Granulation Operator; Second Shift

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$18.00/hr - $20.00/hr

NO EXTERNAL RECRUITERS PLEASE

• No Sponsorship/Transfer Available**

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 the finished products. Our team, with over 230 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 as per each batch record manufacturing instructions.
• Operate and manage process controls, including inlet and outlet temperatures, air flow, 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, including 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 as per batch specifications.
• Maintain attention to particle sizing detail to ensure manufacturing instructions are properly executed, contributing to the overall ability to compress tablets, fill capsules, or provide powder blends according to customer specifications.
• Verification of materials for each batch as per the batch record and sign off with a second person is required as materials are 'top loaded' into the mixers from staging area.
• Lifting of materials within OSHA limits is required.
• Sanitation, cGMPs, adherence to SOPs and safe work practices is always required.
• Coordinate with Quality Control on batch record signoffs and anything that violates cGMPs.
• Read and follow manufacturing instructions to property load raw materials (sequentially), close and seal Intel portholes and 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, milling/particle sizing equipment including sieves/sifters as necessary.

• High School Diploma or Certificate; or 6 months to 1 year of related experience and/or training.
• Weigh final blends using floor scales for calculation of outgoing yield versus incoming theoretical yield. Use metal detection equipment, milling/particle sizing equipment including sieves/sifters as necessary.
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Write routine reports and correspondence. Read, write, and speak English.
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Compute rate, ratio, and percent, and draw and…