Receiving Operator

Job Type: Regular

About the role

The Milk Intake Operator II serves as the initial point of contact for product arriving at the production facility and is responsible for coordinating incoming product, performing quality testing and ensuring that processes are properly executed with appropriate documentation. This position has mastery over all functions of the intake bay areas.

Responsibilities

• Complete general cleaning of area, wash down bays, walls and complete general cleaning as needed.
• Wash silos.
• Understand and comply with all Quality Assurance policies, immediately reporting any potential food safety issues to management.
• Clean lines.
• Wash trucks inside and out.
• Load and unload trucks.
• Weigh in and weigh out trucks.
• Assign trucks to appropriate intake and loading bays.
• Track loads.
• Stock supplies.
• Move valves, pipes and hoses.
• Run computerized cleaning system.
• Set up and execute automated cleaning system.
• Connect proper piping and hoses to unload product from milk trucks.
• Connect proper piping and hoses to fill trucks with outgoing product for other facilities and customers.
• Operate truck scales from a computer to weigh total product being received and distributed.
• Track essential information of truck loads including product type, weight, and more.
• Conduct antibiotic tests to ensure quality of milk. Confirm any positive test results and communicate findings accordingly.
• Process purchasing and sales documents (bills of lading).
• Bucket milk.
• Move Agitator in and out of trucks when agitation is needed.
• Perform tanker CIP on all pasteurized milk loads and prepare wash tags.
• Load and Unload pasteurized milk products, whey products, and custom processing ingredients as scheduled.
• Understand and follow escalation protocol with issues.
• Position involves or may involve operation of a Critical Control Point as determined by the plant HACCP/Food Safety Plans.
• Handle all equipment and product efficiently and safely.
• Assist Milk Intake Operator I as needed.
• Understand and adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Safety Protocol: Stop any observed unsafe acts and obey facility safety rules and procedures.
• Correct or report any observed safety hazards.
• Support safety policies and programs.

Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Experience: Minimum three (3) years of Food Service, Food Plant or Sanitation experience required.
• Certification/Licensure: CIS certification for Antibiotics required.

Skills

• Demonstrate attention to detail, quality and cleanliness in work.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Makes good decisions based on analysis, wisdom, experience and judgement; most solutions are correct and accurate when judged over time.
• Dedication to meet the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; acts with customers in mind.
• Demonstrate functional and technical knowledge, ability to learn new skills quickly, and achieve a high level of accomplishment.
• Result driven, bottom-line oriented, strives to exceed goals, and motivates self and others to achieve positive outcomes.
• Demonstrate excellent organizational skills, establish priorities, ability to multitask, and meet deadlines.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with colleagues and individuals inside and outside the organization.
• Basic math skills