Wheel Finishing - 1st Shift - East Main

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Transfers and stages product into assigned work areas.
• Accurately records ingredient amounts and lot numbers on production work orders.
• Identifies cheese on hold and issues cheese to work orders.
• Inspects cheese and materials for mold, direct and other foreign materials.
• Manually applies rub ingredients within specification of product work instructions.
• Fills treating tubs with appropriately sized cheese wheels and ingredient for treatment process.
• Transfers cheese wheels to drying rack for curing and packaging.
• Packages and labels finished items per product work instructions.
• Completes daily (2nd shift) and periodic (1st shift) sanitation in accordance with a Master Cleaning Schedule.
• Handles and mixes cleaning chemicals in line with sanitation duties.
• Manually cleans and scrapes 20-pound wheels of cheese.
• Ensures all first in first-in-first-out principles are maintained throughout the manufacturing and packaging process.
• Complies with all company Safety, HACCP and GMP policies.
• Immediately reports any food safety or quality issues to management or other individual authorized to initiate action.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency is preferred (GED).
• Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, and conversions.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills to achieve thoroughness and accuracy in everyday responsibility.
• Good listening skills.
• Team Player – committed, collaborative, dependable and reliable.
• Customer Focus – to enhance the internal and external customer experience.
• Quality Commitment – ensures highest food safety and product quality.
• Self-motivated and results driven with a high degree of ownership and accountability.