NY Process Operator II - 12-hour days (6:00am-6:30pm)

About LiDestri Foods

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

Oversee the kitchen and ensure all product exiting the kitchen meets customer and product requirements.

Responsibilities

• Prepare ingredients per the batch card (verifying item codes, lot numbers, weights, and descriptions)
• Oversee the preparation of batches (spice, sauté, cheese blends, and sauces)
• Remove any products not required for current batches and verify all ingredients are correct
• Exercise judgement in the quality of the finished product
• Maintain ingredient lot numbers and cooking cycle counts
• Perform CIPs as required
• Monitor sauté and cook kettle processing to ensure cook time and product transfers
• Ability to work in all kitchen positions
• Ensure kitchen and all utensils are clean and ready for use
• Understand written production orders
• Report food safety & quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Previous manufacturing experience
• 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 basic hand tools (knife, pumps, and scales)
• Previous experience as a machine operator
• Lock Out/Tag Out Trained

Working Conditions

• Constant exposure to extreme loud noises
• Constant standing and moving by foot
• Constant exposure to extreme hot/cold (non-weather) environment
• Constant work in high places and near moving mechanical parts, including conveyors
• Frequent lifting/carrying
• Frequent reaching/pulling/bending/climbing stairs/stooping/kneeling
• Occasionally lifting >50 pounds
• Potential exposure