Lead Operator - 3rd Shift (10pm-6:30am)

About the company

LiDestri Foods has grown from our roots as a pasta sauce and salsa manufacturer to become an R&D engine, formulating and producing innovative food products for our national and retailer brand partners. A family-run company based in Rochester, NY, LiDestri employs over 1,000 people across three U.S. locations. We have decades-long partnerships with some of the most respected consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and the most highly inventive retailer brands.

Benefits

• Great career-pathing
• Professional development, including unlimited online training courses
• Health insurance with premium contributions
• Dental, vision, HSA
• 100% company paid life insurance and long-term disability
• 401k – with employer match
• Paid time off to include vacation, sick pay, wellness time off, and 10 holidays
• Company bonuses
• And many more

Position summary

Assist all NY LiDestri facilities with training and staffing needs due to their proficiency in a majority of the operation aspects.

Responsibilities

• Familiar with the majority of production equipment and processes
• Ensure all products exiting production line meet customer and product requirements
• Validate correct materials are being utilized
• Adhere to all quality standards and policies
• Ensure finished product is transported/loaded correctly
• Identify noticeable defects in incoming & outgoing products
• Cross training or training on equipment as defined by manager
• Must be flexible in availability to work various shifts and/or facilities
• Work in a safe manner, consistent with company safety rules and regulations
• Report food safety & quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED, extensive experience in a manufacturing facility
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (bump cap, hair net, ear plugs, beard net (if applicable), Kevlar gloves, safety glasses and leather skid resistant work shoes/boots)
• Ability to apply basic computer and communication skills, math functions, and reasoning
• Ability to use various hand tools (RF scanner guns, can openers, knives and scales)
• Previous experience as a machine operator, QC Technician and a forklift operator
• May be required to travel between facilities

Working conditions

• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with exposure to:
• Long periods of standing/moving, working around moving mechanical parts/conveyors
• Loud environment, hot/cold, wet/dry conditions
• Lifting/carrying
• Frequent reaching/pulling/climbing stairs/stooping/kneeling/bending