Back Up Machine Operator - Weekend Day

Utz Quality Foods is looking to grow our loyal, career driven, and customer focused team, and are currently recruiting for a Back Up Machine Operator to join our team of manufacturing professionals in Hanover, PA on Weekend Day Shift

As a Back Up Machine Operator, this candidate will be responsible for supplying production lines with packaging materials, transporting skids of finished product to warehouse, as well as operating barrel filling lines, rod machine and labelers. This position works Friday to Sunday 5:55 AM – 5:55 PM.

Responsibilities

• Supplies production lines with needed materials.
• Places skids of cardboard, barrels and trays at tables and packing stations.
• Moves product from packing area to warehouse by pulling handjack filled with product.
• Substitutes for Packaging Machine Operator during breaks, lunches, illness and vacations.
• Transports rolls of packaging film.
• Changes code blocks to appropriate daily and weekly code and price.
• Basic understanding of vertical form and fill packing machines.
• Starts and stops power to the machine, vibrator and conveyor.
• Operates barrel filling stations, labeling equipment, rod packaging and sticks packaging.
• Assists the Packaging Machine Operator as needed.
• Requires working proactively in a cross-functional team with diverse groups of people.
• Works in a safe manner at all times and communicates any safety issues to supervisor.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Requirements

• Requires basic reading, writing and math skills.
• Requires knowledge and skills of a barrel filling lines, rod machine and labelers.
• Able to lift a minimum of 80lbs.
• Required forklift license.
• Required to wear non-slip shoes and appropriate personal protective equipment.

Our Recruitment Process

• Easy Application (5 mins): Introduce yourself and answer a few key questions to get started.
• Engaging Chat Interview (20-25 mins): Share your experiences in an online chat, highlighting how your values align with ours.
• Live Interview: Selected candidates will meet with the hiring manager to explore their alignment with the team and overall Utz company culture.

Continuously Pursuing Excellence!

Here at Utz, we have a passion for exciting and delighting consumers with delicious snack foods made from high quality ingredients.  After over a century with a strong family heritage, our diverse portfolio of brands includes Utz, Zapp’s, Boulder Canyon, and On the Border. Our associates are the reason for the success of this company, so it is important we provide a supportive, caring and inclusive environment that offers opportunities for career growth and advancement.  We also help take care of our associates by providing benefits, resources, and programs that ensure they live their healthiest lives.  Our benefit package includes medical, dental, and vision plans, an employer match 401k, profit sharing plan, employee stock purchase plan and much more.  Join our world class team and help us become the fastest growing pure-play U.S. snacking company of scale!

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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