The Blending Operator role is responsible for ingredient preparation and batching operation. This includes following recipes, operate/tend machines to mix, and blend a wide variety of ingredients, and weighing and measuring ingredients or products to ensure conformance to requirements. This role also involves the use of lifts, forklifts, learning processes, and following procedures. Concentration on the tasks at hand as well as an awareness of the overall operation is essential. It is critical to success that all governmental and company processes and policies are met and or exceeded.
This position is considered a safety-sensitive position, meaning, a lapse of attention could adversely affect the safety of others by resulting in injury, illness, or death, including without limitation a position that includes the operating, repairing, maintaining, or monitoring of heavy equipment, machinery, or operation motorized vehicle.
- Making blends, accurately adding raw materials to batches (repetitive heavy lifting up to 55 lbs is required)
- Mixing raw materials by following specific recipes to create final product
- Ensure Safe behavior is conducted by yourself and those around you.
- Complete accurate Quality Assurance checks.
- Maintain standard work for your process/machine as an owner
- Maintain all safety, GMP, and area housekeeping standards.
- Enter production information and notes into SAP and LEDs.
- Completing CIL/PM and ensuring proper WPO in the work area.
- Safely and efficiently participate in troubleshooting equipment, process failures, changeovers, and the effective operations of various products assigned to the line.
- Remove or replace parts and components with hand tools
- Complete require paperwork accurately
- Pulling raw materials
- Cycle counting, issuing materials, and/or maintaining FIFO
- Forklift and Warehouse operations.
- Must be able to work weekend hours (Friday - Monday 6:00 AM - 4:30 PM)
- Previous experience with food handling and/or blending/mixing preferred Ability to read complicated recipes and and the ability to convert between metric and English measurement systems (lbs kg
- g).
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Self-motivated work behavior requiring limited to no supervision.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to understand and use network computer applications and electronic mail.
- Ability to make decisions using sound judgment based on available information.
- Ability to repetitively lift up to 55 lbs
- Competitive compensation
- Generous 401(k) program in the US and similar programs in international
- Health benefits and programs that support both your physical and mental well-being
- Flexible work environment, depending on your role
- Meaningful opportunities to keep learning and growing
- Half-day Fridays, depending on your location