PACKAGING MACHINE OPERATOR - COATING
$50,357–$52,416 year
On-siteTecumseh, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Operate multi-function and single-function process control machinery to mix, blend, and package vegetable food products while adjusting processing variables like fill weight, flow rates, and line speeds. Manage start-up and shut-down processes, perform troubleshooting to resolve issues, and ensure compliance with quality assurance, safety, and Good Manufacturing Practices. Maintain shift logs, record production data, and prepare equipment for maintenance activities. Work in a refrigerated environment with rotating 8-hour shifts (Monday–Friday) including on-call opportunities, requiring the ability to lift up to 32kg multiple times per shift. This role supports Nortera Foods Inc.'s packaging of major brands like Arctic Gardens and Del Monte in Tecumseh, ON.
Required Qualifications
- 1-3 years of prior machine operating experience
- Must be capable of speaking, reading, and writing English at a Level 3 requirement
- Must have a high level of mechanical aptitude
- Ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve effectively
- Must be able to work in a refrigerated environment, wet, cold and soapy work areas
- Rotating 8-hour shifts (Monday–Friday), with a bi-weekly rotation between Days, Afternoons, and Nights open to on-call shifts including over-time
- This position is a heavy lifting capability role (lift up to 32kgs, multiple times as needed in a shift)
- Must be able to meet minimum dexterity requirements of this position: bending, twisting, reaching, lifting, crouching, kneeling, standing, walking, sitting, etc
- Specific vision abilities are required by this job to include close vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
Desired Qualifications
- Previous experience in a food processing environment is an asset
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