Manufacturing Technician

About This Role

This position contributes to Evolution Fresh's success by supporting and operating product packaging equipment in a juicing plant, while modeling and acting in accordance with Evolution Fresh's guiding principles. The role focuses on operating and maintaining secondary packaging equipment, troubleshooting, and ensuring quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain downstream secondary equipment
• Replenish raw materials on automated packaging equipment
• Respond to stoppages on secondary packaging equipment and conduct troubleshooting, jam clearing, and cleaning
• Perform changeovers on secondary packaging equipment and assist machine operator with primary packaging equipment changeovers
• Responsible for quality checks on secondary packages, including lot coding and aesthetics
• Assist machine operator with quality checks on primary packages, including lot coding, aesthetics, and seal integrity
• Track output from palletizing equipment and respond to jams
• Operate the supersack loading station
• Understand and follow established safety guidelines, consistently complying with all safety procedures
• Support food safety, legality, and quality programs by adhering to good manufacturing practices and monitoring quality measures

Requirements

• High School diploma/GED or equivalent experience
• 1 year of experience in a production or distribution environment
• 1 year of experience operating manual and automated packaging equipment
• Basic math skills
• Ability to follow verbal direction
• Proficiency in Microsoft Windows and internet environments
• Mechanical aptitude to make minor machine adjustments and clear jams in equipment
• Ability to perform quality tests using analytical tools
• Ability to gather and record operational and quality metrics
• Ability to understand written policies and guidelines, specifications, and safety standards
• Ability to work with a diverse team environment
• Ability to work in accordance with safety, quality, and sanitation standards, policies, and procedures
• Ability to work variable shifts to support business needs

Qualifications

• High School diploma/GED or equivalent experience
• 1 year in a production or distribution environment. 1 year operating manual and automated packaging equipment.

Nice to Have

• Experience performing quality tests using analytical tools
• Troubleshooting skills
• Familiarity with food safety regulatory requirements and global standards including Preventive Controls for Human Food and GFSI (BRC and/or SQF)

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits