Overview

Shearer’s Foods, founded in 1974 and headquartered in Massillon, OH, is a leading manufacturer of salty snacks, cookies, and crackers. Specializing in private label and co-manufacturing, Shearer’s is the largest supplier of private brand salty snacks and second-largest supplier of private brand cookies and crackers.

With a strong focus on innovation, service, quality, and sustainability, Shearer’s has been awarded the food industry’s highest award for environmental sustainability, as well as multiple Supplier of the Year awards.

Operating 16 locations across North America and employing more than 5000 team members, Shearer’s is driven by its core values of People, Grow, Impact and Win. The company mission is to deliver exceptional products and services that make snacking a time to celebrate for our customers, colleagues, and community.

At Shearer’s Foods, we believe in a skills-first approach to recruitment and employment. This means focusing on what you can do and how you can grow, rather than traditional metrics alone. We are committed to adhering to anti-exclusion practices, removing barriers to access, and enhancing opportunities for all individuals based on merit and potential. Your skills, experience, and perspective are valuable—and we want to empower you to make your mark here with us. 

Responsibilities

Repackaging/Variety Food Packaging Team Member

12 hour shifts 7am to 7pm 7pm to 7am

Afternoon Shift 3pm to 11pm

Pay Rate $18.70

The packaging operator team member position operates, packs and maintains a single packaging cell used to package snack foods. The team member must be able to work well with others within a dynamic, collaborative team environment. Performing essential work activities and ensuring safety and quality in a fast-paced manufacturing and warehouse environment.

Team member is responsible for the safe operation and maintenance related to packaging of product; monitoring and troubleshooting, starting and shutting down the packing machine; and preparing, cleaning, and maintaining the workplace. The Packaging Operator will take part in the shift kick-off meetings with the line team.

• Safely Operates and maintains packaging equipment
• Ensures that products are produced in accordance with quality specifications
• Ensures packaging equipment produces safe, quality product at the desired rate
• Inspects and monitors the machine before, during, and after the production process
• Reads production schedule to determine quantities and types of products to be packaged and adjusts packaging rates accordingly
• Regulates machine flow, speed, and/or temperature through adjustments of machine components, tensions, and pressure as needed
• Completes all quality testing on the machine (i.e. code date verification, metal detector checks, seal checks)
• Keeps key components of packaging equipment clean. Inspects for defects, fixes minor defects, and reports defects to the Packaging Machine Coordinator when assistance is needed
• Reports and/or takes any necessary action to prevent food safety and food quality problems from occurring
• Legibly fills out required forms and paperwork
• Monitors and troubleshoots packaging machines
• Ensures all safety devises are operating properly
• Inspects verifies and adjusts product weight or measurement to meet specifications
• Observes machine operations to ensure quality and conformity of packaged products to standards
• Monitors the production line, watching for problems such as pileups, jams, or glue that isn’t sticking properly
• Inspects and removes defective products and packaging material
• Listens for malfunction indicators
• Shuts down machines when malfunctions occur
• Clears machine jams
• Cleans to inspect, finding defects
• Troubleshoots the cause(s) of poor-quality products, improper weights (high or low), unacceptable finished package appearance, and machine breakdowns
• Ensures packaging equipment is running at documented centerlines as the initial step of troubleshooting
• Sets up, starts, and shuts down packaging equipment
• Prepares, cleans, and maintains the workplace

• Repackaging team members must also be able to effectively communicate instructions to fellow teammates, including but not limited to: Packaging Machine Coordinators, other Packer Operators, Packers, and or Processors.

• The Repackaging team member must follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) and Food Safety.