Wild Turkey Distillery: Material Operator

General Description of the Role

The Material Handler operates the palletizing and depalletizing equipment to provide the Packaging Line with raw materials necessary to produce a quality product for the consumer.

Mission/Objectives

The Material Handler will operate palletizing machines to ensure Packaging Line produces a quality product in a safe and efficient manner. The Operator will strive to continuously improve the operation.

Key Responsibilities and Activities

• Must be able to efficiently and effectively operate all depalletizing and palletizing equipment on the packaging lines. Make necessary depalletizer/palletizer programming changes for proper decasing or pallet stack patterns.

• Must produce a quality package the first time and on time.

• Must be able to manually perform tasks necessary to efficiently and effectively produce finished case goods as prescribed on the work schedule. This includes the ability to hand feed the supply line or hand stack finished case goods.

• Responsible for the efficient and effective line change overs, set up, running adjustments and operation of the depalletizing and palletizing equipment (includes all conveying equipment). Operator to make adjustments and repairs to equipment, and notify line captain or supervisor when a major repair is needed.

• Observe and listen to equipment to detect possible malfunctions and report malfunctions to the line captain or supervisor.

• Accurately complete all line paperwork and keep performance boards updated.

• Communicate any deficiencies that are affecting Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to line captain or supervisor.

• Shall implement continuous improvement actions to close gaps of KPI’s or increase productivity as needed. Participate in Root Cause Problem Solving (RCPS) to solve problems by attempting to identify and correct the root causes of events, as opposed to simply addressing their symptoms.

• Work proactively and collaboratively with other Packaging and Maintenance department employees to correct issues and proactively drive continuous improvement objectives to meet or exceed target KPI’s.

• Ensure basic maintenance practices are in place with the team to keep equipment operating at capacity and to prevent unscheduled down time. This includes completing necessary forms for work orders in the packaging department.

• Operator must be able to effectively and efficiently operate a forklift.

• Perform any other duties as assigned by management. This also includes working in other functional areas to cover absences or relief during peak periods or otherwise to balance the workload.

• Comply with established Packaging quality checks and measures. Must be attentive at all times to ensure correct application of all raw materials and proper liquid is bottled as scheduled.

• Comply with all GMP, ISO and food safety standards relating to the packaging operation.

• Work with appropriate internal stakeholders to drive continuous improvement and/or to resolve quality risks when identified.

• Comply with all PPE safety requirements for assigned work area.

• Adhere to and promote a safe working environment. This includes keeping all materials, supplies, tools and any other production related items in their place. Adherence to 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) standards is expected of the Packaging Operator.

• Communicate any deficiencies that are affecting Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to line captain or supervisor.

• Shall implement continuous improvement actions to close gaps of KPI’s or increase productivity as needed. Participate in Root Cause Problem Solving (RCPS) to solve problems by attempting to identify and correct the root causes of events, as opposed to simply addressing their symptoms.

• Work proactively and collaboratively with other Packaging and Maintenance department employees to correct issues and proactively drive continuous improvement objectives to meet or exceed target KPI’s.

• Ensure basic maintenance practices are in place with the team to keep equipment operating at capacity and to prevent unscheduled down time. This includes completing necessary forms for work orders on the packaging line equipment.

• Perform any other duties as assigned by management. This also includes working in other functional areas to cover absences or relief during peak periods or otherwise to balance the workload.

  
  

Key Relationships

Internal:

• Site managers and supervisors

  
  

External:

• Contractors and vendors

  
  

Experience Required

• Must have experience in a manufacturing environment.

  
  

Education / Professional Qualifications

• Possess high school diploma or GED

• Work Keys Assessment

  
  

Skills

Functional

• Problem solving skills

• Attention to detail

• Customer Service

  
  

Technical

• Start up, operate, and monitor Equipment.

• Operate a forklift

Wild Turkey Distillery: Material Operator