Production Worker

**Production Employees - Shift Hours: 11pm - 7am**
**Location: St. Albert, AB**

**Wage: $17.55/hour + $1.00/hour Night Shift Premium**

**About Us**

RW Consumer Products (RWCP) is a proudly Canadian company that provides essential healthcare and household products to a wide range of pharmacies, grocery chains and other mass merchants. Since our humble beginnings in 1919, we have been committed to providing high-quality products that people need and want. Today we have a highly skilled team of approximately 100 people working in our St. Albert and Winnipeg locations.
- Dependable person that brings a positive attitude and willingness to be part of a team that always strives to be better.
- Ensures strict following of our regulatory requirements and governance.
- Adheres to company and production policies and procedures.
- Works to ensure production targets are met while committing to superior quality.
- Reliable to be counted on for good attendance and punctuality.
- Willingness to learn and follow direction.
- Reliable transportation (bus service may not be available for most shift times).
- Legally able to work in Canada.
- Strong English language skills required.
- Mechanical background or experience working with machinery is a definite asset.
- Manufacturing and/or production experience is an asset.

**What you do**:
Maintain production at any workstation on a line. This may include such functions as:

- Feeding bottles into the line
- Spacing and ensuring caps go on bottles
- Placing tamper evident seals on bottles
- Packing bottles into cartons
- Piling off onto skids
- Changing tape on taper
- Lotting of cartons
- Moving skids of product into Post-Production Hold Area
- Hand capping
- Making up cartons
- Hand labeling
- Changing codes on coder
- Assisting in label changes

Other responsibilities include:

- Maintain production runs for single employee jobs such as Liquid Hand Filling (Simplex Filler) and Small Powder Filling
- Assist in assembling raw materials for the production run and ensure that sufficient materials are available prior to set-up and production run.
- Ensure that packaging instructions are being followed and that correct raw materials are being used as outlined on each Work Order.
- Ensure production targets are being met each day.
- Record reasons for any down time and allotment of lost hours for all personnel involved on the work order. Down time exceeding 15 minutes is to be reported to the Shift Supervisor so that corrective measures or job reassignment can take place without delay.
- Ensure weight checks, lot number and expiry date are filled out as per weight sheet instruction. Weight checks are performed according to sampling frequency set out by Quality Department.
- Ensure the accuracy of entries.
- Ensure Work Orders are turned in when completed.
- Ensure products are meeting quality standards of our customers. This includes (among other things) tight caps, straight centered labels, accurate weights, correct lot numbers and expiry dates, etc.
- Trouble shoot problems or safety concerns on the line and report concerns to the Shift Supervisor. Assist in maintenance of the entire line
- Ensure cleanliness of production line and general area around the line is maintained (Label Room, Sanitation Room, etc.) at all times and at the end of the shift. This includes seeing that exit aisles are kept clear. Take the garbage, cardboards, etc. outside for disposal.
- Follow all safety procedures including wearing appropriate safety and hygienic attire.
- Ensure all SOP’s are being followed.
- Assist in performing line set-ups and product changeovers as required.
- Perform special tasks such as re-cooping or rework on non-conforming product.
- Remove and restore production materials to appropriate storage areas at the end of production runs.
- Assist in the formulation of products when required.
- Assist in the cleanliness and organization of the warehouse by sweeping floors, wrapping pallets and palletizing products.
- Provide support in retrieving and returning of raw materials in the warehouse for storage.
- Any other duties that may be assigned.

Physical stamina is required. You will be standing for long stretches of time. Must be able to lift, push/pull 25 lbs.

Pay: From $17.55 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Additional pay:

- Overtime pay

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekends as needed

**Experience**:

- Manufacturing: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person