Production Associate (Sugar Shelling) | 12-Hour Shift

About the role

Georgia Nut Company (GNC) is a food manufacturing company that combines classic recipes with state-of-the-art equipment and technology to provide consumers with both everyday confections and innovative snacks. Founded in 1945, GNC has been a family-owned business for over four generations, bringing forth new ideas and driving the entrepreneurial spirit of the company into the future. Our mission is to create a pleasurable eating experience for our customers by offering high-quality confections and snacks while maintaining an unrelenting commitment to excellence.

The Sugar Shelling Machine Operator drives GNC’s manual sugar shelling conventional panning process to create high-quality finished goods while striving for continuous improvement. The role works with the operations team to run the shelling equipment in accordance with customer specifications, while maintaining GNC’s 5S, completing proper paperwork, reporting inefficiencies, keeping accurate inventory, adhering to GNC general manufacturing practices (GMPs), and following GNC’s sanitation and safety protocols.

Responsibilities

• Report food and quality issues as well as employee safety to their supervisor.
• Follow allergen procedures and perform sanitation steps as trained.
• Follow all formulas and customer specifications as described in the bill of materials.
• Meet or exceed efficiencies while communicating inefficiencies (downtime).
• Document all production, quality, safety, and sanitation reports accurately and clearly.
• Clock/tag in and out of proper departments as required.
• Start, stop, adjust, and operate machine using approved methods; escalate to supervisor/lead when repairs or adjustments are beyond scope of expertise.
• Train and assist other employees as needed.
• Present continuous improvement ideas to supervisor or department lead.
• Maintain 5S by keeping work area clean and organized.
• Validate transfers, consume correctly, and keep accurate inventory.
• Follow all general manufacturing practices (GMPs) and comply with GNC policies and procedures.
• Report scrap according to procedure and always run retain if needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor/lead.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Well-organized with high attention to detail.
• Ability to successfully prioritize workload.
• Basic math and reading skills, such as reading labels, formulas, and directions.
• Knowledge of measurement, percentages, and ratios.
• Ability to communicate and write effectively in English.
• Flexible working hours for a seven-day operation.
• Dependable and adaptable to a fast-paced work environment.

Physical Requirements

• Must wear proper personal protective equipment including uniform, face mask, hair net, latex gloves, bump cap, earplugs, and safety shoes.
• Will be standing on concrete, bending, stooping, twisting, and turning for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Required to work weekends during peak season and/or overtime when needed.