Ingredient Technician Trainee

About the role

This position requires constant monitoring of the batter system. It requires the ability to operate and troubleshoot the batter, condiment and ingredient mixing equipment. Regular sanitation of the area as well as specialty cleanups are required. Assignments include driving a powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift and clamps to lift, stack, or move ingredients or materials. Efficiently maintains supplies to batter mixing, ingredient mixing and condiment handling areas. Manages to intake of ingredient inventory to batter storage area.

Responsibilities

• Maintains safe work practices at all times and participates in safety programs.
• Must be familiar with all safety rules and practices to avoid any possible food safety or any other safety hazards and to insure safety of employees in their work areas.
• Understands how to look up QA Specifications for batter, condiment and ingredients.
• Understands product codes and labels on batter and condiment tickets and how to use manifest to track inventory.
• Safely opens, handles and hangs batter/ingredient bags.
• Maintains dry batter hopper and auger levels as needed.
• Communicates problems to appropriate personnel.
• Maintains expected level of sanitation in work area.
• Fills out paperwork as required.
• Must have a good understanding of chemicals and the hazards associated with the processing area.
• Performs assigned duties during cut changes and defrost as required.
• Cleans under and around batter and sugar mix areas during normal operations.
• Responsible for Batter PC cleanups, allergen cleanups and non-GMO cleanups on dry and mix portions of batter system as required.
• Keeps the batter storage room and loading dock area clean and organized.
• Supplies Kd’s, paper, poly, shrink wrap, tie sheets, slip sheets, cold glue, hot glue, and tote liners for packaging.
• Communicates with leads/supervisors on inventories.
• Prints out dry supply inventory sheets.
• Operate ingredient bag compactor and manage appropriate storage of recyclable materials.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Experience in sanitation, processing operator or lift truck operator job.
• Three months experience using an inventory system preferred.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision while maintaining integrity.