Granulation Operator

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US $18.00/hr – US $20.00/hr

For over 60 years, Meri Cal has been at the forefront of innovation in the dietary supplement industry, delivering custom manufacturing and packaging solutions with passion and precision. With state‑of‑the‑art facilities in Southern California and Ogden, UT, we transform ideas into high‑quality products—from research and development to finished products. Our team, with over 30 years of combined experience, is dedicated to crafting exceptional gummies, probiotics, tablets, capsules, chewables, and powders using clinically backed ingredients.

At Meri Cal, we don’t just meet expectations—we exceed them, every time. Join us and be part of a dynamic, forward‑thinking team shaping the future of nutrition.

We are seeking a Granulation Operator to support various machinery for agglomeration and particle sizing of raw materials, ensuring proper process controls like temperature, airflow, and spray rates. Key tasks include verifying materials, following manufacturing instructions, and ensuring the final product meets specifications for tablets, capsules, or powder blends. The operator is responsible for adhering to cGMP standards, safety practices, and coordinating with Quality Control on batch sign‑offs.

Additional duties include weighing blends and using metal detection and milling equipment when required.

• Operate machinery as necessary for agglomeration and particle sizing of formulated raw materials per batch record manufacturing instructions.
• Manage process controls, including inlet and outlet temperatures, airflow, dust collection (Magnehelic), solution preparation, spray rates, and spray nozzle calibration for fluidized bed granulators.
• Handle accessory bowls and dump stations, ensuring proper setup and operation.
• Operate various blenders—Hobart mixer, ribbon blender, twin‑shell blender, and Fitzmills—while adjusting speeds and screen sizes as needed.
• Manage roller compaction equipment, adjusting rollers and screen sizes to achieve desired particle sizes.
• Utilize oscillators for particle sizing and apply manual granulation methods using trays, racks, and dryers per batch specifications.
• Maintain attention to particle sizing detail to ensure manufacturing instructions are properly executed.
• Verify materials for each batch as per the batch record and sign off with a second person; materials are top‑loaded into mixers from a staging area.
• Lifting materials within OSHA limits; sanitation, cGMP, adherence to SOPs and safe work practices.
• Coordinate with Quality Control on batch record sign‑offs and address any cGMP violations.
• Read and follow manufacturing instructions to load raw materials, close and seal inlet ports, discharge valves, operate fluid bed, and mixers for blending of raw materials and unload/discharge final product blends into sanitary containers.
• Weigh final blends using floor scales for calculation of outgoing yield versus incoming theoretical yield; use metal detection equipment and milling/particle sizing equipment—including sieves and sifters—as necessary.

• High school diploma or certificate, or 6 months to 1 year of related experience and/or training.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Proficiency in arithmetic—addition, subtraction, multiplication, division in all units; ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages; familiarity with the metric system.
• Ability to apply common‑sense understanding to carry out written, oral, or diagram instruction; solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Physical ability to stand for 10 hours, lift up to 50 lb, and handle material containers within OSHA limitations; accuracy and attention to…