Auto-Packaging Operator

Job Description:

Join Our Purpose - Feeding the Future  

Nutreco is a member of the SHV family, and we are committed to 'Feeding the Future' through sustainable and innovative practices. Nutreco has two business lines: Skretting is a leading global provider of innovative aquafeed solutions, revolutionizing aquaculture for a sustainable future. Trouw Nutrition specializes in animal nutrition and is committed to advancing livestock health and productivity through cutting-edge solutions. 

Selko is the feed additive brand of Nutreco. We provide specialty feed additives to optimise animal performance and customer value. Our solutions are backed by sound science, our team is committed to helping customers win, and products are manufactured to meet the highest quality standards! 

About The Role: The Auto-Packaging Operator is a skilled individual responsible for the complete operation and maintenance of packaging machinery, including setup, calibration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and quality control, to ensure efficient and accurate product packaging.

Responsibilities: 

• Operates and Manages Packaging Line: Sets up, calibrates, monitors, and troubleshoots packaging machinery, ensuring accurate and efficient changeovers and applying labels as required to meet production needs

• Performs Quality Control and General Operations: Executes necessary quality control duties and a broad range of general operational activities, including discharging, loading, transporting, and cleaning, to ensure a safe and efficient production process

• Maintains Equipment and Reports Data: Conducts periodic inspections and minor maintenance on packaging equipment, signals defects, and accurately logs data on production orders and activities

• Contributes to Continuous Improvement: Identifies deviations in processes, techniques, or systems, flags opportunities for improvement with the supervisor, and may participate in improvement projects

• Ensures Safety, Compliance, and Housekeeping: Works in strict compliance with all safety, environmental, and quality regulations, promotes awareness of potential hazards, takes appropriate action in unsafe situations, and maintains a clean and safe work area. 

Skills and Expertise  

Qualifications: 

• Minimum 1 year experience in chemical manufacturing

Expectation from the Role: 

• 24/7 Shifts

Why you Will Love Working with Us 

Global Benefits:  

• Be part of our sustainable mission with opportunities to grow within Nutreco, Skretting, Trouw Nutrition and the broader SHV group  

• Embrace our culture of diversity and inclusion, where we respect and value everyone  

• Annual bonus   

Local Benefits:   

• Competitive health benefits – Medical/Dental/Vision/HSA/FSA  

• Disability and Life insurance  

• 401k/IRA - Matching Programs 

• Paid Parental Leave and Tuition Reimbursement  

• 10 Paid Vacation Days to start vacation and then 40 hours PTO and 2 Floating days 

• Annual bonus or Sales bonus programs based on performance 

Next Steps:  

We value a seamless candidate experience and will review your application within five (5) business days.  

We appreciate your interest in joining our mission to innovate and sustainably shape the future of food production. Thank you for choosing a career with us and sharing your ambition to “Feed the Future!”  

Final candidates who are being considered for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check.  

Please note that candidates applying for USA job openings must be independently authorized to work in the USA without sponsorship.   

We are committed to employment equity and encourage applications from qualified individuals, including women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities.  

Our corporate values FEED your career: Passion | Inclusivity | Integrity | Trust | Curiosity.  These values are engrained into our core and shape everything we do.  

#SPSEL 

Our organisation:

Trouw Nutrition is the global leader in innovative feed specialties, premixes and nutritional services for the animal nutrition industry. Trouw Nutrition provides species-specific nutritional solutions consisting of feed concepts, products and nutritional know-how. The unique combination of products, models and services Trouw Nutrition offers, boosts productivity and supports animal health through all life stages, contributing to our customers' peace of mind. Trouw Nutrition's nutrition solutions have met the need of farmers and home-mixers, feed producers, integrators and distributors. Trouw Nutrition has locations in 25 countries and around 5000 employees.  Our mission is Feeding the Future.

Equal Opportunity Employer: 

Trouw Nutrition is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, military status or any other status protected by applicable local law. Please advise us at any point during the recruitment and selection process if you require accommodation. Trouw Nutrition is committed to compliance with all applicable legislation, including providing accommodation for applicants with disabilities.