1st Shift Tumbler/Cure Room Attendant

About the role

The Tumbler/Cure Room Attendant manages the day-to-day operation and utilization of the Targeted Pet Treats Curing Room and Tumbler area, ensuring the packaging lines’ needs for product supply are always met.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all product flows into and out of the Cure Room
• Ensure comprehensive shift-to-shift communication
• Work closely with QA to ensure samples for testing are made available
• Work closely with Packaging to ensure product needing tumbled is scheduled and completed to ensure timeliness in packaging
• Commitment to establishing and exceeding quality and food safety expectations
• Perform product rotation duties in accordance with established daily, weekly, and monthly procedures
• Perform to the standards set forth by the Quality Assurance standard for releasing product to packaging
• Perform tumbling duties as established on all identified product
• Live by Targeted Pet Treats Values
• Assume responsibility for self-improvement
• Attention to detail
• Participate in the improvement/problem-solving process
• Show up to work on time
• Ability to work with little or no supervision
• Dress appropriately and maintain good personal hygiene
• Take breaks of appropriate length and frequency
• Follow all policies and procedures
• Complete and understand position’s training documents
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices at all times
• Complete all required paperwork/inspections completely and in a timely manner
• Understand and complete proper end-of-shift cleaning
• Champion Food Safety, HACCP, and SQF

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED preferred
• Verbal and math skills at an 8th-grade level
• Teamwork and ability to work with little or no supervision
• Time management skills—develop and adhere to a schedule
• Keep work areas clean and neat
• Judgment/decision-making skills
• Communication and listening skills
• Adaptability
• Strong organizational skills

Core Competencies

• Insightfulness: Ability to identify key issues and relationships based on information being communicated by a variety of resources. Making decisions based on logical assumptions combined with factual information while keeping the organizational values and goals in mind.
• Passion: Be a brand and company evangelist.
• Collaboration: Working and communicating appropriately and effectively across roles and departments.
• Customer Intimate: Understanding and exceeding the customer's needs and expectations, both externally and internally.
• Candor: Ability to use, understand, and learn from unreserved, honest conversations with other individuals, while still respecting all those involved in the dialogue. Open, forthright communication that stimulates debate and new ideas amongst a group, as well as with yourself.
• Integrity: Does what they say they are going to do. Instills trust through actions and behaviors.
• Change Agent: Can adjust to a new environment quickly. Accepts change as a way of life and works proactively to adapt.

Physical Requirements

• Maneuver through tight spaces
• Lift 25 lbs. over their head
• Pull/maneuver pallet jack with up to 2,000-pound loads
• Carry items of 50 pounds in weight from one place to another
• Stack 50 pounds repetitiously
• Able to push and pull loads for extended periods of time
• Must be able to work with soy
• Must be able to distinguish colors

Schedule

Monday – Thursday, 5:15 AM – 3:45 PM