Fill Room Technician
Blair, NE, US
At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet.
The Fill Room Technician is responsible for packaging and material handling activities including Lactic Acid, its Derivatives and packaged finished product. This position also troubleshoots and conducts minor upkeep/maintenance of equipment.
Essential Job Functions:
- Package lactic acid (in different concentrations) and its derivatives, complete required documentation, make labels, and clean the fill lines.
- Operate and conduct minor maintenance/trouble shooting of the packaging equipment, floor scales, conveyor and wrapper machines.
- Enter information into WMS system and the Mettler Toledo machine.
- Maintain safe work environment by maintaining cleanliness standards and operating the equipment and utilities in a safe manner.
- Receive empty packaging containers from trucks, verify counts, make appropriate transactions into ERP LX and WMS systems, apply correct documentation/labels and move product to proper storage locations.
- Perform cycle count functions of finished goods and raw material product, utilizing ERP LX and WMS systems and following written instructions.
- Execute QESH standards to ensure personal and product safety and quality.
- Perform within the guidelines of all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), Security measures, Housekeeping, Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point (HACCP), all quality, regulatory, environmental, safety and health guidelines and regulations. These standards are used in all daily activities to ensure product safety and quality are in compliance.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- Must be competent in basic mathematics, calculating and computer skills.
- Minimum 1 year experience in liquids packaging or in a filling operation, preferred.
- Ability to operate and troubleshoot machinery and equipment including Forklift.
- Ability to interpret routine production operating procedures
General Working Environment
- Fill Room Technicians are required to work in a plant, with some tasks taking place outside of the plant.
- Fill Room Technicians will fill and package Lactic Acid and will have to wear the appropriate PPE including but not limited to hard hats, safety glasses, safety boots, chemical suits, face-shields, rubber gloves, hair nets, aprons and uniform clothing.
- Temperature inside and outside the facility will range between -15oF and 120oF depending on location and the activities involved.
Usual Physical Activities
Through the course of a typical shift an individual in this position will perform the following activities;
- Must be able to perform moderately heavy physical activity 25% to 50% of time and lift weight up to 50lbs
- Must be able to lift or pull heavy objects daily, in excess of 50lbs
- Prolonged Standing, 20% of the time
- Walks extensively, 20% of the time
- Kneels,
- Bends, repetitively
- Squatting, repetitively
- Reaches above and below the shoulders,
- Traverses plant levels via stairs, frequently
- Corrected vision, speaking ability, and hearing are usually involved in performing written and verbal job functions.
About Corbion
Corbion is a sustainable ingredients company dedicated to preserving what matters, including food and food production, health, and the planet. We specialize in lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives, food preservation solutions, functional blends, and algae ingredients, using our deep application and product knowledge to propel nature’s ingenuity through science. With more than a century of experience, we continue working side-by-side with our customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Leveraging our advanced capabilities in fermentation and preservation technology, we help customers differentiate their products in diverse markets ranging from food and animal nutrition to home & personal care, pharmaceuticals, electronics, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2025, Corbion generated annual sales of € 1,267.4 million with a workforce of 2,408 FTEs. Corbion is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. For more information: www.corbion.com
Corbion is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered equally without regard to race, color, ethnicity, veteran status, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, age, sex, sexual orientation, handicapping condition, membership in an organization or any other non-merit factors.
Corbion provides reasonable accommodation to applicants.
EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled
Corbion does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. All candidates must be submitted by approved Corbion vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Corbion Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Corbion Talent Acquisition Team.
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