Blender - 1st shift - $18.00 hr

The Lebermuth Company; South Bend (IN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-owned ingredient manufacturer in South Bend is seeking a 1st Shift Blender to produce custom blends according to customer specifications. Responsibilities include measuring and blending ingredients, ensuring quality standards, and maintaining safety practices. The ideal candidate has a high school diploma, relevant experience, and strong attention to detail. Join a fast-paced environment where you can thrive and contribute significantly to production operations.

Qualifications

• 1 year of related experience in manufacturing or food-grade facility preferred.
• Basic computer and inventory control skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written formats.

Responsibilities

• Retrieve and inspect ingredients for product blending.
• Measure, weigh, and blend ingredients following quality standards.
• Complete inspections and maintain safety documentation.

Skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivation

Ability to follow instructions

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Description

About Lebermuth:

The Lebermuth Company is currently looking for a 1st Shift Blender to join our Manufacturing team. Lebermuth is a family owned, ingredient manufacturer, specializing in essential oils and custom-developed fragrance and flavor blends. We serve the personal care, home fragrance and fragrance/flavor reseller markets. Lebermuth culture is rich in family values, a trademark of our 100+ year history.

Summary:

As the Blender, you will be responsible for creating product blends per customer orders and following established quality standards throughout the manufacturing process to ensure complete, on-time and error free processing.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Retrieves ingredients, utilizing bar code scanning equipment, according to the established system for shelving and storage to ensure the correct materials are selected each time.
• Inspects materials, products, and containers at each step of the manufacturing process and accurately labels completed orders to ensure quality standards are met.
• Measures, weighs, and blends ingredients utilizing tanks, hot plates, and other tools, ensuring customer specifications and processes are followed.
• Completes pre-pack shop orders for stock-on-hand to guarantee timely fulfilment of customer orders.
• Follows Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Lebermuth quality standards to ensure all tasks involving equipment such as a hand trucks, drum carts or forklifts are performed in a safe manner.
• Acts as a QA Ambassador, completing pre-operation inspections, out of range thermometer corrective actions, and final batch record reviews to ensure the department is adhering to Lebermuth Quality Standards.
• Promotes a safe food culture by maintaining a clean and organized workspace, assisting with cleaning and sanitation throughout the production areas, and accurately completing Lebermuth required paperwork (i.e., equipment logs, regulatory documentation) to ensure the safe production and shipment of quality food products.
• The job criteria may include other duties, responsibilities, and activities, which may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Education: High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Experience: One-year related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Previous experience in manufacturing and/or food grade facility preferred.
• Certifications: Ability to become forklift certified. Must successfully complete General Awareness HazMat training within 90 days of employment.
• Functional Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide using whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Basic understanding of percentages. Ability to recognize and follow alpha and numeric sequences. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where standardization is sometimes limited. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written or oral form.
• Technology Aptitude/Skills: Basic knowledge of computer and keyboard functions. Working knowledge of manufacturing, inventory control and order processing software.
• Language Skills: Ability to communicate and receive information in both verbal and written formats. Ability to give and receive feedback in a professional manner. Ability to read and understand documents such as shop order tickets, safety rules, memos, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
• Leadership/Behavior Skills: Self-motivated to stay focused on quality and output goals; strong work ethic and values, sound judgement, dependable, focused on the customer and processes; high level of accuracy and attention to detail with the flexibility to move to priorities throughout the operation areas, following all Safety requirements.
• Culture Match Behaviors: Enjoys and thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, with a huge drive to create an impact while also being an effective listener, respectful problem-solver and a collaborative continuous learning team member.