Bakery Cheese Op 2nd Shift $16.95+$.75 Cents Premium

Company: Nation Pizza and Foods
Location: Schaumburg
Posted on: November 25, 2022

Job Description:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
--- Operates all scales, meters, shedder equipment, cheese hoist, applicators, V-Mag and related cheese equipment.
--- Requests the Bill of Materials (BOM) from Gatekeeper/Lead for the product in production.
--- Requisitions the required ingredients stated on the BOM from the Gatekeeper.
--- Checks that the ingredients staged by the Gatekeeper matches the ingredients requested in the BOM.
--- Works with the Gatekeeper to ensure pallet quantities match tag quantities for any ingredients returning to the warehouse or ingredients that are passed to the next shift.
--- Enters weights into the Statistical Process Control (SPC) program as indicated.
--- Mixes cheese with the required dry ingredients as stated in the BOM and loads them into the applicator and V-Mag.
--- Monitors cheese, batches and product temperatures to ensure they are meeting specified standards.
--- Accurately weighs all relevant ingredients, including but not limited to re-work cheese, and other small ingredients
--- Ensures that all containers are labeled, color coded and handled properly using established methods and procedures.
--- Records necessary batch information including but not limited to: ingredient lot numbers, temperatures and machine settings.
--- Loads cheese into cheese shredder, hoppers, conveyors, scales, meters, buckets or similar containers.
--- Ensures that outer layer of ingredient packaging is cleaned and removed prior to using.
--- Ensures that all necessary equipment needed for the next production run is ready, clean, and in working order prior to the start of that product.
--- Operates auxiliary equipment to hoist and dump cheese into V-Mag for further processing.
--- Sets up and breaks down cheese shredder, V-Mag, blender and other related equipment.
--- Meets established goals and objectives as it relates to the consistency, material needs, set outputs for the cheese shredding area.
--- Maintains a clean and sanitary work area.
--- Suggests ways to control labor and supply costs as well as improve processes.
--- Ensures that all work activities are performed with attention to the highest standards for quality, safety and compliance with all appropriate legal and food safety requirements and a focus on continuous improvement.
--- Ensures that all Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) are followed.
--- Follows all company policies & procedures as well as the GMP's (Good Manufacturing Practices).
--- Maintains a high level of safety awareness for an accident-free work place.
--- Reports any unsafe or hazardous work conditions or safety-related issues to Management.
--- Accomplishes all tasks as appropriately assigned or requested.

Education, Skills and Experience:
Education:
--- High school diploma, GED or equivalent.

Skills and Experience:
--- One to three months of food manufacturing or packaging experience.
--- Ability to work overtime, irregular hours or rotating shifts.
--- Ability to speak, write and understand English.
--- Ability to communicate and work effectively with a variety of diverse individuals within the plant.
--- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, formulas, and policy and procedures manuals.
--- Ability to write standard information into related paperwork.
--- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure including but not limited to pounds, ounces, grams, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals, and temperatures.
--- Ability to thrive in a constantly changing environment.

Physical demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk, and hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, or smell. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unassisted, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 2,200 pounds with lifting equipment or with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in a plant production environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. While performing the duties of this job in the plant, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne particles. Employee may be exposed to extreme hot or cold temperatures that range from below zero (0) degrees Fahrenheit to over ninety (90) degrees Fahrenheit. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. While in the plant, the employee is required to utilize the required personal protective equipment.

Organizational Structure:
The Bakery Cheese Operator will report directly to the Bakery Supervisor.

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