Production Associate (Kitchen Cook) | 3rd Shift

Production Associate (Kitchen Cook) | 3rd Shift

Salary Range $18.00 - $18.00 Hourly Position Type Full Time Job Shift Third Shift Travel Percentage None Category Manufacturing

Georgia Nut Company (GNC) is a food manufacturing company that combines classic recipes with state-of-the-art equipment and technology to provide consumers with both everyday confections they love and innovative snacks that continue to drive our industry. Founded in 1945, GNC has been a family owned business for over four generations, bringing forth new ideas and driving the entrepreneurial spirit of the company into the future.

Our mission is to create a pleasurable eating experience for our customers by offering high quality confections and snacks while maintaining an unrelenting commitment to excellence.

• Inspect and prep equipment prior to start-up.
• Fill out material worksheets and production reports for all production in the kitchen.
• Report any problems (equipment, material shortages, formulas, and employees) to the supervisor as they occur.
• Report scrap according to procedures.
• Ensure efficient production.
• Report total amount of finished product, full and partial cases.
• Fill out machine time, production report; collect labor reports and material worksheets from kitchen.
• Record all materials used in the production batch order. All materials will be documented.
• Fill out batch log sheets for all products that require them.
• Keep entire work area clean and organized at all times.
• Fill out inventory s for all completed pallets, attach to pallets and shrink-wrap.
• Maintain cleanliness and operation of equipment.
• Follow all procedures related to job responsibilities.
• Report to the operator any equipment, quality, formula, and shortage of material problems as they occur.
• Keep area clean and organized at all times.
• Follow all procedures related to job responsibilities.
• General production duties
• Boxing produced orders and preparing them for shipping.

Physical/Environmental Requirements:

• Standing on a concrete floor.
• Wearing proper personal protective equipment (hair net, bump cap, ear plugs, safety shoes, and uniform).
• Bending, stooping, twist, turn, standing for extended time periods, reaching, and lifting up to 50 lbs.

• Required to work weekends during peak season.
• Required to work mandatory overtime when needed.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• Have a High school diploma, GED and/or equivalent education.
• Demonstrate cooperative behavior with co-workers, supervisors, and managers.
• Basic math skills, communication skills, computer skills, and problem solving skills.
• The ability to convert measures into weights.
• Knowledge of linear measurement, Percentages, and Ratios.
• Ability to communicate in English and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Must have mechanical skills to troubleshoot and or make adjustments as necessary to ensure a quality product.
• The ability to stand on a concrete floor for long period. Bending, stooping, twist, turn, standing for extended period, reaching and lifting up to 53 lbs.
• Wearing proper personal protective equipment (hair net, bump cap, safety glasses, ear plugs, safety shoes, and uniform)
• Associate must work well under pressure; meet multiple and sometimes completing deadlines.
• Work area is to be kept clean at all times.
• Good attendance is a condition of employment
• Must be willing to work extra hours on weekdays and weekends.
• Must be computer literate.