Fryer Operator

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

Title:

Fryer Operator

Location:

Boardman, OR

Job

Requisition
-259702

Time Type:
Full time

This position requires constant monitoring of fluid levels and temperatures in blanchers, dryers, and fryers. It also requires monitoring of equipment to assure proper product and fluid flows throughout process and equipment.

• Include the following (other duties may be assigned):
• Maintains safe work practices at all times and participates in safety programs. Must be familiar with all safety rules and practices to avoid any possible fire hazards and to ensure safety of employees in their work areas.
• Monitors equipment operations and changes process settings as required.
• Monitors and fills SAPP, sugar and salt mix tanks as required.
• Monitors filtering of oil systems.
• Monitors and makes necessary changes to additive levels.
• Performs titrations for free fatty acids test of the oil.
• Able to use the TESTO to measure and record Total Polar Compounds of the Fryer Oil.
• Performs fry-ups to monitor product color.
• Checks product at exit of blancher, dryer, and fryer to ensure adequate process standards.
• Communicates problems and breaks in the line to appropriate personnel.
• Maintains expected level of sanitation in work area.
• Monitors batter levels and viscosity as instructed.
• Starts and stops equipment as required.
• Maintains oil level in fryer makeup tanks as required.
• Fills out paperwork as required.
• Must have a good understanding of chemicals and the hazards associated with the processing area.
• Cleans under and around fryer, deoiler and precool area. Also clean around dryer and blancher area as needed.
• Empties fines buckets as required.
• Performs boilouts on fryer as required.
• Performs assigned duties during cut changes and defrost as required.
• Changes paper filter when necessary.
• Changes fryer oil as instructed
• Able to wear Fryer safety suit for 15 to 20min intervals

• Break other operators as assigned.
• Tools and equipment used: flashlights, hot hoses, high pressure hoses, stop watches, stein cups, telephones, scrapers, foamers, shovels, squeegees, brooms, ladders (rollaway stairs), buckets, control panels/terminals, and waste carts.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• 3-6 months’ work experiences in a manufacturing facility.

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos in English.
• Ability to write accurate information on simple forms in English.
• Ability to effectively present or listen to information in one‑on‑one and small group situations with all other employees of the organization in English.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Good decision making and troubleshooting are necessary.

• This position may or may not be on ground level.
• The operators are expected to know how three different fryers operate (they are not all on the same level).
• The use of chemicals for cleanup purposes creates an added exposure. You must be able to withstand high temperatures and humidity.
• Conditions may sometimes be wet and slippery due to…