Production Utility

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION

Production Associates will operate all equipment and produce all finished products to comply with all laws, policies and standards governing food safety and quality. Production Associates are obligated to report all food safety and quality issues that may occur.

Must be able to work in a “Team Environment”. Responsible for inspecting product for uniformity and quality prior to packaging. For breaking down stacks of empty trays to be sorted by color, bakery names (stamped on trays) and sorting out trays that have been broken from use. Responsible for feeding trays into a tray washer and pulling stacked product out of stacking machines to be placed into product staging lanes.

Also, setting and pulling metal pans from production line at start-up, shutdown, and product changeovers. Other responsibilities including making sure product codes on packages are legible. Discarding scrap dough and buns into compactor and keeping work area clean and orderly. And any other duties assigned by supervision. Duties are rotated as instructed by supervision. Attend regularly and on time a five- or six-day workweek including weekends, holidays, and possible split days off.

Schedule 8 hours or more per day.

• Inspection of product for uniformity and quality prior to packaging
• Sorting Trays – by color, other suppliers, broken.
• Feeding trays to tray washer
• Operating Pan Stacker/Un-stacker as needed.
• Aiding in product changeovers
• Discarding scrap / waste disposal / mopping excess water
• Must maintain an organized, clean and sanitary working area.
• Communicating with others. i.e. operators, utility personnel, supervisors
• Pre-Wrap Product Inspection:
  Requires bending, lifting and stretching over 4’ conveyor. (Hands must be clean, sanitary and in gloves!)
• Stand at inspection station and wrapping machines and using both hands, remove inferior product that does not meet KBI standards.
• Placing inferior product into waste containers to be weighed for a cripple/damaged count.
• Responsible for reporting quality issues and machine problems to supervision or wrapping operator immediately.
• Using both hands, keeping product lanes even for smooth operation of wrapping machine and keeping product lanes free of “bun jams”.
• Know how to switch “split product conveyor” between east and west wrappers.
• Know how to operate all switches and buttons on inspecting station control panel: assist button, master stop button, accumulator speed dial, in feed speed dial, manual/automatic switch bun grouper section and north/south slicer on buttons.
• Be able to react quickly if wrapping machine quits running and know what actions to take.
• Know how to safely un-jam wrapper at basket loader.
• Keep area clean and orderly and know where to find cleaning supplies. Remember to wear safety goggles when using compressed air.
• Tray washer:
  Overhead stretching, stooping, and bending required.
• Be able to safely break down stacks of empty trays up to 7’8” high.
• Sort trays by color, bakery name (stamped on trays) and sort out broken trays.
• Know what color tray to load into washer for the product to be ran (ask loaders).
• Know where broken trays are placed at tray washer and where to take broken trays at end of the shift.
• Know where to store trays getting returned to the bakery that are heavily soiled. These trays need to be removed from the tray washer line and set aside for Sanitation.
• Using tray washer start button, load trays into tray washer properly and keep conveyor line full of trays.
• Occasionally, empty trays coming back from stores will have items that need to be returned to McDonalds. Know where to place these items.
• Know where assist button is located to notify wrapper operator of any problems.
• Carefully and safely be able to un-jam tray kick-plates that feed the east and west bun wrappers with empty trays.
• If both wrappers go down or quit running, know how to catch product properly at product run-off area.
• Emergency stop button locations.
• Learn “Tray washer Control Panel.”
• Keep tray washer tank skimmed of dirt, etc. to ensure proper tray cleanliness. Caution: tray washer water is between 160-175 degrees!!
• Know how to drain, clean, and fill…