Packaging Machine Technician

Our plant in Evansville, IN is looking for experienced Packaging Machine Technicians. The Packaging Machine Technician keeps high-speed packaging lines running safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with Gruma’s food-safety and quality standards. The role combines mechanical troubleshooting, line change-over, and real-time quality verification to ensure every pallet of corn flour meets spec and ships on time.

Packaging Machine Technician Responsibilities

• Start, operate, and shut down bag-fillers, sealers, palletizers, stretch-wrappers, and labelers.
• Adjust PLC/HMI parameters (fill weight, speed, bag size) when switching among package formats.
• Replenish consumables—shrink wrap, labels, tape—and verify correct material setup for each production order.
• Perform metal-detector and magnet inspections; document results and hold product if out of tolerance.
• Inspect Safety Sifter screens, coordinate mesh changes, and log preventive-maintenance intervals.
• Check on-bag code dates for legibility and accuracy to maintain full traceability.
• Identify, isolate, and correct jams, seal faults, or weight deviations in real time to minimize downtime.
• Escalate persistent issues to the Maintenance team and assist with repairs or part swaps as needed.
• Complete downtime forms, noting root causes and corrective actions; feed data into OEE dashboards.
• Track weight variances, seal integrity, and other key metrics to hit daily throughput targets.
• Follow GMP, PPE, color-code, and Lock-Out/Tag-Out protocols at all times.
• Keep the work area organized and participate in master-sanitation activities.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or a related field plus one year of experience in the job offered or related packaging role in a manufacturing environment. Requires one year of experience in the following:

1. Operating packaging machines and performing mechanical adjustments to maintain continuous production of 50-lb bags.
2. Using an SAP system to capture and reconcile inflows/outflows through both physical counts and automated warehouse controls.
3. Generating, interpreting, and acting on daily indicator reports.
4. Performing preventive maintenance on loading machinery.
5. Applying Quality Management System and Food-Safety procedures to ensure finished-product conformity.
6. Supporting maintenance teams with scale calibrations, mesh changes, and both corrective and preventive maintenance on production equipment.

Our Full Benefits Package includes Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, Life insurance and AD&D Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance, and Flexible Spending Accounts. Additionally, we offer a 401(k) plan with matching, Paid, shoe allowances, Vacation Pay and 7 Paid Holidays. Employees also benefit from an employee discount program on products.

Gruma Corporation and its affiliates, including but not limited to Azteca Milling, L.P., are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by this application is solely for the purposes of determining suitability for employment, verifying your identity, and maintaining employment statistics on applicants. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as state and local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity with-out imposing undue hardship on Gruma. Please inform the company's personnel representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

Send resumes to AMPLrecruitment@aztecamilling.com.

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