Packaging Quality Technician - Spherion

Spherion Staffing & Recruiting is seeking a Packaging Quality Technician for a local company in Dakota, IL. The Packaging Quality Technician will collaborate across departments, managing all paperwork, job creation, and closure for rework and repack operations. Responsibilities include overseeing material movements, inventory, ordering, and business processes essential to rework-repack tasks. This role also involves supporting inventory, production planning, warehousing, and procurement workflows, providing additional assistance to the rework-repack team as needed.

Highlights:

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• Pay rate: $20-25/hr.
• Benefits: Paid time off, 401k, Health Insurance, Paid Holidays
• Schedule: M-F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Location Dakota, IL

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all repack-rework sheets are completed and accurate (counts, labels, case stickers) following production and inventory.
• Coordinate with warehousing, inventory, and repack-rework departments to ensure proper storage and handling of repacked products.
• Provide assistance to the Operations Finance Manager on all related rework-repack issues and occurrences, along with providing requested reports as needed.
• Manage all receiving in process for rework-repack and ensure the receiving is correct.
• Ensure all repackaged products match back to the finished production job (after counts are verified) following inventory/warehousing including non-stock items.
• Assist rework-repack team and quality in performing visual inspections of products to ensure they meet quality standards.
• Assist rework-repack team and quality to ensure all reworked-repacked products comply with customer specifications and food safety regulations.
• Maintain accurate documentation of reworked-repacked products for traceability and quality control purposes.
• Reconcile and ensure all materials and products for rework-repack jobs are correct.
• Ensure and manage all Ross adjustments in accordance with inventory, along with RMA and LPN movements as they relate to rework-repack.
• Manage all paperwork correction activities for rework-repack, assisting with any questions other departments may pose regarding repack-repack.
• Create and provide accurate reports including but not limited to variance reports, yield loss, direct issue-enter times, and weights as it relates to rework-repack with an understanding how it relates to inventory, warehousing, and production planning.
• Coordinate with other departments to ensure smooth integration of rework-repack activities with operations/production.
• Ensure and assist other leaders on lot code verifications and corrections. Provide requested information to these leaders as needed and as it relates to rework-repack.
• Assist in true-ups for rework-repack and send out SharePoint completions as related to rework-repack.
• Responsible for making sure all repack-rework jobs are closed for the month-end reporting process

Qualifications:

• Competent with Microsoft Excel
• Proficient and comfortable with using PC and various software programs
• Minimum 2-3 years in food manufacturing, with a focus on rework-repack operations or similar inventory experience
• High School Diploma or equivalent required; post-secondary education in a related field preferred

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Spherion offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, and an incentive and recognition program (all benefits are based on eligibility).