1st Shift General Labor

Responsibilities

• Sets up, starts, and runs all machinery, checking all controls for adherence to operating/safety procedures and ISO standards.
• Weighs ingredients to meet specifications and inserts into machinery.
• Maintains equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
• Troubleshoots equipment and processing issues.
• Examines material visually or physically to ensure conformance with established standards.
• Makes samples of materials and evaluates against standards according to written instructions.
• Labels incoming and outgoing material.
• Refers issues/problems to Productions Lead or Production Managers for disposition.
• Completes and maintains all required system inputs/transactions.
• Documents work completed as required, including logs, data reports, procedures, etc.
• Participates in training, retraining, and continual improvement processes and methods.
• Fulfills all safety and work rules and regulations.
• Maintains departmental housekeeping standards.

Requirements

• Able to stand for long hours at a time.
• Must be able to frequently lift 30 lbs.
• Must have experience in running multiple pieces of equipment.
• Must have a respectful, positive, and friendly attitude.
• Must be able to work independently but also foster a team environment.
• Must be dependable and have excellent attendance.
• Must be safety focused.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English and perform basic math.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Regularly Stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls.
• Talk and hear to coordinate and operate equipment.
• Use of safety equipment as dictated by the work (safety glasses, safety shoes, respirators, face shields, hearing protection, gloves, etc.).
• Exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• Frequently Lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Work in temperature extremes, wet and/or humid conditions, with dust, fumes, airborne particles.
• Occasionally Sit.
• Handle (with mechanical equipment) up to 250 pounds.
• Exposure to noise levels above the OSHA action level requiring use of hearing protection.
• Other Specific vision abilities may require close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.