Mixer - 3rd shift - Starting pay: $25.90

About the role

Stratas Foods, a 50/50 joint venture between ACH Food Companies and Archer Daniels Midland Company, is headquartered in Cordova, TN. The company provides value-added, branded, and custom-formulated fats and oils solutions to the Food Service, Food Ingredient, and Retail sectors.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to all GMP and Safety requirements
• Read batch cards to determine product specifications, processing information, technical information
• Record production and test data for each food product batch, such as: ingredients and lot numbers, used temperatures, mixing speeds, and test results
• Monitor and regulate gauges, recording instruments, flow meters, and thermometers to correctly adjust the addition of raw materials, mixing temperatures, mixing speeds, etc. to maintain product quality, and ensure safe and efficient operation
• Operate and tend machines to mix or blend any of a wide variety of food products such as edible oils, dressings, margarines, spreads, shortenings, cooking cherries, vinegars, cooking wines, etc.
• Patrol work area to detect leaks, equipment malfunctions, and to monitor operating conditions. Report any deficiencies to Production Supervisor / Maintenance Supervisor
• Examine product samples during production to evaluate necessary in-process testing requirements
• Sample in-process products for the quality assurance laboratory for testing
• Test samples of products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment. Document results in required logbooks and/or batch records. Report any deviations of results to the Quality Assurance Manager
• Modify manufacturing directives with written authorization by the Quality Assurance Department by adjusting mixing cycles and/or addition of ingredients
• Responsible for having knowledge of transfer valves, pumps, etc. which transfers bulk products from manufacturing tanks to running tanks
• Clean and sanitize all the equipment necessary for the manufacture of food products
• Must be willing to help the company with any task needed

Qualifications

• High school Diploma
• Experience operating in a fast-paced, ready-to-eat food facility a plus
• Strong multi-tasking skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to do simple math, add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to speak and write English, bi-lingual in Spanish a plus
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule formats
• Must be able to pass a forklift safety and operations training certification written and practical tests
• 4+ years of experience in process blends or similar field
• Knowledge of product knowledge