Highlights
Handle packaging materials (cases of tubes and cartons, bundles of shippers, rolls of labels and wrap, slip sheets, caps, corners, pallets, etc.) and finished goods. These responsibilities include some of the following: Operate our state-of-the-art fully automated toothpaste packaging lines operating at speeds up to 450 tubes per minute.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | East Durham, NY |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $24.50 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 2,000 to 2,499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2000 |
| Website | http://www.lancesoft.com/ |
Description
Title: Packaging Technician
Pay Rate: $22.00 24.50/hr on W2
Location:East Durham, NY 12423
Duration: 06 Months
Shift: 7 am -7:30 pm
Job Description:
As a Packaging Technician, you will be responsible for supporting the packaging area to analyze root causes for process improvement and cost reductions. This position works 12hr shifts from 7:00 am to 7:00p m.
This role will provide you the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career.
These responsibilities include some of the following:
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Pay Rate: $22.00 24.50/hr on W2
Location:East Durham, NY 12423
Duration: 06 Months
Shift: 7 am -7:30 pm
Job Description:
As a Packaging Technician, you will be responsible for supporting the packaging area to analyze root causes for process improvement and cost reductions. This position works 12hr shifts from 7:00 am to 7:00p m.
This role will provide you the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career.
These responsibilities include some of the following:
- Operate our state-of-the-art fully automated toothpaste packaging lines operating at speeds up to 450 tubes per minute
- Handle packaging materials (cases of tubes and cartons, bundles of shippers, rolls of labels and wrap, slip sheets, caps, corners, pallets, etc.) and finished goods
- Maintain cleanliness of the area and the equipment
- Perform autonomous maintenance activities to keep the lines producing at top performance
- Assist maintenance technician on preventive maintenance activities
- Conduct inventories of packaging materials and products
- Perform all activities while focusing on safety and compliance
- Performing transactions in our enterprise resource system (SAP) to manage materials from receipt to final product
- Perform frequent quality checks and accurately document the results
- Document batch activity on computerized system
- Identify and action process improvement
- Understand and comply with all pertinent procedures, work instructions, forms, batch documentation and good manufacturing practices
- Search for cost savings and waste reduction opportunities
Basic Qualifications:
- We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
- High school diploma or GED
- Ability to work 12-hour shifts, every other weekend off
- Basic computer skills (Data entry, email, file access, Microsoft Word and Excel)
Preferred Qualifications:
- If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- Manufacturing or Production environment experience
- Experience as a packaging operator
- Experience with equipment/machinery maintenance and changeoversAble to effectively communicate and work with co-workers, management, and other departments
- Mastery of one packaging line measured by OJT certification (Line Clearance, Changeover, and Quality)
- Ability to routinely lift up to 55 pounds, stand, bend and walk for extended periods of time
- Ability to work overtime to fulfill business need
- Ability to operate industrial power lifts (pallet jacks and forklifts)
- Confident in the use of basic math calculations, percentages, fractions, and decimal notation
- Familiar with different measurement schemes (e.g., Kilograms vs pounds)
- To reach max range need to be certified in all packaging technologies (TFS-80, TFS-30, FPS-4)
About Company
We are a $125 Million, NMSDC-certified Minority & Woman owned Workforce Solutions Company headquartered in the DC metro area with presence across US with global presence - Canada, Mexico, India, UK, Malaysia, Indonasia, Hongkong, Singapore, UAE. We are specialized in providing Workforce Solutions, SOW project delivery, Engineering Solutions, Creative Services. We currently support 100+ Fortune companies globally and across multiple industry segments. We are currently supporting several massive programs across industry segment nationally/globally (Intel, Ally, AMD, QUALCOMM, Morgan Stanley, Kraft/ Mondelez, MNP, Amdocs, Dell, SanDisk, Medtronic, Becton Dickinson, GE, Lockheed Martin, UTC, L-3 Communications, Caterpillar, BMW, Mercedes Benz, National Grid, Dominion, Energy Future Holdings, PSEG, 3M, Fidelity, Aetna, Humana, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck etc).
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.