Production Worker

Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc.; Mooresville (IN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in nutrition is seeking an Extruder Operator to be responsible for the productivity and quality of the assigned extruder operation. The role involves monitoring equipment, adhering to safety protocols, and transporting materials, requiring mechanical aptitude and physical strength.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and understand computer screens.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs. repeatedly.
• Not afraid of heights.

Responsibilities

• Monitor equipment operation and adjust controls as necessary.
• Adhere to all safety and food safety policies.
• Transport materials using pallet jacks and forklifts.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Manual dexterity

Mathematical skills

Job description

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Responsibly for the productivity and quality of the assigned extruder operation. Operators will have monitored and mastered indicators that the system requires, including temperature, gauge settings, color, dimensions, etc. While reporting any problems to the shift supervisor.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor equipment operation, gauges, and panel lights to detect deviations from standards & adjust gauges, PLC’s, and all other operational controls, to correct deviations.Adjust controls to activate, set and regulate equipment according to specifications.

• Adhere to all safety, food safety, and other relevant policies and procedures.

• Execute various lab techniques and sampling.

• Able to hook up CIP lines to cyclones, transitions, and fluid bed properly.

• Record gauge readings, test results, and shift production on quality and production documentation.

• Transport materials and products to and from work areas, manually, or by pallet jacks and forklifts.

• Weigh or measure specified amounts of ingredients or materials for batching, using devices such as scales and pumps.

• Clean, lubricate and maintain the sanitary condition of all processing equipment, utilizing chemicals, automatic and manual cleaning equipment.

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, climb, and move around for extended periods.
• Ability to work in various environmental conditions, including exposure to noise, dust, and temperature variations.
• Ability to perform tasks requiring manual dexterity.
• Physical Strength: Exerts up to 100 lbs. of force occasionally, up to 50 lbs. of force frequently, and up to 20 lbs. of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical Movement: Occasional climbing, stooping (bending body forward and down), crouching (bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine), reaching (extending arms and hands in any direction), and handling (seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands).

Qualifications:

• Mechanical aptitude

• Ability to read and understand computer screens.

• Ability to lift 50 lbs. repeatedly.

• Ability to perform a variety of math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions)

• Ability to read instructions and safety information in English.

• Not afraid of heights (may have to go on the roof)

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia our culture will celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.