Utility Tech B- Crew

About the role

The Utility Technician Department supports Mennel's food safety programs and mission to reliably deliver superior quality, uniformity, and service. This role sustains Mennel’s tradition of excellence established in 1886.

Primary Work Shift

Works shift as assigned and overtime as required. Employee will be assigned to a 12-hour rotating shift which includes weekends and potential holiday work.

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).
• Maintain the department/facility in an everyday audit ready condition.
• Perform all processing technician, packaging technician, and warehouse truck loading positions and assigned sanitation duties.
• Assist in various locations in the plant.
• Maintain and correctly document food safety paperwork.
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment and maintain the plant in an everyday audit ready state.
• Report any unsafe conditions or actions to company supervision immediately.
• Attend all training sessions as required.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Must be able to communicate and work with all employees.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, memos, procedures, and plans.
• Ability to write, complete checklists and other basic documentation and correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information or data in one-on-one and small group situations to co-workers, supervisors, and managers.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Solid judgment when making decisions.
• Ability to quickly recognize and plan for changing work duties and events.
• 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; talk or hear.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds or more.
• Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Exposure to common wheat allergens.