Food Production Packager

**Company Overview**

Organic Connections is a family business based in Wainfleet Ontario. We import, manufacture and distribute quality herb and spice based products across North America to the ingredient, fine food and health food industries.

We are quickly growing and opportunities for advancement are present. If you enjoy a fast, fun and friendly workplace, consider joining our crew.

**Position Purpose**

A crucial part of this job is maintaining quality standards of cleanliness and recordkeeping and interacting with co-workers and/or sales department to ensure throughput is as efficient and prudent as possible.

A positive attitude and physical fitness are critical to this role.

**Requirements**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Make finished goods per product specific manufacturing instructions
- Run production machinery (when applicable) to assist in the speedy packaging of our raw materials
- Pull raw materials from the Work in Process area or stock rooms per our stock rotation method in preparation for packaging.
- Put away received/accepted goods in the stock rooms per our stock rotation method.

**Additional Responsibilities**
- Record all activities and weights with company-mandated record keeping system.
- Additional tasks as assigned.

**Qualifications**
- High school diploma at a minimum is absolutely required.
- Forklift experience an asset
- Strong detail orientation and excellent communication/listening skills.
- Computer literacy and familiarity with SAP would be an asset.
- Ability to pass background checks
- Demonstrated passion for excellence
- Strong decision making and analytic thinking abilities
- Highly developed sense of integrity and commitment to customer satisfaction
- Meet all attendance and dependability requirements
- Team player
- Ability to lift 50-60 pounds on a repetitive basis (but not all the time)
- This job is in a dusty environment due to the nature of operation. You need to be comfortable with getting dirty.

Business hours are 9:00am-5:00pm Monday through Friday. Some flexibility to these hours will be considered as needed.

**Benefits**

Wage starts at $18/hr with a performance review after 3 months.

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