2nd Shift Palletizer

Seneca Foods is one of North America's leading providers of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States.  Our high quality products are primarily sourced from over 1,400 American farms. Seneca holds the largest share of the retail private label, food service, and export canned vegetable markets, distributing to over 90 countries. Products are also sold under the brands of Libby’s®, Aunt Nellie’s®, READ®, Seneca Farms®, Green Valley®, Green Giant (Shelf-Stable)®, CherryMan®, Paradise®, Pennant®, and Seneca labels, including Seneca snack chips. Seneca also provides vegetable products to other companies under various co-pack arrangements.

Seneca Foods offers an excellent benefit package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life insurance, 401K, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Paid Time Off and more!  Help us make our Farm Fresh Goodness Great!  Come join the Seneca Foods team – Apply now!

Seneca Foods Corporation’s Hart, MI facility is currently seeking a Palletizer Operator to join our team.  The Hart facility focuses on primarily producing quality products, which include Maraschino Cherries, Glace Fruit, and Ingredient Cherries.

To us, success depends on our ability to innovate our industry by providing quality products in a responsible manner. Without our dedicated employees, achieving our goals would be impossible.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and operate forklift safely at all times
• Complete daily forklift inspections

• Set up and operate palletizer for specific product being run
• Adjust bars
• Operate computer to program stack pattern of size product being run
• Must be able to operate in both manual and automatic modes, resetting as needed
• Load slip sheets and empty pallets into machine – ensure straightness, no broken boards or double runners on pallets
• Operate pallet wrapper, replace rolls of wrap as needed
• Print daily schedule and pallet tags for product being run, ensuring accuracy
• Accurately complete necessary paperwork (finished goods tally, downtime)
• Scan finished goods into system (and location) with scan gun and stage to be put away
• Stage raw materials for packaging (glass, caps, cartons)
• Remove finished product from palletizer, ensure finished goods meet quality specs (no broken jars, labels/case codes are correct, shrink wrap is intact)
• Troubleshoot and correct problems as they occur (suction bar, photo eyes, etc.)
• Notify maintenance if assistance is needed
• Hand palletize (stack) finished goods onto pallets as needed
• Adjust and clean photo eyes on the outside as well as the inside of the machine
• Use emergency stop correctly so as not to stop machine in the middle of cycle.
• Fix chain if it falls off
• Use proper lock out procedures when making repairs
• Stack pallets of finished product in an orderly and straight manner
• Other tasks as assigned

 Qualifications:

• Internal GMP/HACCP/BRC Training
• Excellent communication skills
• Complete work instruction/qualification sheet in allotted time frame
• OSHA Valid forklift license

Wage is $19.91-$23.28 per hour.

We strive to attract and maintain a workforce that enriches our team experience and supports our shared vision for the future. At Seneca, you'll be part of a team of highly qualified and dedicated individuals. We believe in making the world a healthier, happier place starting with our own employees. At Seneca, you'll feel good about what you do. In fact, many of our people have been with us for decades, helping advance our company.

If any of this sounds interesting to you and you want to learn more, apply today!

Seneca Foods Corporation is committed to providing equal opportunity for all, through a positive and continuing affirmative action program. No employee or applicant will be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, military and/or veteran status or any other Federal or State legally protected classes. Seneca Foods Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and feel you need a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please contact us at ADA@senecafoods.com or call 585-495-4100.