Primary Responsibilities
- Operate and monitor beverage bottling and canning equipment.
- Load empty bottles, cans, caps, lids, and other packaging materials onto the production line.
- Assist with beverage filling, capping, can seaming, labeling, date/lot coding, and packaging.
- Monitor equipment during production to ensure proper operation.
- Perform routine quality-control checks throughout each production run.
- Inspect bottles and cans for proper fill levels, seals, caps, seams, labels, leaks, damage, and other defects.
- Remove defective or nonconforming products from the production line.
- Pack finished beverages into cases, trays, or other required packaging.
- Build, wrap, label, and organize finished pallets.
- Accurately count and document finished production quantities.
- Record production information, waste, damaged units, and other required information.
- Assist with product and packaging changeovers between production runs.
- Assist with equipment setup and basic adjustments as trained.
- Immediately report equipment problems, production issues, or quality concerns to management.
- Follow established SOPs, production procedures, and quality-control requirements.
- Maintain an organized production area and properly stage packaging materials and finished products.
Sanitation & Food Safety Responsibilities
- Maintain a clean and sanitary production environment at all times.
- Clean and sanitize bottling, canning, filling, and packaging equipment according to established procedures.
- Perform pre-production and post-production cleaning and sanitation.
- Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and applicable food-safety requirements.
- Properly use required PPE, including gloves, hair restraints, and other protective equipment.
- Follow company procedures designed to prevent contamination and cross-contamination.
- Complete required cleaning and sanitation documentation.
- Immediately report spills, contamination concerns, damaged equipment, or other food-safety issues.
Quality Control
Operators are expected to continuously monitor product quality and packaging integrity, including:
- Correct product and flavor
- Correct bottle or can
- Proper fill level
- Proper cap application
- Proper can seam and seal
- Correct label placement
- Correct lot/batch and date coding
- Package cleanliness and appearance
- Leaking or damaged containers
- Accurate case quantities
Any product that does not meet specifications must be identified and reported before it is released as finished product.
Qualifications
- Previous experience in beverage, food, packaging, manufacturing, or production is preferred but not required.
- Experience operating bottling, canning, filling, labeling, or packaging equipment is a plus.
- Ability to follow written SOPs and verbal instructions.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to accurately count and document production quantities.
- Dependable attendance and punctuality.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a production team.
- Ability to maintain productivity while performing repetitive tasks.
- Willingness to learn equipment operation, sanitation procedures, and quality-control requirements.
Physical Requirements
Employees must be able to:
- Stand and work on a production line for extended periods.
- Frequently bend, reach, twist, and perform repetitive movements.
- Lift and move boxes, ingredients, packaging materials, and finished products as required by the position.
- Work around wet production areas, machinery, and production noise.
- Safely perform repetitive packaging and material-handling tasks throughout the shift.
Performance Expectations
Successful Production Operators are expected to maintain:
Safety — Follow all equipment, workplace, and food-safety procedures.
Quality — Produce correctly filled, sealed, labeled, coded, and packaged products.
Efficiency — Keep the production line moving and help minimize unnecessary downtime.
Accuracy — Properly count, document, and organize finished products and production materials.
Cleanliness — Maintain sanitary equipment and production areas throughout the shift.
Reliability — Arrive on time, maintain consistent attendance, and be prepared to work the scheduled production shift.
Teamwork — Communicate with line leads, quality personnel, maintenance, and other production employees to keep operations running efficiently.
Additional Responsibilities
Production employees may be cross-trained on multiple areas of the operation, including bottling, canning, filling, labeling, case packing, palletizing, sanitation, material staging, and other production-related duties.
Pay: $15.00 - $18.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
