Production Operator I - APC Sublette

Promote safety, maintain a sanitary food environment, and ensure that only the highest quality product is made. Work days or nights, 12-hour shifts schedules including weekends and holidays, and overtime as needed.

Requirements

• Operate production equipment
• Monitor product volume, temperatures, times, and pressure readings
• Maintain a safe, clean, organized work area
• Perform tasks of receiving product, starting, running, shutting down, and cleaning the dryer/evaporator and associate equipment
• Collect hourly production readings, color, moisture and temperature, monitor bag house, check air pressure, monitor machinery and notify supervisor when something is out of specification
• Ensure all charts are properly documented according to company and regulatory regulations
• Operate pallet jack and forklift
• Prepare bags to fill using established label and numbering system in accordance with procedures
• Fill, weigh, seal and load bags on pallets
• Bag and blend finished powder, weigh and sample product, palletize product and move pallets
• Perform elementary mechanical and carpentry repairs throughout plant as instructed by supervision
• Engage in continuous improvement and process improvement
• Anticipate problems and implement solutions
• Demonstrate good judgement in safeguarding customer, company, vendor and employee information
• Assume responsibility for the attainment of plant goals and objectives
• Maintain cooperative working relationships and communications with employees from all other departments and peers