Production Worker General - 1St Shift

Want a 1st Shift position to keep your afternoons and evenings free? Our client, a global food manufacturer in Colonial Heights, is now hiring for General Production in their Raw foods department! Apply now to get started!
Position:Production Worker General
Location: Colonial Heights, VA
Compensation: $17.44
Schedule: Monday – Saturday (Saturdays off based on production needs) 5:00am – 3:00pm
POSITION SUMMARY:
Performs production control activities including but not limited to gathering and filing records, reporting on use of materials, monitoring customer orders, posting production schedules, and calculating production rates.
JOB TASKS / FUNCTIONS

• Operates machine tool, assembly, or packaging equipment to manufacture products according to but not limited to production specifications, schedules, volume/cost/wastage targets, and quality standards.
• Moves, packs, and sorts raw materials or finished goods
• Monitoring the quality of output to identify, discard, or re-manufacture faulty products.
• Inform team leader or supervisor of documentation errors.
• Positions parts or materials for processing
• Performs general manual labor tasks including but not limited to loading, unloading, lifting and moving materials.
• Assists a variety of functions with manual labor tasks.
• Uses machinery and equipment to fill molds, baskets, and other recipients.
• Examine products to verify conformance to quality standards
• Other duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure, meet deadlines, present a professional demeanor and work well independently and within a team environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• HS Diploma, GED or equivalent

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Regularly required to stand; use hands and fingers in a repetitive motion. Frequently required to stand, walk and reach above the head. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl and talk or hear. The employee is required to lift a minimum of ten (10) lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office levels to loud factory / warehouse levels.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Ability to work overnight shifts, weekends, holidays, 1st, 2nd and/or 3rd shifts
• Ability to work in temperature conditions between 35 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit; may occasionally exceed 95 degrees Fahrenheit

WHY WORK FOR QUALIFIED STAFFING?

• We offer a fantastic benefits package to all of our employees. This includes healthcare, vacation/holiday pay and 401K! In fact, these are the same benefits that we offer our corporate employees!
• Applying for one job with Qualified Staffing is like applying for hundreds of jobs all at once!
• We respond to every job applicant within 24-48 hours.

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