NA Mixer (2nd Shift)

Post Holdings, Inc.; New Jersey; On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading food processing company in New Jersey as a Mixer. This role involves ensuring product quality and safety, adhering to strict guidelines, and maintaining a clean workspace. Ideal candidates will have a high school diploma and some experience with pumps and valves. Work in a dynamic environment that values teamwork and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Basic computer skills necessary.
• 6 to 12 months related experience with pumps and valves.

Responsibilities

• Ensure products are mixed per company guidelines.
• Maintain compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Accurately weigh ingredients for batching.

Skills

Teamwork

Accountability

Innovation

Continuous Improvement

Basic Math Skills

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Pumps

Valves

Job description

Business Unit Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry, specializing in egg products, refrigerated grocery, and potato products. We offer exciting career opportunities across our organization, allowing you to enhance your skills, make an impact, and grow professionally. Join our innovative team that’s First in Food.

Location Description

Michael Foods, Inc. is located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, a city with a proud history dating back to the founding of our country. Elizabeth is a great American city.

Responsibilities

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position ensures that products are mixed in accordance with company guidelines and formula specifications.

This role requires strict adherence to safety work rules and reinforces safety as a core value. The employee must ensure compliance with all policies, procedures, and activities related to food safety and quality to minimize product and process variability.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be a team player who aligns with and upholds our values: Teamwork, Accountability, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement, with a passion for customers and consumers.
• Maintain consistent attendance to perform duties effectively.
• Participate actively in safety meetings and training sessions.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory standards.
• Accurately weigh all ingredients to ensure consistent batching of products.
• Set up the mixing room and ensure correct formulation of liquid egg products and ingredients using approved procedures.
• Ensure accuracy and quality of batches before transfer to the proper holding tank.
• Assemble and disassemble piping and pumps as needed.
• Maintain continuous product flow along each production line.
• Verify if the product meets customer specifications and take corrective actions when necessary.
• Record batch details such as LOT numbers, pH, egg solids, and egg usage on batch sheets and forms.
• Maintain scales and meters for precise readings.
• Have thorough knowledge of Clean in Place (CIP) procedures.
• Assist in maintaining good housekeeping of the area, including pipes, pumps, and tanks.
• Take personal responsibility for ensuring a safe and healthy workplace, adhering to all safety policies and procedures, and incorporating safety into all tasks.
• Follow GMPs and HACCP guidelines, maintain sanitary conditions, and report any conditions that may affect safety or quality immediately.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent experience preferred.
• Basic computer skills necessary to operate equipment controls.
• Knowledge of pumps and valves with 6 to 12 months of related experience.
• Ability to perform basic math operations with two-digit numbers, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, using units of American money, weight, volume, and distance.
• Ability to read simple words and sentences, and recognize similarities and differences between words and numbers.

WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Require wearing PPE such as hair nets, ear plugs, and earmuffs in certain areas.
• Ability to bend, stoop, climb, and reach above shoulder level.
• Frequent walking and standing required.
• Mechanical aptitude preferred.
• Ability to work indoors in wet and humid environments and stand on hard surfaces.
• Must be able to ascend and descend stairs.
• Repeatedly lift up to 50 lbs.