1st Shift Bakery - Machine Operator

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6 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $18.00 To $21.85 Hourly

Urban Farmer is seeking a skilled Machine Operator to join our dynamic and fast-growing team. This role requires hands‑on proficiency with advanced food manufacturing, processing, and packaging equipment, including Texwrap Systems, ADCO, JDD Bagger, Inline Pressing System, VEMAG Extruder, and additional high‑performance production machinery. The ideal candidate will ensure efficient machine operation, uphold quality and safety standards, minimize downtime, and support high‑volume production goals within a fast‑paced food manufacturing environment.

• Operate Specialized Food Manufacturing Equipment:
• VEMAG – Extruder: Operate the VEMAG dough portioning machine to accurately divide and deposit dough, ensuring consistent weights, improved efficiency, and reliable support for high‑volume production needs.
• Crimper Machine: Operate the crimper machine to form and seal pizza snacks by accurately crimping dough edges, ensuring proper fill, tight seals, and consistent product quality in high‑volume production.
• JDD Bagger: Operate the JDD bagger to accurately package product into bags, ensuring proper sealing, coding and consistent fill weights to support efficient, high‑volume production.
• Inline Pressing System: Operate and monitor the Inline Pressing System designed for high‑volume dough processing. This system automatically feeds dough balls, positions them onto conveyors, and uses heated or hydraulic presses to flatten dough into consistent crusts or sheets. Manage line speed, pressure settings, temperature zones, and alignment of dough entering and exiting the press. Ensure product uniformity in thickness and diameter, while troubleshooting issues such as sticking, misshaping, or press misalignment to maintain continuous production efficiency.
• Industrial Ovens: Operate and monitor industrial ovens to ensure precise baking temperatures, consistent product quality, and proper throughput to meet high‑volume production demands.
• Freezer: Operate and monitor the freezer system to ensure proper product freezing, temperature control, and inventory flow while maintaining food safety and quality standards in a high‑volume production environment.
• Texwrap Systems: Manage a range of automatic standard and custom shrink‑wrapping systems, including shrink wrappers, shrink bundlers, L‑bar sealers, side sealers, tunnels, infeeds, and conveyors, ensuring high efficiency and precision in packaging.
• ADCO Manufacturing Company: Operate ADCO’s automated packaging machines, including cartoners tailored for a variety of industries such as frozen foods, baked goods, and ready‑to‑eat meals. Ensure the optimal performance and troubleshooting of these end‑of‑line packaging solutions.
• Combi Automated Case Erectors: Operate Combi automated case erectors to increase efficiency and consistently build cases for end‑of‑line packaging, meeting high production needs.
• Coding & Label Applicator Machine: Operate the coding and label applicator to apply accurate product codes, dates, and labels to cases and packaging, ensuring proper placement, legibility, and compliance with traceability requirements.
• 3M Tapper Machine: Operate the 3M tapper (case taper) machine to securely seal cases with consistent tape application, ensuring proper adhesion, packaging integrity, and efficient end‑of‑line flow.

• Conduct regular operator checks and perform minor repairs to prevent equipment malfunctions and prolong machinery life.
• Troubleshoot mechanical issues swiftly and efficiently, minimizing downtime and optimizing productivity.

• Rigorously perform quality control checks, including verifying seal integrity, checking code dates, and ensuring each product meets strict company and regulatory standards.
• Adjust machine settings to correct any deviations from product specifications, maintaining a relentless focus on producing high‑quality food…