Packaging Operator

For over three decades, Lyons Salt has provided superior deicing and agricultural salts from our mine in Lyons, KS. Our thriving business stems from commitment to our customers and a respect for every product request to help them better serve their clients. As a member of the team at Lyons Salt, you are contributing to personalized, responsive service day or night. Lyons Salt is proud to operate under one umbrella with other iconic salt companies including Morton Salt, Windsor Salt, and more.

Job Summary:

Package Operations is responsible for the safe operation of the bagging system, controlling additives and dyes and/or adjustment, maintenance, and/or service & operating the bagging line. This role is also responsible for loading and checking in customer trucks and completing bills of lading. Also responsible for coordinating removal of finished pallets at the end of the bagging line while achieving safety, quality and productivity objectives as directed.

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Work safely, responsibly following all safety policies and procedures

- Perform daily equipment checks and minor service maintenance

- Perform regular quality control checks such as weighing bags and ensuring consistency

- Mobile equipment to feed raw materials into the feed system hopper

- Prepare solid additives as appropriate in the dispensing racks and resupply as necessary

- Proportions, mixes and re-supplies dye as necessary

- Sets and adjusts as necessary the solid & liquid additive systems to achieve the required final product quality

- Sets and adjusts mixing equipment speeds to achieve the correct product consistency

- Ensure that product meets specifications

- Verify proper product is shipped and in good condition.

- Installs and re-supplies as necessary rolls of bagging film, rolls of stretch wrap, top sheet, pallets, bottom sheet, labels, and other consumables as needed

- Operates and adjusts the bagging & palletizing line according to established training and procedures

- Ensures product is bagged, sealed and palletized according to specifications

- Completes production paperwork accurately, reporting during and at the end of shift

- Keeps accurate records of production data

- Communicates all concerns affecting safety, quality, productivity and the workplace

- Accurately track and manage inventory

- Ensuring correct product is loaded vans, flatbeds, other trucks.

- Properly perform pre-op functions

- Accepts and signs for deliveries from distributors, ensuring all items are accounted for

- Operates forklift in and ensures pallets are organized in indoor and outdoor warehouse environments

- Ensures work area is clean and organized

- Other work as required and assigned

Required Qualifications:

- Equipment operation experience, forklift or similar

- Demonstrated mechanical skills

- Strong problem-solving skills

- Production and/or assembly line experience

- Must be able to work well in a team environment

- Self-Motivated and flexible to quickly adapt to change

- Must have a high attention to detain in preventing injury to self and coworkers; promote a safe workplace

- Speak, comprehend, and read the English language

Preferred Qualification:

- Shipping and warehouse experience

- Fluency in the Spanish language preferred

- Experience working with robotic palletizing systems.

Physical Requirements:

- Must be able to wear steel-toed shoes, safety glasses, and hard hat

- Must be able to work safely in varying temperatures in production/warehouse workplace and outside year round

- Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds regularly

- Able to work additional hours as needed

All candidates selected for hire at Lyons Salt Co. must submit to Drug and Background screening as a conditional term of employment.

At Lyons Salt, we work best when we work as a team, when we treat one another with dignity and respect, and value the unique contributions of others. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, national origin, sex, religion, color, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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