Production Operator

PRIMARY WORK SHIFT

The position works shift as assigned and overtime as required.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Follow all food and personal safety rules and regulations in respect to GMP’s, OSHA, HACCP, the Global Food Safety Initiative, the US FDA Food Safety Modernization Act as stated in the FS&Q Statement, and sanitation guidelines as set forth by the company as listed in Corporate Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE).
• Attend all required training sessions.
• Maintain the department/facility in an everyday audit ready condition.
• Manage operations of the extraction operation during assigned shift.
• Run extraction department at optimum performance and yields.
• Manage raw material flour and finished gluten inventories to required specifications.
• Repair equipment, as needed.
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment.
• Maintain production reports and comply with all SOP’s.
• Cover for the Processing Manager and/or Dryer Operator in their absence.
• Support other activities and projects as assigned or dictated by business needs.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience working in flour milling, food productions or manufacturing experience preferred.
• Ability to pass a Respirator Fit Test and perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job while wearing a respirator.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and organize tasks and follow through to ensure completion of assignments in an efficient and high-quality manner.
• High aptitude for troubleshooting and the ability to problem solve.
• Initiative to recognize equipment design problems or other maintenance related issues in other areas or departments.
• Understand materials flow through a particular process and/or a sequence of operations.
• Initiative to recognize equipment design problems or other maintenance related issues in other areas or departments.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of and ability to operate Microsoft office software, internet and other computer software to complete essential duties and responsibilities.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to perform maintenance tasks, reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds or more.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to conditions that are typical to a fast-paced manufacturing environment, including: moving equipment and machinery, dusty, hot/humid, and cold conditions; employee must be willing to work in all weather conditions, at heights, and in the presence of airborne particles.
• The noise level in the work environment usually requires the use of hearing protection.
• Work involves exposure to common wheat allergens.