Packing Line Operator

You take a position on the line: feeding empty containers, watching the filler for level and seal, checking the label for the right batch and date, and closing and taping the case at the end. Every hour you pull a sample, weigh it and write the result on the control sheet. Finished cases are stacked on the pallet to the pattern, wrapped and labelled for the warehouse. A changeover means clearing the line of the old code before the new one starts. Two shifts run 06:00-14:00 and 14:00-22:00.

Basic schooling and the right to work in Portugal

No previous plant experience needed, training is given on the line

Able to keep the line rate and to stand through a full shift

Attentive to date codes, batch numbers and label position

Willing to rotate the morning and afternoon shift weekly

Basic English for work instructions and product labels

Net salary from 830 up to 913 EUR per month

Permanent contract with Social Security from the first day

Shift supplement on the afternoon rotation

Two meals on every worked day in the plant canteen

Company transport from Setubal, Palmela and the Barreiro area

Paid hygiene, HACCP and machine safety training

Work clothing, hair net, gloves and safety shoes provided

Operators who hold the control sheet without correction move to machine setting on the filler and the labeller, which is paid at the higher grade, and from there to line leader.

A packing hall with enclosed fillers, roller conveyors, a palletising robot behind a fence and a temperature held at about 18 degrees. Hair net, gloves, ear protection and safety shoes are mandatory and are supplied by the employer.