Production Operator- Day Shift

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Unload tankers
• Control heat treatment and milk separation area
• CIP and production
• Blend and prepare Lactose totes for production
• Ensure tankers unloaded safely and properly while achieving minimum established targets
• CIP tankers and silos
• Properly CIP silos and tankers maintaining time management of silos and all associated documentation
• Load out cream
• Load out cream while achieving all quality and customer requirements
• Complete master sanitation
• Complete all master sanitation and maintain a clean and professional environment
• Control loss
• Actively seek causes and solutions to limit product losses
• Inspect raw materials

Requirements

• Raw Milk Receiving Department: Unload tankers, control heat treatment and milk separation area, CIP and production, blend and prepare Lactose totes for production, ensure tankers unloaded safely and properly while achieving minimum established targets, CIP tankers and silos, properly CIP silos and tankers maintaining time management of silos and all associated documentation, load out cream, load out cream while achieving all quality and customer requirements, complete master sanitation, complete all master sanitation and maintain a clean and professional environment, control loss, actively seek causes and solutions to limit product losses, inspect raw materials.
• Evaporator Department: Produce a quality product, ensure all product produced is within accepted specifications, start, run, and shut down the evaporator, operate the evaporator and all associated equipment while producing minimal out of specification product, run all required quality checks, complete all required logs, CIP the evaporator and all associated equipment, CIP all equipment associated with evaporator performance, perform all chemical tests, complete and store all required documents, achieve all production goals, achieve all production goals (KPI's), report and document all reasons targets are not met.
• Dryer Department: Maintain a clean and sanitary environment, perform all master sanitation, maintain general housekeeping of the dryer area, perform tasks required to start, run, and shut down the dryer, perform hook-ups for the dryer and all associated equipment, run all required quality checks, complete all required logs, perform duties in a timely and thorough manner allowing the operator to CIP the dryer in minimal time, perform all chemical tests, complete and store all required documents, achieve all production goals (KPI's), report and document all reasons targets are not met, perform tasks required to start, run, and shut down the dryer, perform hook-ups for the dryer and all associated equipment, run all required quality checks, complete all required logs, perform duties in a timely and thorough manner allowing the operator to CIP the dryer in minimal time, perform all chemical tests, complete and store all required documents, achieve all production goals (KPI's), report and document all reasons targets are not met, inspect raw materials.
• Packaging Department: Produce a quality product, ensure all product produced is within accepted specifications, start, run, and shut down the packaging equipment, operate the packaging and all associated equipment while producing minimal out of specification product, run all required quality checks, complete all required logs, maintain the packaging equipment and all associated equipment, maintain all equipment associated with packaging performance, complete and store all required documents, achieve all production goals (KPI's), report and document all reasons targets are not met, inspect raw materials.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Prior manufacturing/production experience strongly preferred
• Knowledge, Skills And Abilities: Able to learn and apply to plant environment, able to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, able to perform basic PC skills, must be able to read, write and speak English