Packaging Operator- Royal Canin $3 000 Sign-on Bonus

**Job Description:** Hours: 12.5 hours shifts – Day: 7am-7:30pm; Night: 7pm-7:30am. The factory starts up at 7pm Sundays and shuts down at 7:30pm Fridays (with possibility of overtime). **This position is eligible to receive a $3,000 sign-on bonus, broken into 2 payments of $1,500 to be paid at six and twelve months.** **This position also comes with a 4% Shift Premium.** JOB PURPOSE: Perform packaging operations including quality control operations and close management of packaging team. ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: SAFETY * All PPE must be worn in compliance with the OHSA/RC requirements * Enforce/Respect the safety rules and the internal policy * Stop any equipment / operative works / external company works if safety/environment protection/fire protection rules are broken ENVIRONMENT * Guarantee and apply ISO 14001 (Environment), and all related working procedures * Ownership of environmental responsibilities listed in ENV-REF-002 – Associates SEA Matrix QUALITY & FOOD SAFETY * Guarantee and apply ISO 9001, FSS/ISO22000, Mars Standards, and all related working procedures * Support  the HACCP program in the department * Follow GMP-GHP in the area * Inform Shift Supervisor of quality deviations according to product standards and production procedures * Maintain CCPs and oPrPs in the department * Perform the CCP and oPrP’s procedure according to SOPs * Sampling of products to ensure quality control (micro sampling) * Report any pest activity to related Manager * Perform and record quality control tests HUMAN RESOURCES * Adhere to multi-skills policy and acquire at least one additional competence as established with and by Management * Training: attend any training program as scheduled by company management and train any designed person in the position * Lead packaging workforce on line in order to comply with the production planning MANAGEMENT & RESPONSIBILITIES * Set up packaging machines * Operate packaging machines * Stack packaged products in case / on pallets * Monitor packaging machines * Identify bags / case / pallets according to GMP * Perform inventory of raw ingredients / packaging materials / finished products in bins, silos and racks (cyclical and period end inventories) * Perform daily monitoring swabs (M swabs) as required * Perform area-related equipment first level maintenance * Any task as delegated by Manager * Work closely with the extruder operator in order to maintain the highest efficiency of the plant for completion of the production planning * Full knowledge of packaging operations (Paper bag machines, Plastic bag machines, Sampling machine, On-Process Check-Weigher, Inkjet, Labeler, Wrappers, Screeners, Scales, Quality control, Forklift / Pallet truck operations, Packaging materials / Finished goods…) CLEANLINESS & TIDINESS * Perform Housekeeping Checks to ensure compliance to 5S * Perform operational cleaning operations * Change over cleaning * Weekly cleaning * Hypo cleaning COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION * Provide any requested documentation to other Departments according to internal rules * Shift changes: communicate with co-worker of next shift about machine problems, progress on production schedule, bin inventories, quality issue… * Complete production reports as required by manager and record any production events (stops, quantity, quality…) BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS: * Training and/or experience in functional tasks (opt: knowledge of feed/food industry) * Leadership, Good communication, Cost conscious, Initiative, Self-motivated, Team player, Safety & Hygiene & Quality conscious, Technically inclined, Unrestricted range of motion, Color discrimination, Olfactory & texture perception, Depth perception, Tolerance to hot environment. **What can you expect from Mars?** ================================== * Work with over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles. * Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today. * Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University. * An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus. The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between the below range CAD 23.65 - CAD 31.30. Please note: This job posting is for an existing vacancy. AI is used as a supporting tool in our recruitment process.