Production Operator

Job Description

Greenfield Milling

TITLE Production Operator I
Job Location Richmond, UT 84333
Position Type Full Time
Education Level High School
Salary Range $19.50 - $19.50 Hourly

Description

Description

• Responsible for understanding and following all personnel and equipment safety policies, all GMP, HACCP, Sanitation, and Business Unit policies and procedures.
• Understand written customer specifications and mill flour to meet customer specifications.
• Safe and efficient operation of all transferring equipment and systems.
• Sample and analyze milled flour.
• Analyze flour with lab instruments. Safely operate lab analytical instruments.
• Lockout, open, unstack, repair, and restack sifters.
• Measure levels of flour and feed in storage bins with tape measure.
• Responsible for sanitation efforts such as recording sanitation duties, performing sanitation duties, and completing work orders assigned to them.
• Interact with scheduler, elevator, blender, quality team, maintenance, and packer to communicate workflow, milling schedule, and equipment issues.
• Monitor flour additives, ingredients, and other supplies.
• Required to assist with the upkeep and quality of bins and silos.
• Responsible for consistently conducting visual inspections of the FPZ transfer sifter.
• Set up and monitor finished package weights to ensure that bags conform to specifications.
• Set up the packer scale weights prior to a run.
• Check the precision of the check scale prior to the start of the run.
• Continually check the finished package weights throughout the run.
• Ensure that the finished product is bagged, sealed, and palletized in a neat, clean, and orderly fashion on structurally sound pallets.
• Pull samples of product, both prior to packaging, and throughout the run, and run analysis on samples on equipment located in mill control room.
• Perform the metal detector checks on a scheduled basis set by the quality department and notify supervisor of any substandard conditions.
• Pull samples prior to the run (or at the startup of packaging) to help ensure conformity to specifications.
• Samples pulled during a run will normally be one sample per grade, once conformity is verified.
• For government contracts, one sample will be taken per pallet, for weight and lab testing.
• Keep bags available and ready to be used, including bags labeled for special customers.
• Attach labels to bags as necessary.
• Clean and sanitize all packing and loading areas (including hopper area above packers).
• Feed any product that did not meet specifications back into the system to rework.
• Assist in the training of new and existing personnel in any packaging functions/positions.
Qualifications

Qualifications

• On-the-job training is provided.
• Safety training is required and provided by the company in group settings, as well as individual computer-based training.
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Strong reading comprehension, writing, math, and communication skills.
• Strong work planning and decision-making skills.
• Analytical skills to recognize and assess problems.
• Interpersonal skills communication and team skills.
• Ability to meet strict deadlines and schedules.
• Communication skills in English (both verbal and written).
• Basic computer skills (for data entry and process control).
• Available to work flexible hours including rotating shifts.
Working Conditions:
• This position requires physical efforts such as straining, pulling, lifting, working, and standing and walking on concrete floor.
• Exposure to elements such as noise, minable dust, cold and hot temperatures.
• Extreme climate or climate variation.
• Heat up to 100 degrees and low to 40 degrees.
• Changes of >30 degrees within a shift.
• Exposure to manufacturing equipment hazards, especially forklifts.
• Climbing ladders.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs.
Benefits:
• Medical Insurance (first day of the month after starting date)
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance and AD&D, Employer Paid
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Accident Insurance, optional
• Critical Illness Insurance, optional
• 401K, Employer Match
• PTO & Vacation Pay
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Company Product Discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement, up to $5,000.00 per calendar year
• Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leave
• Company Incentive Plan
• Bereavement Pay
• Relocation Available
Utah Flour Milling dba Greenfield Milling is an equal opportunity…