Processing Operator-Senior

LOCATION: Downers Grove

DEPARTMENT: Production

JOB TITLE: N.O. Line 3 Mixer II

WORKDAY GRADE LEVEL: H006

BASE RATE PER HOUR:

SHIFT: Team D

# OF OPENINGS: 1

HOURS: 6pm – 630am, hours may vary depending on coverage due to report-offs and the production schedule especially during holidays. Good attendance and punctuality required.

JOB SUMMARY/JOB DUTIES:

Mixer: Accurately mixes doughs to product specific formulation and within CTS parameters. Responsible for monitoring and maintaining dough and product quality. Records temperatures, makes necessary adjustments for line downtime, plant temperatures, flour hydration, and mixing time to achieve proper dough development. Must be able to navigate through the autobatching system and make changes to water or cream yeast as necessary. Evaluates situations appropriately to properly prioritize tasks and elevates information requirements to the supervision. Accurately commits batches mixed into Mini-miint database. Expectations are that this position will take the AIB correspondence course and testing to increase understanding of the mixing process. Requires basic math for figuring /reviewing yeast and water amounts, ¾ bowls, conversion of formulas, calculating proper fermentation times, etc. Must understand and follow formula cards and be able to follow instructions. Good working knowledge of flour system and liquid bulk storage. Manually lifts 50 lbs. bags and buckets from scaling racks or ingredient carts into mixer. Good communication skills required for relaying information to Supervisors, Maintenance and QA on issues needing attention. May cover Line 3 Scaling and Mixer Helper positions as needed. Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

•Decision Making Skills: Must have strong decision making and communication skills. They must have the ability to utilize/exercise good judgment, and they must ensure issues are quickly resolved and communicated with supervision. Fill out communication boards daily.

•Food Safety Awareness: Food safety awareness is critical in this position. This position will be held accountable to having a full understanding and adherence to the strictest compliance standards, in relation to HACCP, CTS, SOP, Safety, GMP, and JSA procedure and standards related to this position. Focused awareness and prevention of contamination/potential contamination, allergen control, and lot code traceability are key objectives in this role.

•Formula Control: Formula control is vital to ensuring compliance to label management of our products. Must abide to exact formula specifications and procedures, to ensure bread quality standards are maintained and label contents are aligned.

•Maintains work area to "5S" cleanliness, housekeeping and organizational standard.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Must possess a high school diploma, general education degree (GED) or equivalent. Two years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: 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.

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

•Stand for extended periods of time

•Use hands, fingers and arms to reach, feel product and manipulate materials and equipment

•Walk, stoop, climb, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk and hear

•Ability to use senses to diagnose and troubleshoot problems

•Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and push/pull heavy loads on wheeled dollies

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to vibration. The employee may be exposed to fumes, airborne particles, hot/cold temperature extremes, high industrial noise levels, forklift traffic and wet environments.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is expected to comply with all safety regulations, support plant safety initiatives, proper operating procedures and utilize prescribed safety equipment such as safety eyeglasses, safety shields, gloves, earplugs, respirators, and approved footwear.

Ability to deal with a changing work environment and high-pressure situations. Must be able to work in a team environment.

This position may require overtime as deemed necessary to support operations activities.

Position is contingent on passing Powered Industrial Equipment physical and licensing requirements.

Employees' approved vacation subject to change when bidding to a new area.

There will be a 90-day evaluation period to ensure satisfactory performance.

Must stay on the job one year.