Tower Operator (P6, Team C, Nights)

About the role

At Hilmar Cheese Company we improve lives around the world through wholesome dairy products. Since our founding in 1984, Hilmar Cheese Company has been committed to innovation and sustainability. Our state-of-the-art production facilities convert an abundance of locally sourced high-quality milk into a variety of nutritious cheeses, whey protein and lactose. The cheese and ingredients we produce create a wide variety of retail and food service products from sliced and shredded cheeses, to protein supplements and infant formula. We are a trusted partner to premier food and beverage brands in more than fifty countries helping bring their vision into reality. Throughout our decades of success and growth we have remained committed to our mission and values and these principles unite our people and guide all that we do.

Responsibilities

• Run and maintain cheese towers and related equipment.
• Ensure correct operation and follow all procedures of assigned equipment.
• Identify flows from HCV’s to packaging including completing product transitions.
• Troubleshoot and communicate any plant issues with related equipment and/or process.
• Understand and maintain the operation and sanitation of all assigned equipment including:
  • CIP (Clean In Place) system
  • COP (Clean Out of Place) systems
  • Operator Based Maintenance
  • Pre- and post-CIP inspections
• Perform all in-process sampling as assigned.
• Notify/communicate with management/maintenance any problems with equipment or processes that could affect safety, food safety or quality.
• Learn and operate computer-related processes and controls.
• Handle and reform products safely.
• Participate in training and development programs and associated activities, classes and events, which may be held before, during, or after shifts and on scheduled days off.
• Help coach and train teammates and participate in on-the-job and buddy training.
• Prioritize food safety and sanitation by understanding and executing HCC’s food safety and sanitation policies and procedures, including communicating any food safety incident, observation, or opportunity to leadership and participating in root cause analysis and improvement activities when required.
• Prioritize safety above all other job duties by always having a safety-first approach, including reporting any safety issues or observations to teams and following up.

Requirements

• Proficient English skills to understand, read, write and speak English.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to work 12-hour variable shifts, including weekends, holidays and overtime as needed.
• Ability to lift up to 60 lbs.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED from an accredited institution.
• SAP experience.
• Dairy manufacturing experience.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to:

• Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear.
• Stand and walk almost the entire workday.
• Work in any of the job tasks within their respective area.
• Work at heights and in fairly small areas.
• Push, pull, reach, bend, stoop, squat, kneel, handle and grasp, twist/turn, repetitive bending.

Food safety is a companywide responsibility and each employee must know their role in the manufacture and distribution of safe, wholesome, and high quality products.