OCM Operator

K2D; Greeley (CO); On-site; USD 25,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

K2D in Colorado Premium 29th St. - Greeley, CO is seeking a Full Time Machine Operator to ensure food safety and product quality on the production line.

You will inspect incoming material, adjust equipment to match specifications, perform routine maintenance, and collaborate with QA, maintenance, and management to minimize downtime.

Standing for eight hours, lifting up to 50 lbs, and following LOTO and HACCP guidelines are required; health, dental, vision, and retirement plans are available.

Qualifications

• High School or GED required.
• One year of manufacturing equipment experience preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret English documents.
• Sufficient mathematical skills for basic calculations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure proper lockout/tagout (LOTO) for safety during cleaning, repairs, or setup.
• Inspect machinery to meet specifications and minimize downtime.
• Work across the manufacturing operation with coworkers to adjust equipment.
• Operate equipment to maximize production while ensuring safety and quality.
• Maintain production paperwork and HACCP/SQF compliance.
• Assist in housekeeping and compliance with safety and sanitation standards.

Skills

Machine operation

Safety compliance

Problem solving

English literacy

Education

High School or GED

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: Colorado Premium 29th St. - Greeley, CO 80631Position Type: Full TimeSalary Range: $17.64 - $26.95 Hourly

This position ensures the highest quality food standards and personal safety as a machine operator. Inspects raw material entering the machine, and the processed material leaving the machine remaining alert for potential product defects. Ensure machine adjustments being utilized match the product specifications for the finished product. Maintain solid knowledge of how the machine works to ensure that it remains functional. Perform routine basic maintenance, cleaning, and minor repairs. Use problem-solving skills to control lost time due to machine malfunctions. Support all for food safety, quality assurance, and product standards.

Included Positions:

The following job functions are for illustrative purposes only and include work performed as a OCM Operator, Formax Operator, and Marel Operator. These examples are not all inclusive, and other job titles involving machine operation may also be included as determined by the company.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures proper lockout/tagout (LOTO) and procedures are followed to safeguard workers from the release of hazardous energy. Is an Authorized Employee who locks out and tags out equipment for cleaning, repairing, servicing, setting-up, adjusting, or unjamming operations. Understand job hazards and acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the safe usage of the specific Hazardous Energy Control Procedures for the equipment.
• Inspect machinery to ensure that they remain compliant with specifications to reduce any malfunctions and associated loss of production. Stop any machines upon discovery of a problem and make the required adjustments as quickly as possible to minimize downtime. Keep all equipment running by inspecting grind plates, and performing basic maintenance, including scheduling needed repairs. Follow production sheets, watching codes and dates, and ensuring raw material rotation is done correctly.
• Working across the entire manufacturing operation, work closely with coworkers to properly operate and make adjustments to assigned equipment. Understand the process to assemble, disassemble, and operation of assigned machinery. Perform safety check on equipment being used to ensure it is functioning properly Ensure that good housekeeping practices are applied to the equipment and areas around the equipment.
• Operate equipment properly to maximize production and ensure safe and quality product. Ensure an adequate flow of raw materials to machine when in operation and identify possible problems with machinery to ensure product quality, employee safety, and to minimize downtime. Communicate routinely with coworkers, quality assurance, maintenance, and management to ensure the highest quality products are made in the safest possible manner.
• Monitors availability of needed raw materials and supplies, and coordinates with appropriate management staff. Ensures all company standards for safety, sanitation and productivity are maintained. Performs all scheduled grinder checks to ensure compliance with both operational and HACCP guidelines. Accurately fills out Foods Safety and Quality paperwork. Maintains required production paperwork. Ensures the work area is clean and meets the company standards.
• Supports and complies with all policies and procedures that ensure food safety, including cleanliness and housekeeping in all work areas. This includes responsibility for Safe Quality Food (SQF) for BRC compliance, HACCP, CCP tasks, sanitation, and all support program implementation.

Education/Experience:

• High School or GED required, with one year of manufacturing equipment experience in commercial food operations, preferably in a protein-related industry or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents in English such as letters, memoranda, invoices, policies, and other documentation.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions, and to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Sufficient mathematical skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals accurately. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage correctly. Ability to lead problem solving and troubleshooting efforts associated with operational-level process issues.
• Must be able to stand a minimum of eight hours and continuously lift, push, or pull up to 50 lbs. May help lift up to 80 lbs. with assistance.

Important Notice:

This job description is a generalized summary of job duties and can be modified as determined as necessary by Colorado Premium. It is not a contract of employment. All employment is "at-will" an Employee or the Company may terminate employment at any time, with or without cause, and without advance notice, procedure, or formality.

Subject to plan rules, this position is eligible to participate in our health, prescription, dental vision, disability, accidental death & dismemberment, life insurance program, and 401(k) & Roth retirement savings plan with a company match. This position also participates in vacation and sick leave pay programs.

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