2nd Shift Line Operator

Ventura Foods; Ontario (CA); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Ventura Foods seeks a 2nd Shift Line Operator in Ontario, CA to safely transfer quality product on a fast-moving line. You will operate filling and packaging equipment and oversee other employees under supervision.

Responsibilities include setting up line, ensuring weight and coding accuracy, performing routine maintenance, and executing quality control checks while maintaining food safety standards.

Qualifications

• Mechanical aptitude and strong hand-eye coordination.
• Ability to work with and lead others with good judgment.

Responsibilities

• Fill containers to customer specs (weight, codes, labels).
• Perform light maintenance (lubrication, cleaning, adjustments).
• Train line support on complete line functions.
• Set up line for production, document outputs and losses.
• Communicate and hand off shifts to the next operator.
• Maintain sanitation and complete sanitation tasks.
• Conduct quality control checks on lids, bags, wrapping, codes, and case inspections.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Leadership

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

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2nd Shift Line Operator

Location: Ontario, CA, US, 91761

Employment Type:Hourly
Work Arrangement:Onsite
Shift:Second

Position Summary:

To safely transfer quality product at a high rate of speed from the facility mixing and distribution system to customers preferred packaging. Operate filling and packaging equipment and generally oversee and coordinate activities of other employees on the production line under the guidance and support of the Supervisor/Foreman.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Fill each container to the correct customer specifications, i.e., weight, bottle coding, labels, correct case coding
• Perform light maintenance of equipment such as lubrication, cleaning, adjustments, timing and sequencing as trained by a qualified maintenance technician. Line operators will be trained in the performance of autonomous maintenance and, once trained, expected to perform those tasks and maintain respective equipment
• Train all other line support on complete line functions
• Sets up and assembles line for production run and shuts down equipment as needed per schedule. Maintains documentation of production output and losses are properly tagged in Informance
• Communication and shift handoff to oncoming operator
• Maintains operational sanitation; performs sanitation task
• Perform quality control checks on proper placement of lids, closure of bags, wrapping, weights, codes, and case inspections. Ensures Ventura Foods' process parameters are met
• Support safety culture, raises near misses, reports unsafe conditions or behaviors
• Responsible for following all food safety policies, procedures and regulatory criteria including the current SQF code, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and associated preventive controls
• Other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

High School Diploma/GED

Knowledge and Skills:

• Possesses mechanical aptitude with good hand and eye coordination
• Ability to work effectively with and lead others; demonstrates good judgment