Packaging Operator (12 Hour Days - Rotating Weekends)

fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers. With over $3B in annual retail sales, fairlife’s portfolio of delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products includes: fairlife® ultra-filtered milk ; Core Power® High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife® nutrition plan™ , a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company, fairlife, LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation. To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit fairlife.com . The construction of fairlife's manufacturing facility in Webster, NY is underway. This state-of-the-art, 750k sq ft, greenfield plant is expected to be operational in late 2025 and will lay the foundation for fairlife's next phase of growth as the leading dairy nutrition provider. While coupling the industry’s latest technologies and fairlife's operational excellence to build this world-class facility, fairlife plans to hire 250 new employees and bring in approximately 5 million lbs. of milk a day, with room to grow over the coming years. Join Us - Sign-On Bonus Included! shift schedule: 12 Hour Days: This is a day shift position , with hours from 6:00 AM to 6:00PM . The role follows a rotating 2-2-3 schedule: two days on, two days off, three days on, followed by two days off, two days on, and three days off. Team members will work every other weekend , including Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. . job purpose: The Packaging Operator operates, sets up, changes over, troubleshoots, and cleans either sleeving, case packing, or palletizing equipment. This position ensures the manufactured products meet specifications, makes minor adjustments as necessary, clears any jams that may occur, and prepares the equipment for cleaning. They continuously feed various materials into the machines such as sleeves, corrugate, shrink film, glue, pallets, and stretch wrap. They adhere to food processing requirements verified by routine quality checks and maintain food safe practices for the entire duration of operation. responsibilities: • Follow all safety, working, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) rules. • Report to and follow the directions of the Production Supervisors. • Demonstrate the ability to safely operate moving equipment and make the appropriate adjustments within process limits in order to package accurate and defect-free cases with sleeved bottles. • Observe machine operations to ensure quality conformity to specifications and standard operating procedures for all packaged products. • Inspect packaged product throughout the process including filled bottles, sleeved bottles, formed cases, shrink wrapped cases, and full pallets to verify all meet finished specifications then adjust the process as needed while escalating issues to a supervisor. • Supply packaging equipment with materials such as sleeves, corrugate, shrink film, glue, pallets, and stretch wrap. • Periodically count and record all finished or rejected materials. • Clean the packaging equipment, ancillary tools, conveyors, and surrounding areas. Maintain the entire packaging line in audit ready condition both during and after production. • Proactively monitor the production line, packaging equipment, and surrounding conveyors to watch for any problems including backups, jams, or rejects. Efficiently resolve stoppages and continue production in a timely manner while recording all downtime reasons. • Stop and address machines when faults occur, clear machine jams, then report malfunctions to the appropriate supervisor and/or technician. • Troubleshoot prob