Packaging Operator

Packaging Operator

Location: East Hanover, NJ

Duration: 12+ Month Contract 

Shift: 2nd shift - 3pm to 11:30pm

$25.00 per hour, W 2 Only 

Requires packaging experience. Must be detailed in the job history of resume. Manufacturing industry background experience is also required. 

Responsibilities:

• Perform packaging operations as per the customer orders.
• Operate packaging machinery effectively to avoid any accidents.
• Ensure that machines are working properly and safely.
• Conduct minor repairs to packaging equipment.
• Handle hazardous and non-hazardous materials safely and in compliance with plant requirements and environmental regulations.
• Stock all raw materials needed for packaging (e.g., pallets, slip sheets, tape, labels, trash boxes, ties, etc.).
• Conduct general housekeeping.
• Maintain core values: safety, health, and environmental, highest ethical behavior, and respect for people.
• Achieve and maintain production targets, quality standards, and equipment.
• Support and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements:

• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED.
• Work experience of at least 1 year.
• Willingness and ability to work a rotating shift schedule - 12-hour shifts.
• Willingness and ability to work overtime, including holidays, weekends, and on short notice call-in as required.
• Willingness and ability to wear required PPE (personal protective equipment) such as steel toes, hardhat, protective eyewear, face shields, arc protective clothing, and SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus).
• Willing and able to work in a high-hazard process.
• Willing and able to lift up to 50 pounds, climb stairs, ladders, columns, and to stand, walk, stoop, bend, kneel, crawl, reach overhead, hear and respond to alarms, and possess visual acuity for close work.