General Labor Nights

About the Role

This position is responsible for safely operating all cookers and reactors, sanitizing overhead hoists and cooling presses, filtering and packing rendered fat, and maintaining a clean and sanitary work environment. The role requires compliance with safety work rules, food safety and quality policies, and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate safety as a top priority; follow all safety procedures and actively determine ways to improve safety.
• Use lockout/tag out procedures when required.
• Maintain and operate all equipment in a safe manner to avoid injury to self or others.
• Keep work area neat, clean, and sanitary.
• Complete internal HACCP training and follow all SQF principles pertinent to the position.
• Report all food safety, quality issues, work-related injuries, or unsafe conditions to a supervisor immediately.
• Maintain good personal hygiene and follow instructions from supervisors.
• Cooperate with coworkers and other departments; be willing to fill in where needed.
• Watch and control the flow of product and minimize product loss.
• Reassemble machinery if taken apart and set up all equipment, including disintegrators, pumps, lines, and conveyors.
• Clean and sanitize all equipment.
• Assume personal responsibility to ensure a safe and healthy workplace for everyone.
• Adhere to all safety policies, quality work practices, and GMPs; maintain sanitary conditions and ensure product quality.
• Ensure regulatory compliance at all times.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Up to one month of related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to speak, read, and interpret documents in English (e.g., safety rules, operating instructions, procedure manuals).
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups.
• Basic mathematical skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and computation of rate, ratio, and percent.
• Some computer skills with Microsoft Office and Google applications.
• Ability to solve practical problems and interpret instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Adaptability to constant changes in the workplace.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit, talk, actively listen, type, and work on a computer.
• Frequently required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, and color vision.
• Required to lift 10-50 lbs.

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts.
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; and extreme heat.
• Noise level in the work environment may be loud, requiring hearing protection.
• Must be able to work in 80 to 100-degree temperatures.
• Safety materials are provided; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) must be worn where applicable (e.g., lab and production floor).

Skills

• Good interpersonal skills with an ability to listen, understand, collaborate, and communicate effectively.
• Strong teamwork orientation.