Raw Meat Machine Operator

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Vermont Smoke & Cure is currently searching for a Formulation Operator to enhance our team. If you bring a robust work ethic, a team‑player mentality, and a conscientious approach to your work, and thrive in a dynamic small‑company atmosphere, we believe you could be the perfect fit for this role!

• This job is on site at our facility in Hinesburg, VT
• Monday–Thursday 6AM – 4:30PM
• Hourly starting at $21/hr

As a Formulation Operator, you will collaborate within a team to carry out processes within the assigned department. Your responsibilities include operating specialized machinery and following department‑specific protocols meticulously to ensure the production of high‑quality products with minimal waste. You will take direction from the Department Lead/Production Supervisor, adhere to safety protocols, and actively contribute ideas for process improvement.

• Ingredient Preparation:
  Weighing, measuring, and preparing ingredients according to established formulations.
• Equipment Operation:
  Operating machinery and equipment involved in the formulation process, ensuring accurate and efficient production.
• Quality Control:
  Monitoring and maintaining product quality by following strict protocols and standards.
• Safety Compliance:
  Learn and follow safety regulations and guidelines to ensure a secure working environment.
• Process Improvement:
  Contributing ideas for process optimization and efficiency enhancement.
• Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Working collaboratively within a team, often under the direction of a supervisor or lead.

• Conscientious – pays attention and strives to meet quality standards efficiently
• Strong work ethic and reliable
• Team player, building trusting relationships with team members

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty at a satisfactory level. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. The mental and physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly required to sit, bend, stretch, stand or walk for prolonged periods of time
• Regularly bend and lift up to 30-75 lbs. repeatedly
• Excellent hand‑eye coordination
• Regularly required to talk and hear
• Regularly required to visually observe objects up close and at a distance
• Regularly requires hands to handle or feel and finger dexterity
• Ability to work in 38° Fahrenheit temperature and wet environment
• Ability to frequently kneel, squat, and stoop, twist, and reach overhead with repetitive motions.
• Regularly required to move heavy racking on rollers containing upwards of 1,000 pounds of product out of warm ovens, on and off scales and into cold chillers

• Regularly required to use written and oral communication skills
• Learn and apply new information or skills
• Regularly required to demonstrate poise, tact and diplomacy when interacting with the team
• Ability to visually discern quality and cleanliness and follow food/workplace safety requirements

• Work is primarily performed in a manufacturing plant
• English is the primary language; training materials are written in English. For individuals who do not speak English as their primary language, translation will be provided.

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Experience working in a production environment, ideally with food or involving mechanical equipment is preferred

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Management and Manufacturing

• Food Production