Canning Manufacturing Operator IV- Mixer

Overview

Job Title: Canning Manufacturing Operator IV - Mixer

Job Category: Plant Hourly Standard

Requisition Number: MANUF
003121

Location: On-site – Locations:
Showing 1 location

Shift: 1st, Tues–Fri, 5:00 AM–3:30 PM

Pay: $17.28 - $24.10

About Amy’s: We are a family-owned, proudly independent organic food company and Certified B Corporation® whose purpose is to make it easy and enjoyable for everyone to eat well. Amy’s is committed to cooking authentic great tasting food with high-quality, meticulously sourced organic ingredients and making them convenient for consumers.

Summary: To assist in the manufacture of canned food products. Tasks vary from product to product. Handle food and equipment safely and follow team leader and supervisor’s instructions. The position rotates through several workstations requiring the worker to perform the various tasks at each station.

• Perform the tasks on the packaging line as assigned by the Production Supervisor or Line Lead.
• Work and maintain appropriate performance and quality standards at all positions or work stations.
• Comply with the rules and regulations in Amy s Kitchen Inc. employee handbook, safety manual and GMP booklet.
• Take proper precautions and use all equipment and tools safely.
• Notify Line Lead or Supervisor of safety, mechanical or quality problems immediately.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by your supervisor.
• Overtime may be required during peak season or based on company needs.

• Prepare pocket filler ingredients and record all required tasks on batch sheet or other document.
• Record usage of all IQF and WIP ingredients, including the time they were used. Issue product to each batch using handheld scanner. Accurately weigh and prepare returns to stock.
• Hydrate beans according to cold or hot soak requirements. Track soaking time to ensure beans are used at the correct hydration.
• Understand the quality attributes of food ingredients and packaging requirements.
• Sweep
• Change coders (put old code away neatly)
• Remove leftover materials to storage areas
• Stage materials for next product to be packaged
• Erect cases

Education: None Required

Experience: No prior experience required

Skills:

• Language
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.
• Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
• Mathematical
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Able to use calculator.
• Reasoning Ability:
  Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: None

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. The employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.

The employee is occasionally required to walk and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and must have the ability to occasionally lift or push up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme cold, and risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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