Production Partner II (Variety)

About the role

As a Manufacturing Production Partner II, you'll serve as part of the operational team that strives to achieve superior business results through self-manufactured products.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintains total process ownership (TPO) to ensure optimum condition of manufacturing processes and equipment
• Performs product handling to convert raw material into finished goods (e.g., cutting, trimming, slicing, dicing, seasoning, mixing, decorating, designing, icing, digital processing)
• Applies basic knowledge of / completes Mfg system (QMS) documentation
• Assists with preparing / loading production materials
• Checks for accuracy of product
• Fabricates / fills product containers, as necessary
• Ensures product quality control to comply with product specifications
• Performs Production Partner I duties as needed
• Depending on the plant, machine operation may include intermediate-level operation, production setup, changeover, cleaning, and troubleshooting of seasoning / mixing, filler operation, tray hardening operation, injection molding operation, seasoning injection equipment, vacuum tumbling equipment, various washing machines, scale operations, product conveyors, various cutting /slicing / dicing equipment, freezer operations to include ice cream and novelty lines, complex single or multi-color presses and related equipment, bagger operation, stacking machine operation, distributor / divider / former operation, and metal detector operation

Shipping

• Packs finished goods into shipping units
• Palletizes shipping units in an interlocking manner, using correct tie height
• Ensures pallets are strapped / stretch-wrapped to minimize product shifting or damage
• Selects orders
• Operates a forklift
• Verifies product is in good condition for shipment
• Loads trailers with finished goods
• Documents outgoing product
• Requests / releases trailers

Receiving

• Unloads trailers of raw material
• Breaks down pallets / separates product, when needed
• Verifies product to bill of lading
• May verify product specification meets company standards, via internal testing (e.g., Certificate of Analysis)

Sanitation

• Assembles / disassembles equipment for cleaning and sanitizing
• May use automated cleaning systems
• May use various chemical agents

Qualifications

• Technical knowledge of automated cleaning skills and chemical cleaning agents - Required
• Technical knowledge / basic understanding of equipment assembly and disassembly - Required
• Understanding of QES standards - Required
• Organization skills; attention to detail - Required
• Math (+,-,*,/), reading, and writing skills - Required
• PC skills - Required
• Bi-lingual language skills a plus - Required
• Ability to work in a team-based environment - Required
• Ability to communicate effectively - Required
• Ability to operate machines or equipment at intermediate level - Required
• HS Diploma or GED - Required
• Certification in Team Skills - Required

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Travel by car or plane with overnight stays
• Work extended hours / rotating schedules
• Maneuver through the facility; perform functions of the job, with or without accommodation (standing, stooping, bending, etc.)
• Work in wet, cold, or hot environments, depending on Plant location
• Bakery: 60 to 90 degrees F; regularly lift 10-25 lbs; occasionally lift 50 lbs
• Culinary Center - Houston: -20 to 32 degrees in storage freezer; 28 to 48 degrees F in some areas, ambient per season in some, climate-controlled in others; regularly lift 10-25 lbs or 35 lbs, occasionally lift 50-60 lbs
• Floral: temperature-controlled environment ranging from 35 to 75 degrees F; regularly lift 35 lbs; occasionally lift 50 lbs
• Ice Cream: -2 to 80 degrees F in palletizing area; 50 to 60 degrees F on main floor; some areas in a wet environment; regularly lift 10-25 lbs; occasionally lift 55 lbs
• Meat: routinely 32 to 50 degrees F in a cold wet environment; regularly lift 10-25 lbs; occasionally lift 50-60 lbs
• Milk - HOU: temperature-controlled in some areas, 36 degrees F in some areas, ambient per season in others; regularly lift 10-25 lbs or 50 lbs; occasionally lift 50 lbs
• Milk - SA: 35 degrees in some areas, ambient per season in others; regularly lift 50 lbs
• Print: climate-controlled temperatures; regularly lift 10-25 lbs; occasionally lift 50 lbs
• Snacks: temperature-controlled environment ranging from 75 to 85 degrees F; regularly lift 10-25 lbs; occasionally lift 50 lbs
• Tortilla: 60 to 88 degrees F; regularly lift 10-25 lbs; occasionally lift up to 60 lbs