Michigan Sugar Company
General Sugar Packer - Bay City
Michigan Sugar Company, Bay City, Michigan, United States, 48706
Excellence. Pride. Integrity. Compassion. Trust. Are you ready to plant your career in a place where words like these serve as the foundation for doing business every day? At Michigan Sugar, our purpose is Making Life Sweeter, and our mission is Creating Growth and Opportunity.
Michigan Sugar Company has an immediate full-time opportunity for a General Sugar Packer, located at the Bay City Facility.
Job Summary:
Employees holding this classification will package sugar to our customers' specifications while satisfying all regulatory and Safe Quality Food requirements. All General Packaging employees must have ability to take fork-truck training classes and drive when required.
Primary Responsibilities:
Must be capable of running the consumer packaging equipment at set rate.Must be able to perform quality checks as needed to verify all finished products meet customer requirements.Must be able to complete necessary documentation required for all operations being performed.Must be able to package consumer bags into customer boxes at rate of 35bpm.Must be able to effectively operate and perform all tasks necessary on sugar bundling equipment.Must be able to stack finished product on pallets within machine cycle rates.Must demonstrate good communication skills by reporting all problems to the team leader or other team members so that they can be resolved.Must be able to perform all assigned tasks in a safe manner.This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive. Other duties or responsibilities may be assigned from supervision as needed.Position Qualifications:
Previous work experience in a production environment is preferred.Able to perform basic computer skills on a daily basis.Must be able to learn, follow & promote all SQF & GMP quality system guidelines & safety practices. Previous quality systems experience is preferred.Must be physically able to lift up to 50lbs and work in hot conditions.May be required to be licensed and drive fork truck as needed.Must be able to work any shift and weekend overtime as required.High School diploma is preferred.Key Competencies:
Ability to work well with others in a team environment.Flexible and able to work in a fast pace and varying production environment.Ability to quickly solve problems and make decisions.Demonstrated self-starting work ethic and positive can-do attitude.Ability to stay focused and function with a strong attention to details.
Michigan Sugar Company
was founded in 1906 when six smaller sugar companies merged their operations. In 2002, Michigan Sugar Company became a grower-owned cooperative and in 2004, it merged with Monitor Sugar Company to form the company that exists today.
Michigan Sugar Company is headquartered in Bay City and has sugar beet processing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell and Sebewaing, Michigan. Its nearly 900 grower-owners plant and harvest up to 160,000 acres of sugar beets each year in 20 Michigan counties, as well as Ontario, Canada. Those beets are sliced at the factories and turned into about 1.3 billion pounds of sugar annually.
That sugar is sold to industrial, commercial and retail customers under the Pioneer and Big Chief brands.
Michigan Sugar Company has 930 year-round employees and an additional 1,100 seasonal workers. It is the No. 1 employer in Huron County, the No. 2 employer in Bay and Sanilac counties and the No. 3 employer in Tuscola County. The company's annual payroll is more than $65 million and its annual local economic impact is about $500 million.
Michigan Sugar Company is the third largest of eight sugar beet processing companies in the United States and Michigan is one of 11 states where sugar beets are grown in the country.
Michigan Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Michigan Sugar Company has an immediate full-time opportunity for a General Sugar Packer, located at the Bay City Facility.
Job Summary:
Employees holding this classification will package sugar to our customers' specifications while satisfying all regulatory and Safe Quality Food requirements. All General Packaging employees must have ability to take fork-truck training classes and drive when required.
Primary Responsibilities:
Must be capable of running the consumer packaging equipment at set rate.Must be able to perform quality checks as needed to verify all finished products meet customer requirements.Must be able to complete necessary documentation required for all operations being performed.Must be able to package consumer bags into customer boxes at rate of 35bpm.Must be able to effectively operate and perform all tasks necessary on sugar bundling equipment.Must be able to stack finished product on pallets within machine cycle rates.Must demonstrate good communication skills by reporting all problems to the team leader or other team members so that they can be resolved.Must be able to perform all assigned tasks in a safe manner.This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive. Other duties or responsibilities may be assigned from supervision as needed.Position Qualifications:
Previous work experience in a production environment is preferred.Able to perform basic computer skills on a daily basis.Must be able to learn, follow & promote all SQF & GMP quality system guidelines & safety practices. Previous quality systems experience is preferred.Must be physically able to lift up to 50lbs and work in hot conditions.May be required to be licensed and drive fork truck as needed.Must be able to work any shift and weekend overtime as required.High School diploma is preferred.Key Competencies:
Ability to work well with others in a team environment.Flexible and able to work in a fast pace and varying production environment.Ability to quickly solve problems and make decisions.Demonstrated self-starting work ethic and positive can-do attitude.Ability to stay focused and function with a strong attention to details.
Michigan Sugar Company
was founded in 1906 when six smaller sugar companies merged their operations. In 2002, Michigan Sugar Company became a grower-owned cooperative and in 2004, it merged with Monitor Sugar Company to form the company that exists today.
Michigan Sugar Company is headquartered in Bay City and has sugar beet processing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell and Sebewaing, Michigan. Its nearly 900 grower-owners plant and harvest up to 160,000 acres of sugar beets each year in 20 Michigan counties, as well as Ontario, Canada. Those beets are sliced at the factories and turned into about 1.3 billion pounds of sugar annually.
That sugar is sold to industrial, commercial and retail customers under the Pioneer and Big Chief brands.
Michigan Sugar Company has 930 year-round employees and an additional 1,100 seasonal workers. It is the No. 1 employer in Huron County, the No. 2 employer in Bay and Sanilac counties and the No. 3 employer in Tuscola County. The company's annual payroll is more than $65 million and its annual local economic impact is about $500 million.
Michigan Sugar Company is the third largest of eight sugar beet processing companies in the United States and Michigan is one of 11 states where sugar beets are grown in the country.
Michigan Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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