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Plant/Packaging Operator
Ref No.: 24-193545
Location: Bapchule, Arizona
Start Date / End Date: 11/19/2024 to 11/18/2025
Job Title: Plant/Packaging Operator
Job Location: Bapchule, AZ
Job Duration: 12 Months

Position Objective:
  • This position is accountable for assisting in the day to day operations of the plant and warehouse.
  • Key emphasis will be placed on managing the overall process at the plant level from seed treatment to packaging by seed count.
  • In addition, emphasis will be placed on operating both manual and automated seed count and bagging equipment.
  • It is imperative to track and maintain accuracy of seed/lbs., bag weights, bag inventory, bag appearance, and treater accuracy.
Primary Responsibilities:
  • Participate in day to day seed count, bagging, and treating operation in plant.
  • Operate and manage automatic seed sampling equipment to pull accurate samples from each lot as directed.
  • Assist in seed counts for packaging seed and obtaining QA samples.
  • Enter plant monitoring data for the treating and packaging area as directed.
  • Monitor packaging appearance. (printing on bags, printing of placards, bar coding, wrapping, and etc...)
  • Monitor the treatment process for application accuracy.
  • General repairs of bag placers, baggers, treater, and palletizer during the season, as well as shut down periods.
  • Participate in cleanup of treating and bagging area for all variety changes.
  • During the carryover season, assist management in sorting and doing inventory counts on carryover.
  • Assist with the carryover blending process by seed count.
  • Assist in all inventory counts of raw goods.
  • Other duties as directed by management.
  • Maintain good housekeeping practices.
  • Follow all OSHA rules and regulations for safety compliance.
Decision Making:
  • Baggers or bag placer scales are not operating
  • Determine the problem and make corrections
  • See count not correct
  • Realize problem and make correctio or retest.
  • Application print is not clean and distinct on the bag top
  • Determine the cause and correct
  • Bagging equipment is not inserting the correct amount of product
  • Determine the cause and correct
  • Treater out of calibration
  • Determine the cause, make correction or inform management
Required Skills/Competencies:
  • Equipment Repairs
  • Working with others
  • Stacking bags
  • Mechanical abilities
  • Communication skills
  • Must be capable of handling 50lb bags if needed
Qualification:
  • Contracting labor to support processing of cotton seed.