Divider Operator (3rd Shift Western)

King's Hawaiian Bakery West, Inc; United States; On-site; USD 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

King’s Hawaiian Bakery West, Inc. is seeking a production worker to support the bread and roll manufacturing line. You will attend to roll dividing and rounding equipment, load ingredients, monitor conveyors, and help keep the area clean and safe while meeting product specifications.

Candidates should have a high school diploma or GED and at least one year of warehouse or production experience. This on-site role offers steady shifts, opportunity for training, and a team-first environment that

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or equivalent.
• One year of general warehouse or production experience.
• Ability to read and understand safety rules and procedures written in English.

Responsibilities

• Attend to roll dividing equipment to shape dough balls per specs.
• Attend to bread rounding equipment to place dough into tins.
• Monitor conveyors and clear jams safely.
• Keep work area clean and organized; follow sanitation and safety procedures.
• Assist training of new employees and report equipment problems promptly.

Skills

Warehouse experience

Production line experience

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Joining King’s Hawaiian makes you part of our `ohana (family). We are a family‑owned business for over seventy years, respecting our roots while thinking about our future as we continue to grow and care for our customers and the communities we serve. Our `ohana members build an environment of inclusivity as they freely collaborate, pursue learning through curiosity, and explore innovation as critical thinkers. Beyond that, we are also passionate about supporting the long‑term health and well‑being of our employees and their families. If you’re excited to rise with our team, come and join our `ohana! To perform all the various job tasks included in the production of bread and rolls.

Job Requirements

• Attends to the roll dividing equipment to straighten out the dough balls in pans or trays to meet product specifications.
• Attends to the bread rounding equipment to place dough balls into pie tins to meet product specifications.
• Supplies other employees with empty pie tins.
• Monitors conveyors for jams, clears jams safely Inspects products for damage or for conformity to specifications.
• Notifies Supervisor of any non‑conformance of product.
• Pushes material or products between machines or departments on dolly.
• Picks up pans from dolly, places them onto conveyor, or removes them from conveyor and places them on dolly.
• Moves pans, racks, and dollies to or from area.
• Starts or stops conveyors by pushing buttons on a control panel.
• Keeps work area clean and organized by picking up debris, sweeping the floor, wiping down the equipment and other sanitation jobs assigned.
• Attends box former by starting and stopping machine when necessary, keeping magazine full, and clearing jams safely.
• Helps mixer by opening boxes or bags of ingredients and loading them into mixers, hoppers, or feeders.
• Helps in training of new employees or employees who change job classifications.
• Reports all equipment problems to the foreman or supervisor immediately.
• Promotes safety by understanding and following safety procedures and reporting all incidents in a timely manner.
• Plans and carries out job assignments without creating hazards to yourself and other employees.

Qualifications

To perform this job optimally, an individual needs to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. This individual must be Safety conscious. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Skills/Experience

High school diploma or GED equivalent. One year of general warehouse / production work experience.

Language skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals written in English. Ability to write routine quality assurance reports and correspondence in English.

Mathematical skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Physical demands

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. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. May require use of equipment in 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.

Work environment

This position works on a shift basis. May also be scheduled to work all shifts. While performing the duties of this job, one exposed to moving mechanical parts. Occasional exposure to wet and/or humid conditions, high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, and extreme cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually high. Note: This Position Description indicates the critical features of the role as they are presently envisioned. They are subject to change at any time due to business conditions or other reasons. Other duties may be required.

Pay Rate

Pay Rate: $25.46/hr

King's Hawaiian is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our ohana. We deliver irresistible Hawaiian food and aloha spirit, that families love everywhere, every day. After introducing Hawaiian foods to the world 70 years ago, we have grown into a company that provides irresistible foods and irresistible career opportunities to many. Our 'Ohana spans the country in our manufacturing plants, corporate locations, and restaurants. Our culture and work environments (both onsite and remote) help us to spread aloha culture as we nourish our employees' lives. We recognize that each of us has our home life and our work life, which is one life, and we strive to provide balance to our employees. We believe in excellence, dignity, and telling it like it is in a way that can be heard. We may not be excellent all the time, but we move toward excellence and embrace the change needed to continuously improve.

• Dignity and respect are always present.
• Treat everyone with kindness.
• Respect ourselves and others.
• Honor our commitments.
• Hold each other accountable.
• Practice what we preach.
• Appreciate each other's differences.
• Exhibit professionalism.