Extruder Operator - (Guelph - RGU) $3,000 Sign-On Bonus

Mars; Guelph; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A global food company located in Ontario, Guelph, seeks an Extrusion Operator responsible for performing and reporting extrusion operations while ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. The ideal candidate should be safety-conscious, technically inclined, and able to work in a team. This role supports a strong learning culture with opportunities for professional development and includes a competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company bonus

Access to Mars University for development

Qualifications

• Training and/or experience in functional tasks, preferably in the feed/food industry.
• Willingness to work irregular hours and extended shifts if necessary.

Responsibilities

• Perform and report extrusion operations according to standards.
• Ensure compliance with safety and quality rules.
• Conduct sampling and quality control tests.

Skills

Safety consciousness

Team player

Technical inclination

Attention to quality

Job description

Overview

Job Description: Hours: 12 hours shifts – Day: 7am-7pm; Night: 7pm-7am.
Shift Rotation: Day shift: 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 3 off - Repeat but on night shift.
This is a 2 week rotation.
This position is eligible to receive a $3,000 sign-on bonus, broken into 2 payments of $1,500 to be paid at six and twelve months.
This position also comes with a 4% Shift Premium.

Job Summary

Perform and report extrusion operations in order to comply with safety, quality and productivity targets.

Essential Duties (Responsibilities)

• All PPE must be worn in compliance with the OHSA/RC requirements
• Enforce/Respect the safety rules and the internal policy
• Stop any equipment / operative works / external company works if safety/environment protection/fire protection rules are broken
• Guarantee and apply ISO 14001 (Environment), and all related working procedures
• Ownership of environmental responsibilities listed in ENV-REF-002 – Associates SEA Matrix
• Guarantee and apply ISO 9001, FSS/ISO22000, Mars Standards, and all related working procedures
• Support the HACCP program in the department
• Follow GMP-GHP in the area
• Inform Shift Supervisor of quality deviations according to product standards and production procedures
• Maintain CCPs and oPrPs in the department
• Perform the CCP and oPrP’s procedure according to SOPs
• Sampling of products to ensure quality control (micro sampling)
• Report any pest activity to related Manager
• Perform and record quality control tests
• Adhere to multi-skills policy and acquire at least one additional competence as established with and by Management
• Training: attend any training program as scheduled by company management and train any designed person in the position
• Perform extruding line start up sequence processes
• Run the extruding processes
• Perform extruding line shut down sequence processes
• Assign FP silos and instruct packaging operator
• Control and maintain a constant supply of coating powders and liquids to the coater in cooperation with the RM handler
• Perform area-related equipment first level maintenance
• Perform inventory of raw ingredients / packaging materials / finished products in bins, silos and racks (cyclical and period end inventories)
• Any task as delegated by Manager
• Perform Housekeeping Checks to ensure compliance to 5S
• Perform operational cleaning operations
• Change ver cleaning
• Weekly cleaning & Sanitation
• HP cleaning
• Provide any requested documentation to other Departments according to internal rules
• Shift changes: communicate with co-worker of next shift about machine problems, progress on production schedule, bin inventories, quality issue…
• Complete production reports as required by manager and record any production events (stops, quantity, quality…)

Background Experience & Qualifications

Training and/or experience in functional tasks (opt: knowledge of feed/food industry)

Must be willing to work irregular hours and extended shift if necessary

Safety & Hygiene & Quality conscious, Initiative, Self motivated, Team player, Technically inclined, Depth perception, Tolerance to hot environment, Unrestricted range of motion, Color discrimination, olfactory and texture perception

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.