Process / Batching Operator - 12-hour nights (6:00pm-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.

About the role

Assist with the preparation and batching of retort products following the batch cards per customer specifications, while maintaining product quality and following regulatory and company guidelines for sanitation and safety.

Responsibilities

• Accurately fill out the batch cards including documenting the LPNs and lot numbers
• Verify the proper temperature and volume of each batch
• Use the HMI to enter set points along with manipulating valves and pumps when needed
• Assist in running the Retort kitchen when covering the Process Operator II lunches and breaks along with keeping up with their responsibilities, including verifying levels and using the controls to transfer and batch finished kettles
• Participate in CIP activities, helping with pipe swings, cleaning and sanitizing while the circuit is running

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED 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)
• Lock out/tag out certified

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 near moving mechanical parts/conveyors
• Frequent lifting/carrying up to 50 pounds, reaching, and use of fingers
• Frequent reaching/pulling/bending/climbing stairs/stooping/kneeling
• Occasionally lifting more than 50 pounds
• Potential exposure to caustic chemicals

Benefits

• Professional development, including unlimited online training courses
• Health insurance with premium contributions
• Dental, vision, HSA
• 100% company-paid life insurance and long-term disability
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off including vacation, sick pay, wellness time off, and 10 holidays
• Company bonuses