About the role
Description
- Job Summary: Assists the Blender with the proper blending/mixing of products per the production schedule in compliance with customer product specifications.
- Supervisory Responsibilities: None
- Duties/Responsibilities: Weigh/measure materials, ingredients, and products to ensure conformance to requirements
- Maintain and ensure adherence to sanitation practices
- Follow procedures put in place to maintain a safe working environment and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s).
- Work with the Lead Blender and Quality Assurance team as needed to solve problems and maintain efficient production.
- Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing
- Complete required documentation on the Batch Sheet per product specifications
- Transfer materials, supplies, and products between work areas using moving equipment (forklift, pallet jack, etc.)
Unload mixtures into containers
- Add/mix ingredients for processing using blending machinery
- Safely dislodge and clear jammed materials or other items from machinery and equipment, using hand tools
- Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually in order to ensure conformance to established standards
- Observe production and monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation
- Operate machines to mix or blend ingredients per product specifications
- Follow all standard operating procedures (SOP's) for area of responsibility
- Comply with environmental regulations when using, dispensing, or handling hazardous and non-hazardous materials and waste
Requirements
- Required Skills/Abilities: Able to use basic math skills and equipment to weigh and measure ingredients
- Able to apply standard production techniques, procedures and criteria
- Able to handle sensitive and proprietary information in a confidential manner
- Able to work independently as well as in a team
- Able to adapt to flexible production situations and workflow
- Education and Experience: High School diploma or equivalent
- 1 year of food manufacturing experience preferred
- HACCP training course completion preferred
Forklift operator certification preferred
- Physical Requirements: Ability to maintain single-task focus and situational awareness.
- Must be able to move and lift up to 50-pound wooden skid/pallets and ingredients.
- Able to sit and stand for long periods of time.
- Must be able to bend/stoop, squat/crouch, climb, kneel and twist.