Production Associate

Position: Production Associate 2
Location: Buellton

## Production Associate 2

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JR Platinum Performance is a premier nutritional focused Animal Health company founded in 1996 out of a world renowned equine veterinary hospital on the Central Coast of California. Today Platinum Performance serves most equine veterinary practices across the United States and abroad. Platinum Performance was founded on the belief that wellness and nutrition are the foundation of exceptional health for both people and the animals we love.

Our mission is to improve lives through superior nutrition and unmatched personal service. Our team helps ensure that the service we provide, formulas we develop, and literature we publish are client-focused, impactful and accurate. Everything we do must be scientifically and medically sound. We push hard to research new ingredients, seek out the highest quality sources, test new formulas, and operate several research studies and feeding trials at any given time.

In 2019 Platinum Performance joined forces with Zoetis, the largest animal Health Company in the world, with a shared vision to advance the role of nutrition in veterinary medicine and to create the field of scientific wellness on a global scale. We are looking for enthusiastic, passionate people who are excited to move faster, go further and help to redefine what is possible in animal health.

** Job Description
** The Production Associate  2 is an entry-level role designed for individuals who are currently in training to support various production processes within our facility. This position provides hands-on experience in assembly, sanitation, packaging, labeling, blending, and equipment operation while emphasizing safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
** GENERAL PRODUCTION TASKS PERFORMED:*
* · Review work orders to determine materials, ingredients and procedures required to fill daily production work orders.
· Assists in the selection and measurement and/or weighing of ingredients, using English measures and balance scales.
· Set up, operate and tend equipment that mixes, blends, or processes ingredients according to appropriate SOPs.
· Mix or blend ingredients, according to recipes, using a paddle, an agitator, or by controlling vats that mix ingredients.
· Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures temperatures, amounts, dimensions and flow of ingredients.
· Record production and test data, such as processing steps, weights, batches processed and test results.
· Listen for malfunction alarms and shut down equipment and notify team leader when necessary.
· Inspect and pack the final product.
· Label all unlabeled product as stated on daily work orders.
· Clean, wash, and sterilize equipment and preparation area, following specific SOP for cleaning each machine daily and between runs to prevent any microbial or cross-product contamination.
· Remove garbage from facility daily or as needed throughout the work day.
** HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATION:
** All Production Team Members are required to understand and follow proper procedures for operating and cleaning the heavy processing equipment utilized in the production of nutritional supplements for which they have been trained.  Equipment includes:
Band Sealer Heat Tunnel Hobart Mixer Liquid Mixing System and Liquid Pump Lock Metal Detector L-Sealer (shrink wrapper) Metal Detector (Granular Room) Paddle Mixer Ribbon Mixer Semi-Automatic Labeler V-Cone Mixer (5 cu. Ft) V-Cone Mixer (8quart) Weigh and Fill Machine (small) Weigh and Fill machine (large)
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* SKILLS:

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* · Willingness to learn and follow detailed instructions
· Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment
· Strong attention to detail and commitment to safety
· Basic communication skills
· Physical ability to perform manual tasks and operate equipment
· Previous manufacturing experience is a plus, but not required
** RESPONSIBILITY:** ·       
** Assembly Process Training:
** Learn and assist with the set up, operation, and tear down of equipment for sanitation, granular, PAK, packaging, labeling, and blending processes.·       
** Sanitation & Cleaning:
** Follow training…