

Consolidate the individual units on a pallet for proper storage or immediate transfer to the customer and/or consumer. Work in a manufacturing environment following appropriate policies and procedures to ensure successful execution of position responsibilities.

Major Duties And Responsibilities
 

• Sets up and assembles palletizer for production run
• Sets the number and pattern for each pallet and each order. Ensure that product is properly stacked on pallets by following the designated pallet patterns, minimizing or avoiding overhang, stacking cases straight, stacking cases without leaning and cross-tying tiers, as required. Visually inspect shippers prior to stacking for unsealed cases, damaged cases, stained cases, and cases with illegible, incorrect, or missing code dates
• Quality inspection of each individual pallet before transfer to shipping ensuring that they are not dirty, have broken or missing boards, have protruding nails or are wet. Ensure that product is stacked on the correct pallet (CHEP, Grade A White, Phytosanitary, etc.). Transport pallets with a pallet-jack
• Maintains operational sanitation including trash removal and re-boxing of damage, as assigned
• Assist in loading tape onto tape machines and adjusting tape machines. Operate a semi-automatic shrink-wrap machine to ensure that pallets are properly wrapped
• Maintains documentation of production output
• Communicates and shifts handoff to oncoming operator
• Good transactional discipline. Accurate scanning of productions cases produced
• Responsible for following all food safety policies, procedures and regulatory criteria including the current SQF code, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and associated preventive controls
• Other duties as assigned
   

Education And Experience
 

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent experience
• 1 or more years of experience