Production Technician - PM Shift - Sun-Wed​/Sun-Tues G

Overview

Golden West Baking is an English muffin and bun products manufacturer located in Anacis Island. Established in 1984, the facility supplies products for food service and retail and is part of CH Guenther and Son, a company with over 170 years of history.

Operate department under HACCP regulations and WCB safety guidelines. Rotate position with Technician #1, #2, #3, #4 equally throughout shift. Priority for all areas in packaging is to ensure that customer satisfaction and requirements are met at all times, responsible for final quality control check and proper documentation. Final stages for QC control are in this area. It is everyone’s responsibility.

If no Bagger Operator is scheduled, Technician #1 will absorb the duties and responsibilities.

• Technician #1 — Duties Performed While At The Culler Position
• Ensure that muffins meet customer requirements prior to bagging in the Priority QC area.
• Ensure that all product is conveyed, sliced, forked, grouped and packaged properly.
• Clear jam-ups at the forkers and conveyors when needed.
• Clear jam-ups at the air divider.
• Assist Bagger Operator with bag and Quick Lock changes.
• Assist Bagger Operator when machine jams and tray muffins as needed for all products.
• Rebag product manually if needed.
• Report all equipment problems to the Bagger Operator; page a mechanic if necessary.
• Keep muffin-packaging area organized, clean and sanitary; dust machines and sweep the floor during production when possible. Set up double forkers for Raisin doughs and clean blades after Raisin production.
• Keep top surfaces of machines clear and clean; keep all tools in proper storage.
• Adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) outlined for working in a food processing plant.
• Assist in general cleaning of machinery and plant facility as assigned when production is stopped.
• Work as a team and cooperate with fellow team members at all times; work under the direction of the Bagger Operator.
• Communicate any product loss, time loss, QA issues, or machine problems to the Shift Supervisor.
• Technician #2 and #3 — Duties Performed While On The Take Off Positions
• Ensure product is in proper bag and has correct clear Kwik Lok print.
• Tray or box package English Muffins for shipping.
• Operate Metal Detector if the bagger operator is busy and maintain log sheets as required.
• Check metal detectors as required and fill log sheets accordingly.
• Place properly packaged English Muffins into clean plastic trays or boxes.
• Assist Packaging area helper in stacking boxes or trays on pallets (skids) or carts when needed.
• Assist Culler in clearing jam-ups around air divider and reset diverter gate; help if needed with forker jam ups.
• Clean and remove muffins from diverter gate area; organize take-off area for the next run and at changeover times.
• Assist with bringing trays to Take-off area during production breaks; keep packaging area organized and sanitary; clean take-off round tables and sweep the floor during production when possible.
• Adhere to GMPs; assist in general cleaning of machinery and plant facility as assigned when production is stopped.
• Work as a team and cooperate with fellow team members; work under the direction of the Bagger Operator.
• Communicate with Bagger Operator about shortages and needed product; set up box machines for customer and product printing details on boxes, codes, lot numbers, etc.
• Communicate any product loss, time loss, QA issues, or machine problems to the Shift Supervisor.
• Technician #4 — Duties while performing Extra position
• Assist Bagger Operator with bag changeovers and rebag all muffins as needed.
• Take boxed product off both lines and stack onto proper skids; assist Take Off with rebagging as needed.
• Ensure muffins are cleaned up prior to starting another product in the packaging area; break down stacks of trays to a manageable height; assist with removal of large waste bins.
• Assist helper and Take Off with pulling trays in and out of area and breaking trays down if too high; sweep floors and clean machines; empty waste buckets.
• Clean UBE packaging machines when required at the end of production; work as a team and cooperate with fellow team…