MACHINE OPERATOR
SynergyLabs is an industry leading manufacturer of animal care products produced in our state-of-the-art facility in Hildebran, North Carolina. We distribute our best selling brands across pet specialty, mass, food and drug, farm and feed, and digital channels with a global footprint that includes 62 countries and counting. Our merchandise lines include grooming aids, stain & odor products, flea & tick controls, and nutritional supplements. For the second year in a row, we have been nationally certified as “A Great Place To Work.”
In addition to a rich traditional benefit package, we offer a fun work environment! Our break area includes arcade games, foosball, and cornhole. We have monthly employee lunches, weekly Core Value winners with $500 per week in prizes, community involvement opportunities, snack days, free Yeti coffee mugs and Tervis tumblers, tuition reimbursement, fully paid maternity leave and 10 days paid paternity leave, milestone days off (marriage, new home, graduation, citizenship), and more! All in a newly renovated, bright, clean, and conditioned work environment.
SynergyLabs is seeking to fill a position for a MACHINE OPERATOR. This role is responsible for operating assigned machine(s) at its optimal level to ensure quality product is produced. This is a day shift position, currently 7:00am - 3:30pm Monday - Friday; this Fall will transition to 7am – 5:30pm, Monday - Thursday.
RESPONSIBILTIES:
- Performs weekly CILs (clean, inspect, lubricate) and maintains validation matrix
- Performs machine set-ups, changeovers, and cleaning
- Manages fault recovery process
- Troubleshoots machine errors
- Assists in component handling from staging
- Ensures equipment is free from any possible contamination sources
- Cross-trains with co-workers on other machines in department
- Performs the basic preventative maintenance of the equipment being used in the work areas and perform minor maintenance to assigned equipment
- Identifies when a non-conforming product is detected and ensure that immediate actions are taken
- Performs daily cleaning of the equipment and room according to the SOP requirements.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Basic knowledge of statistical process control
- Firm understanding of safety requirements including lock-out-tag-out
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Demonstrated machine operation experience
- Proven mechanical aptitude
- Solid understanding of mathematic principles
- Ability to use basic hand tools while changing out heavy parts (50 pounds)
- Working knowledge of assembly and packaging requirements and techniques
Pay: $22.75 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
