Pouch Machine Operator - Weekend Day Shift (Fri-Sun)
Calyx Containers | Salt Lake City, UT | Full-Time, On-Site, Hourly | Weekend Day Shift: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, three 12-hour day shifts | Reports to the Production Manager
Pay: $25.50 to $29.00 per hour, including weekend shift differential, based on experience.
At Calyx, this role is Production Operator II, Pouching.
This is a day shift, not nights. You work three 12-hour days, Friday through Sunday, every week, and you have Monday through Thursday off.
About Calyx
Calyx Containers is a 10-year-old packaging company serving the cannabis industry from Salt Lake City. We design, manufacture, and source compliant packaging, including rigid containers, flexible packaging, and labels, through our own domestic manufacturing facility and an international sourcing network. This year we launched packOS, our digital quoting and ordering platform. We are also rebuilding how our production floor runs: clearer standards, real certification, and a pay path that rewards operators for what they can run.
The Role
You run our pouch-making machine on weekend days. That means turning printed, laminated film into finished pouches. You set up the machine, run changeovers on your own, hold quality across the full run, and hand off product that is ready to ship.
Weekends run with a small crew, so this is a role for someone who can own the machine without anyone standing over them. When something drifts, you catch it. When something faults, you diagnose it and get the run back on spec. That trust is why this role is certified Operator II from day one, and why it is paid the way it is.
What You Own
Setup and changeover, unassisted. Load film, set seal temperatures, dwell, and pressure, set up zippers, punches, and cut, and get to first good pouch fast.
Running the job. Hold registration, seal quality, and dimensions across the full run, and keep production moving to the schedule.
Quality checks. Verify seal integrity, dimensions, zipper function, and print-to-cut registration throughout the run. Catch the defect early, not at the end of the job.
Troubleshooting. Diagnose and correct common problems before they become scrap or a call for help: weak or wrinkled seals, registration drift, zipper misalignment, and film tracking.
Documentation. Record run data, counts, downtime, and quality checks completely, so the weekday crew picks up Monday exactly where you left off.
Material and waste discipline. Track film usage, minimize setup waste and scrap, and report yield honestly.
Machine care. Daily cleaning and operator-level preventive maintenance. Escalate real problems early instead of running through them.
Safety. Follow lockout/tagout, guarding, and PPE requirements without shortcuts, every shift.
Who You Are
Self-sufficient. You solve the problems you can and escalate the ones you cannot, early.
Mechanically confident. You understand the machine, not just its controls.
A measurer. You verify against the spec instead of eyeballing it.
Honest about problems. You stop the run and say something rather than hoping it works out.
Built for weekends. You like having your weekdays free, and you are reliable on this schedule every week.
Ambitious about what you can run. You want to be certified on more equipment, not less.
Requirements
1+ year operating a pouch-making machine, bag machine, or similar flexible packaging converting equipment.
Ability to perform a full machine changeover without supervision.
Ability to work the weekend day schedule, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, three 12-hour day shifts, every week.
Comfort reading a job ticket and spec sheet, and working with a tape measure or calipers.
Accurate record-keeping of run and quality data.
Physically able to stand through a full shift and lift up to 50 lbs, with roll handling assisted by equipment.
Reliable attendance.
Preferred
Experience on a SunCentre pouching machine or similar.
Experience with stand-up pouches, zipper application, or…