Chili Cooker

Sensient Technologies Corporation; Turlock (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Onsite training

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Sensient Technologies Corporation seeks a Chili Cooker for our Turlock, CA facility on swing shift. You will start up cookers, prepare products, and maintain logs, ensuring safety and quality standards are met. Proficiency with JDE and flexibility to shift as needed are important.

The role requires lifting and handling heavy drums and working around high temperatures and forklifts in a manufacturing environment. We offer training, competitive pay, and benefits.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of manufacturing operator experience.
• Ability to read and write and learn new processes.
• Knowledge of industrial safety and hygiene guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Start up cookers and prepare products.
• Maintain logs and paperwork for the work area.
• Perform agtron tests and moisture analysis on batches.
• Fill barrels to proper weight and operate forklift safely.
• Coordinate with shift supervisor to complete duties.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Safety awareness

Reading & writing

Forklift operation

Tools

JDE Software

Job description

Come join the skilled team at Sensient Technologies. We are collaborative and hard working. We solve tough problems. And we will be better with you.

We are seeking a Chili Cooker to join our team in Turlock, CA on swing shift! Are you a motivated and detail-oriented individual with a keen eye for detail? Responsibilities include starting up cookers, preparing products, and maintaining logs and paperwork. Ensuring product safety and quality tests are met is key. The candidate must be able to enter information into JDE and must be flexible to work varying shift based on the business need.

What you’ll do:

• Preparing the product to be used along with the tags following the companies Tag Collection Procedure.
• Prepare clean, sound, good barrels to be filled with cooked material. Maintains forms, logs, and paperwork associated with work area. Washes and sanitizes equipment as scheduled by the Production Supervisor.
• Perform agtron test on each batch of product to ensure surface color meets specification. Perform moisture analysis on each batch to ensure the moisture is on target.
• Fill barrels to proper weight (weight determined by operator). Knowledge of operating a forklift in a safe manner and working safely around heavy forklift traffic is necessary. You’ll be responsible to perform job reclassification in JDE.
• Work closely with shift supervisor and/or lead person to ensure assigned duties are completed.

What you’ll bring:

• Ability to work a diverse range of tasks, from handling filled drums weighing 75 lbs. at a time to safely rolling drums weighing up to 190 lbs. Employees navigate extreme temperatures, loud noises, airborne food particles, and forklift fumes on a regular basis.
• Interest in being a part of an effective and productive manufacturing process.
• Ability to read, write with desire to continually learn and improve.
• Knowledge of Industrial Safety and Hygiene guideline with previous experience in plant production sites with added plus of exposure to food industry.
• At least 3 years of previous Manufacturing Operator experience.

What you’ll get:

• Opportunity to collaborate with your colleagues, onsite 5 days per week
• An excellent salary, benefit offering and development opportunities
• A thorough and effective training experience during onboarding and beyond

About Sensient:

Sensient Technologies Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors, and extracts. Sensient employs advanced technologies at facilities around the world to develop specialty food and beverage systems, cosmetic and pharmaceutical systems, specialty colors, and other specialty and fine chemicals. The Company's customers include major international manufacturers representing most of the world's best-known brands.

About Sensient Agricultural Ingredients:

Sensient Agricultural Ingredients is one of the largest producers and distributors in the world of dehydrated onion and garlic products as well as chili powder, paprika, chili pepper and dehydrated vegetables such as parsley, celery, and spinach. These ingredients are used in many of today's popular convenience foods. The Agricultural Ingredients unit is located in Turlock, California.

The hourly rate for this position is $26.04 per hour USD. Pay within the range is based on several factors, which may include, but are not limited to, education, work experience, specialized training, and labor market conditions. In addition to salary, Sensient is proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits program to support the holistic well-being of our employees and their families.

SPONSORSHIP: Due to our inability to offer visa sponsorship, we can only consider candidates who are authorized to work in the US without the need for employment visa sponsorship.

RELOCATION: We are unable to offer relocation assistance. The successful candidate will be expected to work at the Turlock, California facility and must reside in the area or be willing to commute.