NA Machine Operator 3 (3rd Shift)

About the role

This position has the responsibility to comply with safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce safety as a core value. Ensure that all policies, procedures, and activities related to food safety & quality are followed and complied with uniformly to reduce product and process variability.

Responsibilities

• Assumes personal responsibility to ensure a safe and healthy workplace for everyone
• Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks
• Ensure regulatory compliance
• Adhere to quality work practices, follow GMPs, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained
• Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality
• Run, clean, conduct preventive maintenance (PM), troubleshoot and operate extended run fillers, including Elopack Fillers/Cappers, Scholle (AF/19), and Tote Filler Hamba
• Follow all SOPs for production and sanitation
• Accurately maintain all required documentation in real time
• Proactively plan and lead changeover activities for fillers and date coding, ensuring the appropriate supervisor is aware of required resources (mechanics, materials) and communications
• Alert the supervisor when mechanical problems occur
• Ensure GMP and sanitation practices are maintained, leading all related room activities
• Ensure a safe work environment
• Ensure line S-Max targets and material shrinkage targets are met
• Maintain active communication with ESL Pasteurizer operators to ensure efficient operation
• Actively engage in continuous improvement efforts
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent
• 2+ years of experience operating machinery and handling GMPs and product specifications
• SPC (weight control) experience
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to communicate and get along with other employees
• Ability to read SOPs
• Basic computer skills necessary to operate equipment controls
• Mechanical aptitude
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Ability to write simple correspondence
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations

Work Environment & Physical Demands

• Workers are required to wear proper PPE such as hair nets, ear plugs, and certain areas require earmuffs
• Ability to bend, stoop and reach above shoulder level
• Frequent walking and standing
• Ability to work indoors in wet and humid environments and stand on hard surfaces
• Ability to repeatedly lift up to 50 lb
• Ability to ascend and descend stairs

Pay

The pay range for this position is $20.20 to $25.50 per hour.