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12 Hour Shift (6pm-6am)

POSITION PURPOSE:

This position reports to the Team Lead- Production. This position receives general supervision and works according to standards. This position is responsible for performing of their respective duties in order to meet company expectations in regards to quality, safety, cost, housekeeping and sanitation.  All employees will conduct themselves in a professional and businesslike manner at all times.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensures that production standards are met by efficiently running oven lines.
  • Responsible for monitoring process through LD display gauges and checking against checklist and established procedures. Listen for alarms and lasers to detect problems.
  • Documents each reading on process control sheets and reports irregularities to supervisor.
  • Follow safety procedures and checklist for start-up, emergency stop, and restart of oven lines after power failures.
• Maintains specifications by:
  • Obtaining and delivering samples for testing to the lab every hour per set procedure.
  • Conducting appearance, break and taste test every hour and discuss evaluation with supervisor.
  • Initiating process changes based on lab feedback.
• Checks and fill all salters. Checks salt barrels and replaces if full.
• Cleans saltpans and put into barrels. Move barrels by dolly to forklift collection area.
• Cleans floor in back of oven. Remove empty skids, gathers up all trash and take to dumpster, cleans under and around all kilns.
• Ensures good manufacturing procedures by following housekeeping standards.
• Cleans ovens to include wash down of cooker and transfer area at scheduled machine shutdowns by following standard procedures and safety procedures. Complete sanitation duties during machine shutdowns.
• Ensures efficient and quality production and positive employee relations by complying with all employment policies, rules, regulations, safety procedures, good manufacturing procedures, product protection standards and actively participating in all training requirements.

• Additional Tasks:  Contributes to team effort by performing other assigned duties as needed. Maintains cooperative relationship with coworkers and management by communicating necessary information, responding to requests, building rapport; and participating in problem solving methods.  Follows and enforces standards for food safety and food quality production reflected in SQF as well as the regulations of major vendors and governmental agencies such as OSHA, FDA and EPA and assures associates are consistently trained in these standards and comply with all requirements

Job Qualifications

Essential knowledge, skills, abilities and experience:

• High School, technical school education or equivalent.
• Ability to be organized, multitask and keep up with multiple fast-paced machines.
• Mechanical ability to run equipment and use small hand tools.
• Basic math and measuring ability.
• Mental alertness to identify and react to machine process, quality issues and safety issues such as lock out/tag out.
• Ability to comprehend written and oral communication and apply commonsense understanding to carry out and follow instructions and standard procedures.
• Ability to read production orders and machine specifications.
• Ability to use computers for data entry.
• Ability to work as a team player.
• Ability to communicate information one-on-one and in small group situations.
• Ability to keep up with fast-paced conveyor line.
• Ability to drive forklift and to pass in-company forklift driver training program.
• High degree of attention to drive safely required to prevent injury to others.
• Mental alertness to identify quality issues.

  PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to walk, taste, and smell.  The employee is occasionally required to stand; sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, and crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and color vision. 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.

  WORK ENVIRONMENT:

  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; and extreme heat. The noise level is representative of a production environment.  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.

  This job description is not intended, and should not be construed to be, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills efforts, or working conditions associated with the job; it is intended to be an accurate reflection of those principal job elements essential for making decisions related to job performance, employee development, and compensation. The incumbent may perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

Disability Assistance
TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers, including those with disabilities.  If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to disability-accommodations@treehousefoods.com. In your email please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting and a description of the position for which you are applying.

EEO Considerations

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.