Quick Snapshot
Pay: $18.75/hr.
Schedule: Full-Time | 2nd Shift | 8:00 PM–8:00 AM
Location: Petoskey, MI
Position: Packager
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience Level: Entry-Level
Work Environment: Fast-Paced Manufacturing | Production | Packaging
Package Quality. Keep Production Moving. Be Part of the Team.
Ambient Recruiting is partnering with a growing manufacturing company in Petoskey to hire a dependable Packager to support daily production operations. In this role, you'll package finished plastic products, inspect products for quality, prepare materials for shipment, and help keep production moving efficiently.
If you're dependable, enjoy hands-on work, and take pride in producing quality work, this could be a great opportunity to join a team-focused manufacturing environment.
What You'll Be Doing
As a Packager, you'll:
- Safely move finished plastic products from the production line into appropriate packaging
- Package products according to customer specifications and work order requirements
- Verify skid configurations and pallet patterns meet customer standards
- Inspect finished products and communicate quality concerns to the Line Operator
- Follow accurate packaging and material-handling procedures throughout production
- Move finished product using a pallet jack
- Use packaging tools including measuring tapes, glue guns, tape guns, box cutters, and cut-resistant gloves
- Maintain clean and organized work areas
- Follow good housekeeping practices and workplace safety procedures
- Assist with additional production duties as assigned
What We're Looking For
Successful candidates typically have:
- High school diploma or GED preferred
- Commitment to workplace safety and product quality
- Ability to read and follow work instructions in English
- Ability to accurately read a measuring tape
- Good hand-eye coordination and attention to detail
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to multitask in a production environment
- Reliable attendance and strong work ethic
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Comfort working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous manufacturing or production experience
- Previous packaging experience
- Experience using pallet jacks
- Experience using hand tools or packaging equipment
- Previous experience working 12-hour shifts
Why You'll Love This Opportunity
- $18.75/hr. starting pay
- Consistent 2nd Shift | 8:00 PM–8:00 AM
- Full-time employment
- Stable manufacturing opportunity
- Hands-on work with a consistent production routine
- Opportunity to develop packaging and material-handling skills
- Team-oriented work environment
- Opportunity to build long-term manufacturing experience
What to Expect
This is an active production position in a manufacturing environment. You'll spend your shift packaging finished products, inspecting quality, stacking and palletizing materials, and ensuring customer specifications are met.
The position requires standing for up to 12 hours per shift, along with frequent bending, twisting, reaching, pushing, and pulling. Employees may regularly lift up to 60 pounds and will use pallet jacks to move finished products.
The work environment may include varying temperatures, including hot and cold conditions typical of a manufacturing facility. Success in this role comes from being dependable, safety-conscious, detail-oriented, and able to maintain quality and productivity throughout the shift.
Why Ambient Recruiting?
Ambient Recruiting, formerly PMP Personnel Services, has been connecting talented people with great employers throughout Northern Michigan for more than 30 years. While our name has evolved, our mission remains the same: helping people find careers where they can succeed.
When you apply with Ambient Recruiting, you're gaining access to opportunities with some of Northern Michigan's best employers. Our recruiters take the time to understand your skills, experience, schedule preferences, career goals, and workplace preferences so we can connect you with positions that truly fit.
With access to a wide network of employers throughout Northern Michigan, one application opens the door to far more than a single position.
One application. Multiple opportunities. A recruiting team invested in your success.
Apply Today
Ready to start your next manufacturing opportunity?
Apply today with Ambient Recruiting and let our recruiting team connect you with this Packager position and other manufacturing careers throughout Northern Michigan.
We look forward to helping you find a position where you can grow professionally while making a meaningful impact every day.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.63 per hour
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Work Location: In person
