PET Douglas Operator-Night Shift

Job Summary:  The PET Douglas Operator’s primary responsibility is to monitor product flow, packaging, and sealing materials as each container is moved through the machine and sealer as it is moved down the conveyor. The Douglas Operator manually loads packaging materials onto the feed belt, monitors the flow of the product through the machine, observes and monitors the tray codes per the Spec Sheet requirements, through the tray wrap sealer, and ensures continuous and efficient production that meets customer specifications.

Safety

Bowman Andros is committed to maintaining a strong safety culture focused on preventing injuries and providing all employees with a safe, healthy, and productive work environment.

Every employee at Bowman Andros is expected to demonstrate a personal commitment to safety by following established procedures, identifying and reporting hazards, and actively participating in safety initiatives. Safety is a shared responsibility, and we believe that all incidents are preventable through awareness, accountability, and continuous improvement.

We strive to empower our teammates to take ownership of safety, look out for one another, and contribute to a workplace where safety is always the top priority.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Monitor the Douglas machine that folds the packaging material trays, inserts product and seals the cartons on the individual product containers.
• Ensure correct cartons are being used according to customer specifications.
• Monitor for leaking or damaged product containers as they move into and out of the machine and down the conveyor.
• Constantly monitor and manually load packaging materials in the feeder, ensuring proper orientation as necessary for continuous, efficient and smooth machine operation according to specifications.
• Ensures Dates and Code markings are correct for the product, legible, accurate and meet all customer, quality and legal specifications as required by Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
• May remove and discard damaged, mis-coded, leaking or inadequate materials and products as determined by customer specifications and quality standards.
• Takes the initiative to determine if damaged cartons can be reworked and works to correct salvageable product.
• Records hourly checks for labels, leakers, dented cups, codes, film 
• Loads shrink wrapper machine.
• Loads and operates sticker machine.
• Communicates with Supervisor and Production Materials Handlers to ensure replenishment of shrink wrap as needed for production flow.
• Starts and stops the Douglas Machine and conveyors, to match packaging operations at other points on the line (i.e., Filler Operations, Palletizer Operations, etc.).
• Monitor system codes to determine reasons for stoppage and make minor adjustments within the machine during jams (i.e., re-adjusting or removing sleeves for placement).
• Communicate with other operators regarding line stoppages and changeovers, and forklift drivers to ensure completed pallets of product are transferred efficiently to continue flow of product.
• Communicate with the Supervisor and Maintenance for major repair issues.
• Manually stack empty pallets for removal.
• Ensures continuous, efficient and smooth machine operation.
• Maintain a clean and orderly work area.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must be able to communicate with all levels of management and maintenance.
• Ability to safely use sharp instruments, hand tools, mechanical tools (such as wrenches, screwdrivers, 

etc.), and a Non-Powered Pallet Jack.

• Ability to safely use a hot glue gun and replace the glue stick as needed.

Working Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a teammate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The PET Douglas Operator is required to work on the production floor. While performing the duties of this job, the teammate frequently will be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and extreme heat and/or cold. The teammate continuously works near moving mechanical parts. The teammate will be exposed to loud noises from production equipment and thus will be required to wear PPE. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but may be high at times due to production and mechanical equipment noise. 

The teammate will regularly need to lift 10 to 50 pounds, and occasionally push or pull up to 70 pounds.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be performed by a teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the teammate is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to handle or feel objects, reach with hands and arms; see, talk and / or hear. The teammate will be required to lift, climb, bend, stoop and crouch. The teammate is required to stand for up to a 12-hour period (with breaks). 

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of teammates under his/her supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.