Join Royal Canin as a Packaging Operator in Guelph, ON. This full-time role involves performing packaging operations, quality control, and leading the packaging workforce on 12.5-hour shifts with a base pay of CAD 23.85 - CAD 31.30 per hour, plus a 4% Shift Premium and a $3,000 sign-on bonus.
Requirements
Training and/or experience in functional tasks (optional knowledge of feed/food industry).
Physical requirements include an unrestricted range of motion, color discrimination, olfactory and texture perception, depth perception, and tolerance to hot environments.
Soft skills such as leadership, good communication, initiative, self-motivation, and being a team player.
Skills & Responsibilities
Machine Operation & Setup: Set up, operate, and monitor packaging machines such as paper and plastic bag machines, labelers, and wrappers to maintain plant efficiency.
Quality Control & Food Safety: Perform micro-sampling, maintain CCPs and oPrPs, and conduct quality control tests following ISO and GMP standards.
Inventory & Maintenance: Perform cyclical and period-end inventory of raw ingredients and finished goods, and execute first-level maintenance on area equipment.
Workforce Leadership: Lead the packaging workforce on the line to ensure compliance with production planning and shift communication.
Potential transition routes: People from manufacturing or warehouse operator roles may bring transferable mechanical, safety, and inventory management skills, alongside meeting physical and operational requirements.
The factory starts up at 7pm Sundays and shuts down at 7:30pm Fridays (with possibility of overtime).
This position is eligible to receive a $3,000 sign-on bonus, broken into 2 payments of $1,500 to be paid at six and twelve months.
This position also comes with a 4% Shift Premium.
JOB PURPOSE:
Perform packaging operations including quality control operations and close management of packaging team.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
SAFETY
All PPE must be worn in compliance with the OHSA/RC requirements
Enforce/Respect the safety rules and the internal policy
Stop any equipment / operative works / external company works if safety/environment protection/fire protection rules are broken
ENVIRONMENT
Guarantee and apply ISO 14001 (Environment), and all related working procedures
Ownership of environmental responsibilities listed in ENV-REF-002 – Associates SEA Matrix
QUALITY & FOOD SAFETY
Guarantee and apply ISO 9001, FSS/ISO22000, Mars Standards, and all related working procedures
Support the HACCP program in the department
Follow GMP-GHP in the area
Inform Shift Supervisor of quality deviations according to product standards and production procedures
Maintain CCPs and oPrPs in the department
Perform the CCP and oPrP’s procedure according to SOPs
Sampling of products to ensure quality control (micro sampling)
Report any pest activity to related Manager
Perform and record quality control tests
HUMAN RESOURCES
Adhere to multi-skills policy and acquire at least one additional competence as established with and by Management
Training: attend any training program as scheduled by company management and train any designed person in the position
Lead packaging workforce on line in order to comply with the production planning
MANAGEMENT & RESPONSIBILITIES
Set up packaging machines
Operate packaging machines
Stack packaged products in case / on pallets
Monitor packaging machines
Identify bags / case / pallets according to GMP
Perform inventory of raw ingredients / packaging materials / finished products in bins, silos and racks (cyclical and period end inventories)
Perform daily monitoring swabs (M swabs) as required
Perform area-related equipment first level maintenance
Any task as delegated by Manager
Work closely with the extruder operator in order to maintain the highest efficiency of the plant for completion of the production planning
Full knowledge of packaging operations (Paper bag machines, Plastic bag machines, Sampling machine, On-Process Check-Weigher, Inkjet, Labeler, Wrappers, Screeners, Scales, Quality control, Forklift / Pallet truck operations, Packaging materials / Finished goods…)
CLEANLINESS & TIDINESS
Perform Housekeeping Checks to ensure compliance to 5S
Perform operational cleaning operations
Change over cleaning
Weekly cleaning
Hypo cleaning
COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION
Provide any requested documentation to other Departments according to internal rules
Shift changes: communicate with co-worker of next shift about machine problems, progress on production schedule, bin inventories, quality issue…
Complete production reports as required by manager and record any production events (stops, quantity, quality…)
BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:
Training and/or experience in functional tasks (opt: knowledge of feed/food industry)
Leadership, Good communication, Cost conscious, Initiative, Self-motivated, Team player, Safety & Hygiene & Quality conscious, Technically inclined, Unrestricted range of motion, Color discrimination, Olfactory & texture perception, Depth perception, Tolerance to hot environment.
What can you expect from Mars?
Work with over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between the below range CAD 23.85 - CAD 31.30. Please note: This job posting is for an existing vacancy. AI is used as a supporting tool in our recruitment process.
