Tower Operator; P6, Team

At Hilmar Cheese Company we improve lives around the world through wholesome dairy products. Since our founding in 1984, Hilmar Cheese Company has been committed to innovation and sustainability. Our state‑of‑the‑art production facilities convert an abundance of locally sourced high‑quality milk into a variety of nutritious cheeses, whey protein and lactose. The cheeses and ingredients that we produce create a wide variety of retail and food service products from sliced and shredded cheeses, to protein supplements and infant formula.

We are a trusted partner to premier food and beverage brands in more than fifty countries helping bring their vision into reality.

Throughout our decades of success and growth we have remained committed to our mission and values and these principles unite our people and guide all that we do.

The primary responsibilities of the Tower Operator are to run and maintain cheese towers and related equipment.

• Ensure the correct operation and follow all procedures of the typical day assigned equipment.
• Identify flows from HCV’s to packaging including completing product transitions.
• Troubleshoot and communicate any plant issues with related equipment and/or process.
• Understand and maintain the operation and sanitation of all typical day equipment including CIP (clean in place) system, COP (clean out of place) systems, operator‑based maintenance and pre‑ and post‑CIP inspections.
• Perform all in‑process sampling as assigned.
• Notify and communicate with management/maintenance any problems with equipment or processes that could affect safety, food safety or quality.
• Learn and operate computer‑related processes and controls.
• Handle product safely and follow re‑forming procedures.
• Actively participate and own training and development programs and associated activities, classes and events, which will be held before, during, and after shifts and during scheduled days off.
• Coach and train teammates and participate in on‑the‑job, buddy training.
• Place high priority on food safety and sanitation by understanding and executing HCC’s food safety and sanitation policies and procedures. Communicate any food‑safety incident, observation, or opportunity to leadership and teammates and participate in root‑cause analysis and improvement activities when required.
• Prioritize safety above all other job duties by adopting a safety‑first approach and reporting safety issues, observations, and opportunities to the team and following up.

• Proficient English skills to understand, read, write, and speak.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to work 12‑hour variable shifts, including weekends, holidays and overtime as required.
• Ability to lift up to 60 lbs.

• High school diploma or GED from an accredited institution.
• SAP experience.
• Dairy manufacturing experience.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to:

• Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach, and climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk or hear.
• Stand and walk almost the entire workday.
• Remain physically capable of working in any of the job tasks within the respective area.
• Work at heights and in fairly small areas.
• Push, pull, reach, bend, stoop, squat, kneel, handle and grasp, twist/turn, and repetitively bend.

Food safety is a company wide responsibility and each employee must know their role in the manufacture and distribution of safe, wholesome, and high‑quality products.

This description is a general statement and does not include other duties as assigned.

Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer/EEO. We participate in E‑Verify.