Manufacturing Operator: Food Waste-to-Feed Production

Mill; Mukilteo (WA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Mill in Mukilteo, WA is seeking a Manufacturing Operator to join the Feed Manufacturing Facility team. This role is onsite five days a week, with eight-hour day shifts, and is an hourly non-exempt position focused on turning home-collected food scraps into chicken feed ingredients.

As part of the Feed Business, you’ll help maintain safety programs, inspect inbound materials, operate process equipment, and keep production records while lifting up to 50 lbs and using a forklift.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED equivalent.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Ability to read, write and speak English.
• Ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship / support is available for this position.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe working environment and participate in required safety programs, trainings and meetings.
• Inspect inbound material and document findings.
• Operate and field check process equipment by monitoring process conditions, equipment and controls systems including safe lock-out/tag-out of all energy sources.
• Responsible for working in a manufacturing environment with exposure to elements such as odor, noise, dust, heat, cold.
• Demonstrates safe work practices and adheres to strict safety guidelines including wearing appropriate PPE such as safety glasses, coveralls, ear plugs and N95 dust mask.
• Collect and analyze samples and verify product meets requirements.
• Keep accurate records of production, quality and maintenance activities, ensuring traceability of materials and resources.
• Take immediate action to rectify, communicate, and appropriately quarantine any non-conforming product.
• Obtain, load, unload, transport, store and stage all materials involved in manufacturing plant.
• Must be able to safely and effectively operate a lift truck, including but not limited to moving raw materials and finished goods, storing materials on shelves, and loading/unloading trucks and trailers.
• Maintain situational awareness of the processes on the line and make suggestions to improve safety, quality and/or yield.
• While performing the duties of this job, you will be required to stand and walk for up to 6 to 8 hours per day. Activities include walking up and down the stairs, twisting, bending, kneeling, crouching, crawling, climbing and working on elevated surfaces > 10 ft.
• Will require the ability to lift and move up to 50 lbs no greater than 50 yards.

Skills

Safety awareness

Time management

Independent worker

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Google Suite

Excel

Slack

Job description

Mill in Mukilteo, WA is seeking a Manufacturing Operator to join the Feed Manufacturing Facility team. This role is onsite five days a week, with eight-hour day shifts, and is an hourly non-exempt position focused on turning home-collected food scraps into chicken feed ingredients.

As part of the Feed Business, you’ll help maintain safety programs, inspect inbound materials, operate process equipment, and keep production records while lifting up to 50 lbs and using a forklift.