Functional Products Operator

Hilmar Cheese Company; Dalhart (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Hilmar Cheese Company is seeking a Functional Products Operator to lead the production of lactoferrin, an advanced dairy ingredient. The role focuses on producing lactoferrin in liquid form, drying, packaging and preparing it for delivery to customers.

You will work with milk receiving, understand milk components, and ensure efficient Dia Filtration operations. The position requires 12-hour shifts, strong attention to food safety, and teamwork with training initiatives throughout shifts and on

Qualifications

• English proficiency to understand, read, write and speak.
• Must be able to work 12-hour variable shifts, including weekends, holidays and overtime as needed.
• Ability to lift up to 60lbs.
• Basic computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Milk receiving supervisors for milk availability and milk components accuracy.
• Understand milk components and efficiency with Dia Filtration units.
• Communicate issues to the production team.
• Lactoferrin Operator may not work in other areas on the same shift.
• Maintain flexibility in day-to-day tasks and multitask under pressure.
• Know and apply the CIP program.

Skills

English proficiency

12-hour shifts

Lifting up to 60 lbs

Basic computer skills

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

SAP

Job description

At Hilmar Cheese Company we improve lives around the world through wholesome dairy products. Since our founding in 1984, Hilmar Cheese Company has been committed to innovation and sustainability. Our state-of-the art production facilities convert an abundance of locally sourced high-quality milk into a variety of nutritious cheeses, whey protein and lactose. The Cheese and Ingredients that we produce create a wide variety of retail and food service products from sliced and shredded cheeses, to protein supplements and infant formula. We are a trusted partner to premier food and beverage brands in more than fifty countries helping bring their vision into reality.

Throughout our decades of success and growth we have remained committed to our mission and values and these principles unite our people and guide all that we do.

A Typical Day

The Functional Products Operator is primarily responsible for the production of lactoferrin which is a highly purified ingredient product from the milk. Functional products operator are responsible for making lactoferrin in a liquid form, then dried and packaged and get it ready to be delivered to our customers.

Job Responsibilities

• Work closely with Milk receiving supervisors for milk availability and milk components accuracy.
• Responsible for having a thorough understanding of milk components and efficiency with Dia Filtration units.
• Responsible for communicating issues related to the above responsibilities to the production team.
• Lactoferrin Operator may not work in other areas other than Lactoferrin in the same shift.
• Requires flexibility in day to day tasks.
• Ability to multitask and work under pressure.
• Knowledge of our CIP program.
• Active participation and ownership in your training and development program and associated activities, classes and events, which will be held before, during, after shifts and during scheduled days off.
• Help coach and train teammates and participate in on the job, buddy training.
• Place high priority on food safety and sanitation by understanding and executing HCC’s food safety and sanitation policies and procedures.
• Communicating any food safety incident, observation, or opportunity to your leadership team or teammates as well as participating in food safety and sanitation root cause analysis and improvement activities when required.
• Prioritize safety above all other job duties by having a safety-first approach at all times.
• Communicate any safety issues, observations, opportunities to your teams and follow up.

What You Will Need

• English skills must be proficient to understand, read, write and speak English
• Must be able to work 12-hour variable shifts, including weekends, holidays and overtime as needed.
• Ability to lift up to 60lbs
• Basic computer skills

What Will Put You Ahead

• High School diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• SAP experience
• Dairy manufacturing experience
• Experience as on On the Job Trainer
• Active/past member of departmental safety team

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to:

• Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear.
• Stand and walk almost the entire workday.
• Employees must be physically capable of working in any of the job tasks within their respective area.
• Required to work at heights and in fairly small areas.
• Pushing, pulling, reaching, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, handling and grasping, twisting/turning, repetitive bending.

Food safety is a companywide responsibility and each employee must know their role in the manufacture and distribution of safe, wholesome, and high quality products.

This description is a general statement and does not include other duties as assigned

Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer/EEO. We participate in E-Verify.