Production Worker

Ruiz Food Product, Inc.; Florence (SC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Ultipro in Florence, SC is seeking a production associate to manually place tortillas on platens and conveyors, ensuring correct orientation and consistent pace to meet quality standards.

You will inspect for foreign objects and defects, remove out-of-spec product, maintain sanitation per USDA, GMPs and HACCP, and support line readiness. Reliable attendance and ability to work in a fast-paced environment are essential.

Qualifications

• Ability to stand for long periods and perform repetitive tasks.
• Ability to follow written and spoken instructions accurately.
• Willingness to work in a food production environment.

Responsibilities

• Manually place tortillas from stacks onto platen/conveyor at standard speed.
• Place tortillas in the same direction and right side up on platen/conveyor.
• Perform consistent placement of tortillas on platen/conveyor.
• Inspect tortillas for foreign objects and quality defects.
• Remove, rework or discard product found to be out of specifications.
• Maintain knowledge and adherence to safety policies (USDA, GMPs, QA, HACCP).
• Throw out waste and rinse trash containers for reuse.

Skills

Attention to detail

Fast-paced environment

Teamwork

Job description

• Manually place individual tortillas from stacks onto platen/conveyor at standard speed
• Place tortillas in the same direction and right side up on platen/conveyor
• Perform consistent placement of tortillas on platen/conveyor
• Inspect tortillas for foreign objects and quality defects
• Remove, rework or discard product found to be out specifications.
• Be able to “throw” tortillas at company standards of pace rate and placement quality.
• Inspect product for quality defects and remove out of spec product.
• Regular and dependable attendance and punctuality is an essential function of this position
• Perform in a fast paced environment, maintain production and quality requirements.
• Maintain knowledge, understanding and adherence to safety policies, USDA, GMPs, QA, HACCP, Sanitation rules and regulations, and RUIZ FOODS company policies.

Regular and dependable attendance and punctuality is an essential function of this position.

• Maintain knowledge, understanding and adherence to safety policies, USDA, QA, HACCP, and Sanitation rules and regulations, and company policies.

Throw out waste and rinse trash containers for reuse.

• Move trash containers to waste area.
• Removes food debris from conveyor catch pan and places it in designated inedible containers.
• May enter discarded waste information into the company computer system.
• Clean out debris from drain basket.
• May wash conveyor equipment as needed.
• May rinse, sweep and squeegee floors.
• Setup and position fatigue mats and stools for other workers at individual workstations as needed.
• Refill sanitizing containers as needed.
• Responsible for supplying food products to each line to maintain food production.
• Manually supply ingredients to filler machines as needed to keep up with food production rate.
• Manually refill hopper with buckets of food for pump operation.
• Manually supply ingredients to filler machines as needed to keep up with food production rate.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

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