Processing Operator

Essential Functions and Related Responsibilities

• Processing Operator 1:
  • Ensure product is released by quality and can be removed from screens.
  • Remove product from the screens and place into WIP bins.
  • Notify department leader and/or quality of any noted issues with the product.
• Processing Operator 2:
  • Loading screens onto extrusion conveyor belt.
  • Taking screens with product on them off the extruder belt and placing into racks.
  • Moving racks into the processing room and taking filled racks out of the processing room and placing into an oven.
• Processing Operator 3:
  • Setup, run, and disassemble the extruder.
  • Coarse chopping meat prior to mixing.
  • Record the lot numbers used on the batch sheet.
  • Absorb ingredients and ensure they are clean, packaged, and labeled correctly before returning to stock.
• Processing Operator 4:
  • Add ingredients according to the batch sheet and run the mixing bowl.
  • Record appropriate lot numbers and mix time on the batch sheet.
• Processing Operator 5:
  • Understand and pick ingredients needed for products to be run for the day.
  • Drive a forklift.
  • Record appropriate lot numbers and mix time on the batch sheet.

Job Qualifications

• Must be detailed oriented.
• Must be 18 years of age.
• Education/Experience: High school diploma or GED; or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Language Ability: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Math Ability: Ability to add and subtract and to multiply and divide. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
• Computer Skills: No computer skills required.
• Physical Demands: The employee must (depending on position) regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Regularly required to stand; walk and use hands to handle or feel. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear. Pushing and pulling of materials on carts.
• Work Environment: The employee is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather), work near moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, cold (non-weather) and heat (non-weather), and the noise level in the work environment may be loud.