Dryer Department Night Team Lead

Dairy Challenge; Minnesota; Hybrid; USD 39,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

Dairy Farmers of America in Minnesota seeks a dryer department operator to learn, perform, and uphold production, sanitation, and quality programs in a fast-paced dairy facility.

You will handle basic QA testing, label printing, and uphold safety, GMP, HACCP, and SQF standards while working long shifts; HS diploma required; $28–$29 per hour with potential overtime.

Qualifications

• Must read, write and speak English.
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Supervisory experience in food manufacturing preferred.
• Perform basic quality testing, including total solids% and butterfat%.
• Understand the cream HTST system and troubleshoot issues.

Responsibilities

• Learn and perform each job within the dryer department.
• Ensure the master sanitation schedule and QA programs are fulfilled on time.
• Understand the dehydration process and shift operations, including rate and QA issues.
• Understand basic maintenance on pumps, valves and sanitation stations.
• Make process adjustments to achieve right first time with products.
• Print product labels.
• Maintain safe working conditions and comply with health and safety regulations.
• Uphold DFA GMP and SQF policies and procedures and report nonconformities.
• Attend required trainings (safety, GMP, HACCP, SQF).
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Independence

Quality testing

HTST knowledge

Process calculations

Evaporator logs

Maintenance

Heat tolerance

Long hours

English proficiency

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Learns, understands, and performs each job within the dryer department
• Ensures the master sanitation schedule and quality assurance programs are fulfilled on time
• Understands the dehydrated process and what is happening within each area during the shift, including rate, QA problems, staffing problems, change over times and clean in place times
• Understands basic maintenance on pumps, valves and sanitation stations
• Understands how to make process adjustments as necessary for achieving right the first time with products
• Prints out product labels
• Maintains safe working conditions for employees and compliance with all state and federal regulations regarding health and safety issues
• Dedicate effort to safety as we expect every employee to leave work in the same condition as they arrive
• Follow all DFA good manufacturing practices (GMP) and work in a manner consistent with all corporate regulatory, food safety, quality, and sanitation requirements
• Exhibit the values and ethics of Dairy Farmers of America through honesty, discretion, and sound judgment
• Adhere to all DFA Quality, Safety and GMP policies and procedures and report any nonconformity
• Attend required training, including but not limited to, Safety, GMP, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), and Safe Quality Foods (SQF)
• Perform other work as assigned

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Supervisory experience in food manufacturing preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Perform work independently as required
• Perform basic quality testing as necessary, including but not limited to total solids%, butterfat%
• Able to understand the cream HTST system to effectively troubleshoot issues as they arise
• Able to use and understand calculations, production rates and fluid inventories
• Able to prepare and comprehend evaporator logs and master sanitation schedules
• Perform necessary routine cleaning and preventive maintenance
• Able to work in a hot environment
• Able to work a full 12 hour or longer shift plus overtime as needed
• Must be able to read, write and speak English
• EEO/AA/Female/Minority/Disabled/Veteran

Pay Range

$28.00-$29.00/hour

An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans

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