Title: Packaging Operator
Location: Bapchule, AZ 85121
Duration: 12 Months

Pay: $20/hr.

Work hours - we are running one shift (5AM-5:30PM), scaling to 2 (5:30PM-5:30AM); running Monday-Friday. Saturdays as needed. Candidate needs to be available for OT and is able to train on 1st shift up to 4-6 weeks or depending on when 2nd shift start.

Description:
Contracting labor to support processing of cotton seed.

Responsibilities

• This position is accountable for assisting in the day to day operations of the plant and warehouse.
• Key emphasis will be placed on managing the overall process at the plant level from seed treatment to packaging by seed count. In addition, emphasis will be placed on operating both manual and automated seed count and bagging equipment. It is imperative to track and maintain accuracy of seed/lbs., bag weights, bag inventory, bag appearance, and treater accuracy.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Participate in day to day seed count, bagging, and treating operation in plant.
• Operate and manage automatic seed sampling equipment to pull accurate samples from each lot as directed.
• Assist in seed counts for packaging seed and obtaining QA samples.
• Enter plant monitoring data for the treating and packaging area as directed.
• Monitor packaging appearance. (printing on bags, printing of placards, bar coding, wrapping, and etc...)
• Monitor the treatment process for application accuracy.
• General repairs of bag placers, baggers, treater, and palletizer during the season, as well as shut down periods.
• Participate in cleanup of treating and bagging area for all variety changes.
• During the carryover season, assist management in sorting and doing inventory counts on carryover.
• Assist with the carryover blending process by seed count.
• Assist in all inventory counts of raw goods.
• Other duties as directed by management.
• Maintain good housekeeping practices.
• Follow all OSHA rules and regulations for safety compliance.

Decision Making:
Baggers or bag placer scales are not operating - Determine the problem and make corrections See count not correct - Realize problem and make correctio or retest. Application print is not clean and distinct on the bag top - Determine the cause and correct Bagging equipment is not inserting the correct amount of product - Determine the cause and correct Treater out of calibration - Determine the cause, make correction or inform management

Required Skills/Competencies:
Equipment Repairs
Working with others
Stacking bags
Mechanical abilities
Communication skills
Must be capable of handling 50lb bags if needed