Location: Wayne,NJ, USA
**Industry leading manufacturing company URGENTLY hiring Packaging Machine Operators!**
**Apply today and a recruiter will reach out to you with more information!**
Located in Oakland, NJ
Pay: $22-$25 an hour
Shift: 7am-3:30pm Monday-Friday (OT available)
**Job Description**
As a Packaging Machine Operator, you will be responsible for operating automated Form, Fill, Seal (FFS) machines. This includes programming, running, and performing continuous quality control. You will sort, weigh, and confirm that the dispensed product meets weight requirements and specifications. Additionally, you will troubleshoot, adjust settings, and resolve malfunctions or clear jams as needed. Excellent hand-eye coordination and basic math skills are essential for quickly noticing deviations from normal equipment functions and performing tasks accurately.
**Responsibilities**
+ Operate automated Form, Fill, Seal (FFS) machines to program, run, and perform continuous quality control.
+ Sort, weigh, and confirm that the dispensed product meets weight requirements and specifications.
+ Troubleshoot, adjust settings, and resolve malfunctions or clear jams as needed.
+ Quickly notice deviations from normal equipment functions.
+ Perform tasks with excellent hand-eye coordination and accuracy.
+ Utilize basic math skills to convert ounces to pounds and perform basic addition/subtraction of decimals and fractions.
+ Maintain basic computer and documentation skills.
**Essential Skills**
+ Experience operating packaging machinery, specifically FFS, bagging, sealing, and cartoning equipment (at least 1 year for FFS machinery or 2 years for any packaging machinery).
+ GMP experience in food and beverage manufacturing.
+ Continuous quality control experience.
+ Basic math skills (ability to convert ounces to pounds and perform basic addition/subtraction of decimals and fractions).
+ Basic computer and documentation skills.
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**About Aerotek:**
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.