Machine Operator / Batch Operator- 12-hour nights (6pm-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

About the role

Safely operate machinery with maximum efficiency, while maintaining product quality and following regulatory and company guidelines for sanitation and safety.

Responsibilities

• Operate machinery, to include machine set-up, operation, change overs, and troubleshooting, to detect product (raw or finished) defects or machine malfunctions, adjusting machines as necessary
• Maintain GMP (good housekeeping) standards at and around machinery
• Perform SOPs for machinery in assigned area
• Cross training or training on equipment as defined by manager
• Maintain accurate document documentation
• Maintain and issue raw materials into assigned work orders
• Work in a safe manner, consistent with company safety rules and regulations
• Maintain good attendance record per company policy
• Report food safety & quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED preferred
• Prior machine operation preferred
• 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 (knife, water hose, band cutters, can opener, scales, Telnet scanners, various small hand tools as required for position/product testing)
• Previous experience operating a forklift (for applicable work areas)
• Lock out/tag out certified
• Possess a continuous improvement and team orientated mind set

Working Conditions

• Constant exposure to extreme loud noises
• Constant work in high places and near moving mechanical parts
• Constant standing and moving by foot
• Constant exposure to extreme hot/cold (non-weather) environment
• Frequent lifting/carrying
• Frequent use of hot/cold water hoses
• Frequent reaching/pulling/bending/climbing stairs/stooping/kneeling/bending
• Occasional lifting >50 pounds
• Potential exposure to caustic chemical