Utility Technician - 2nd Shift

Under general supervision, this position is responsible for a variety of tasks in the Homewood/South Holland Plant. Duties are routine, requiring some degree of independent judgment in making minor decisions. The employee is required to work the shift that is assigned which could include day, evening or night shifts. May occasionally be asked to work on weekends or holidays.Position will provide support to departments (filling, milling, premix, shipping) as needed.

Additional Information

Schedule: Afternoon Shift: Monday to Friday, 3:00pm to 11:00pm

This position is also eligible for a bonus based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company's applicable plans.

This position is eligible for health benefits, such as medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), disability coverage, security, retirement and saving benefits. Additional benefits include a generous time away from work package, including personal leave, paid parental leave, medical leave, vacation, and holidays.

Job duties include contact with other employees, operating heavy machinery, and access to proprietary information, raw materials, finished merchandise, and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and vendors.

• General HKE
• Clean/Sanitize Process Vessels
• Perform drum/pail fills when necessary
• Perform packaging/label inventories
• Act as a fill in for filling/milling/shipping departments
• Loading recycling trailers
• Pull and Stage raw materials for premix/remove all dunnage/recycling
• Operate PET bottle palletizer as required
• Operate a forklift
• Follows fire safety procedures and regulations.
• May operate heavy cleaning equipment such as scrubbing machines, high-speed buffers, or wet and dry vacuum.
• Identifies cleaning problems and determines appropriate remedies.
• Must be able to work overtime as required with or without reasonable accommodation
• RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Duties:
• Inspects and maintains site-generated hazardous waste satellite and 90 day areas to ensure compliance with EPA standards and in accordance with provided training.
• Ensures proper management and labeling of containers
• Assists the transfer of site-generated hazardous waste to on-site staging areas
• Receives annual hazardous waste training and universal waste training
• Assists in the training and orientation of new employees.

Minimum Requirements

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future
• Must have at least one (1) year of experience working in a manufacturing and/or distribution facility

Preferred Qualifications

• Have at least one (1) year of work experience monitoring gauges, dials, or other machinery indicators to ensure proper operation of machinery
• Have at least two (2) years of work experience operating machinery in a manufacturing and/or distribution environment
• Have at least one (1) year of work experience monitoring the quality of raw materials and/or finished goods
• Have at least one (1) year of work experience operating packaging equipment such as robotics, filling machines, case packers, or labelers, etc.
• Have at least one (1) year of work experience using material handling equipment (for example: forklifts (stand and sit), pallet jacks, hand trucks, order pickers, vacu-hoists, drum dollies, conveyor belts, etc.)