Bakery Production Associate - Training & Safety Focus

King's Hawaiian Bakery Southeast, Inc; United States; On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

King's Hawaiian Bakery Southeast, Inc is seeking workers for bread and roll production. Tasks include operating roll dividing and bread rounding equipment, handling dough, loading ingredients, and maintaining clean, safe work areas.

The role involves moving pans, supervising conveyors, and assisting with mixers as needed. The position may require shift work and travel between plants, with emphasis on following safety procedures and meeting product specifications.

Qualifications

• Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• Safety conscious.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• One year of general warehouse/production experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules operating and maintenance instructions written in English.
• Ability to write routine quality assurance reports in English.
• Ability to add subtract multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers common fractions and decimals.
• The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear.
• May require the use of equipment in the machine shop, small portable equipment and manual tools.
• Duties may require occasional operation of a motor vehicle or travel to another state on behalf of the company.
• This position may be on a shift basis and could be scheduled on all shifts.

Responsibilities

• Attend to the roll dividing equipment to straighten out the dough balls in pans or trays to meet product specifications.
• Attend to the bread rounding equipment to place dough balls into pie tins to meet product specifications.
• Supply other employees with empty pie tins.
• Monitor conveyors for jams and clear jams safely.
• Inspect products for damage or for conformity to specifications.
• Notify Supervisor of any non-conformance of product.
• Move materials between machines or departments on a dolly.
• Move pans from dolly to conveyor and vice versa.
• Keep work area clean and organized; sweep, wipe equipment and sanitation tasks.
• Assist mixer by loading ingredients into hoppers or feeders.
• Train new employees or those changing job classifications.
• Report equipment problems to foreman or supervisor immediately.
• Promote safety by following safety procedures and reporting incidents.
• Plan and carry out job assignments without creating hazards.

Skills

Safety conscious

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

King's Hawaiian Bakery Southeast, Inc is seeking workers for bread and roll production. Tasks include operating roll dividing and bread rounding equipment, handling dough, loading ingredients, and maintaining clean, safe work areas.

The role involves moving pans, supervising conveyors, and assisting with mixers as needed. The position may require shift work and travel between plants, with emphasis on following safety procedures and meeting product specifications.