Machine Operator 1- Second Shift

Post Holdings, Inc.; Lansing (IL); On-site; USD 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Foods, Inc. in Lansing, IL, seeks a qualified packaging technician to enforce safety, quality, and USDA compliance while assisting the shift supervisor in the Pelbo Department.

You will monitor sanitation, document downtime and temperatures, and ensure accurate, timely production according to GMPs and SOPs. You will train processing staff, coordinate with pasteurizers and packaging leads, and uphold first-in/first-out operations for pasteurized eggs, aiming for a safe, efficient workflow

Qualifications

• Education required is a high school diploma or GED or equivalent.
• Ability to bend, stoop and reach while lifting.
• Ability to follow GMPs and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in training processing and production personnel in the assigned department.
• Help update training when equipment changes or procedures are implemented.
• Ensure safe work environment and compliance with food safety standards and USDA requirements.
• Coordinate with supervisors to maintain sanitation and record-keeping for quality control.

Skills

Food safety awareness

Quality control

Team communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

PIT Certification

Forklift operation

Basic mechanical abilities

Job description

Business Unit Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food.

Location Description

Our plant, located in Lansing, IL, pasteurizes raw eggs to remove harmful bacteria for a more safe product to the foodservice industry.

Responsibilities

Position Summary

This position has the responsibility to comply with Safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability. Ensures regulatory Compliance.

This position is responsible for assisting the shift supervisor in the managing of the Packaging/Pelbo Department.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in training of all processing and production personnel in the assigned department.
• Assists the supervisor in updating training for the existing personnel whenever equipment changes are instituted, or new procedures are implemented.
• Helps in providing a safe work environment for all personnel. Also helps ensure that all production complies with the food safety standards as established by Michael Foods, Inc.
• Works with supervisors to help maintain sanitation standards of the facility.
• Assumes personal responsibility to insure safe and healthy workplace for everyone.
• Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.
• Ensures regulatory compliance.
• Gives work direction to the packaging operators and utility people, to best organize their time during set up, charge overs and run time to ensure that everything is done accurately, quickly, and safely.
• Coordinates with the processors the time that the system will be ready to run, the lines that will be running, the amount and type of product that will be run and matching and line sterilization to meet the production requirements set by the company.
• Maintain an effective working relationship between all members of the department and other areas
• Verify that all operator down time, temperature charts and any other documentation needed is accurate and complete before it is turned into the shift supervisor to maintain accurate records for the company and USDA
• Communicate and work closely with the Pasteurizer and Packaging leads to ensure efficient flow of product, preventing any lost production time to the pasteurizers.
• Manage the incoming flow of pasteurized eggs. Maintaining first in/first out for any egg that has to be off-stacked, preventing egg from timing out.
• Communicate with co-workers at shift change to ensure accurate information is transferred between shifts regarding production, scheduling, etc.
• Adhere to Quality work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.
• Responsible for operating the Pelbo machine according to direction from the supervisor.
• Monitor automatic mechanical loading of individual flats onto conveyor ensuring the machine does not jam.
• Oversee entire procedure ensuring there are no jams from the time a flat enters the line until it exits and stacks at the other end of the machine.
• Responsible for cleaning/sanitizing machines when needed.
• Adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.
• Must be able to follow all PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) requirements and safety procedures
• Must be able to follow all GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) procedures, “washing hands, etc.” throughout the day
• Must be able to follow all HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) guidelines
• Must be able to follow all SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) and SSOP (Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures). Must keep all of records updated
• Must be able to follow all USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) regulations and guidelines
• Reports and fills out work orders on maintenance issues as they relate to productivity, food safety, quality, and human safety to maintenance
• Encourage suggestions from employees which will improve productivity, quality, and/or control cost of production
• Maintains regular and consistent attendance
• Adhere to all safety policies and procedures.
• Responsible for Food Safety and Food Quality of MFI products
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience Required

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent
• Have ability to bend, stoop and reach while lifting carrying stacks of empty flats.
• Ability to repeatedly lift up to 30 lbs.
• Ability to follow verbal instructions.
• Ability to work indoors in a wet and humid environment and stand on hard surfaces.
• Ability to travel stairs.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Good hand/eye coordination.
• Basic mechanical abilities.
• Ability to do a number of tasks simultaneously.
• Have the ability to follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and Safety regulations and wear the proper PPE for the position.
• Ability to complete Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) Certification.
• Ability to operate specific equipment or tools.

Language skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups, customers/vendors or employees of the organization.

Mathematical skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in oral form. Ability to deal with problems involving one concrete variable in standardized situations.

Other skills and abilities

Specific skills and abilities required that are not included in other sections:

• Ability to operate specific equipment or tools
• Skill in working with computers and experience with spreadsheet and word-processing software.
• Familiarity with special terminology such as legal, medical, or scientific terms
• Fluency in a language other than English

The pay range for this position is $17.00 to $20.00 per hour.