Pouch Line Stacker

Company: The Morning Star Company
Location: Los Banos
Posted on: August 7, 2022

Job Description:

Job DescriptionCompany DescriptionThe CompanyThe Morning Star Company and its affiliates operate three tomato processing facilities in Central California, processing 35% to 40% of the California processing tomato crop, in addition to tomato transplanting, harvesting and trucking operations. The company employs approximately 450 year-round and 2,500 seasonal colleagues and annual sales exceeding $800 million. We are organizationally structured through a system we term Mission Focused Self-Management. Our company is operated by colleagues without titles or an appointed hierarchy of authority. Each Colleague is expected to be the manager of their mission. Authority relative to other colleagues' activities is lateral and based on their independent agreements. Each colleague's Mission is their guiding principle of action, and respect, influence and success having to be built based on each colleague's competency, integrity, effort, persistence and straight-forward persuasiveness. As we continue to grow, and while we communicate this position in commonly used terms, we intend to maintain a culture of individual responsibility and Mission-Focused Self-Management.Liberty Packing Company is hiring for the 2022 season. Join the team!Pouch Line Stackers responsibilities include (but are not not limited to) learning every aspect of the pouch line (loading and unloading tomato pouch bags). This position requires the operator to manually grab 10-pound hot tomato pouch bags from the conveyor line and hand stack them on metal trays that are up to 60" inches high. It also requires rotating to different positions within the pouch line operation. Operational Responsibilities:

• Visual inspection of pouches to ensure bag integrity
• Grab pouches from conveyor and stack on metal trays
• Stack metal trays onto cart
• Stack finished pouches into wood boxes
• Communicate with pouch line relief operator(s)
• Wear proper PPE
• Keep area neat and cleanPhysical Requirements for Job Description:
  • Significant amount of work involving hand eye coordination
  • Frequent and repetitive hand/wrist and shoulder movements
  • Constant reaching, grasping, and lifting on a regular basis of up to 40 pounds
  • Constant standing, twisting, bending, and lifting throughout the shift
  • Frequent hand stacking up to 60 inches' highWork Environment:
    • Fast paced production
    • High heat and Humidity
    • Working around hot steam environment
    • Wet and slippery conditions
    • Work on rotating shiftsCompetency Requirements:
      • Follow all Liberty Packing policies, including GMP's and safety daily
      • Able to work in a self-managed environment
      • Maintains a positive attitude towards other colleaguesApply today to join a productive and hardworking team.
        • Hiring all shifts!
        • Wages are $17.00 - $27.50 per hour depending on the job position
        • Overtime may be availablePowered by JazzHRQKOxzNMZFA

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