Production Worker

Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc.; Mooresville (IN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc. in Mooresville, IN, is hiring an extruder operator responsible for productivity and quality of assigned extrusion lines.

You will monitor temperature, gauges, color and dimensions, and report issues to the team lead. Responsibilities include operating equipment, adjusting controls to specifications, following safety policies, sampling, labeling, and maintaining sanitary conditions.

Qualifications

• Mechanical aptitude with ability to operate and monitor equipment.
• Ability to read gauges, PLCs, and computer screens.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs repeatedly.
• Basic math skills for recipes and batch calculations.
• Ability to read safety instructions in English.

Responsibilities

• Monitor equipment operation, gauges, and panel lights, adjust controls to meet specs.
• Follow safety and food-safety policies and procedures.
• Perform lab techniques and sampling as required.
• Hook up CIP lines to cyclones and fluid bed components.
• Record gauge readings and production documentation accurately.
• Transport materials using pallet jacks and forklifts.
• Weigh ingredients for batching using scales and pumps.
• Maintain sanitary condition of processing equipment.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Read gauges & computer screens

Lift 50 lbs

Math skills

Read safety instructions

Not afraid of heights

Job description

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Glanbia is a better nutrition company, delivering brands and ingredients that help people lead healthier, more active lives. Headquartered in Ireland and employing more than 5,800 people worldwide, Glanbia combines deep consumer insight with science-led innovation to serve growing health and wellness categories. Glanbia's businesses include Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition, and Dairy Nutrition.

Dairy Nutrition delivers high performance protein, cheese, and bioactive ingredient solutions, backed by global scale and deep expertise. Combining innovation with strong end-use market insights, Dairy Nutrition helps customers develop high quality products and drive growth in protein-led applications. To deliver our portfolio, we have numerous manufacturing facilities in the US, and international sales and innovation & collaboration centers around the world.

Job Summary

Responsible 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 team lead.

Essential Functions

• 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.

Additional Functions

• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Human Resources.
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Provide leadership to others through example and sharing of knowledge/skill.

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)

Physical Demands

• 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 Requirements

• 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).

Typical Environmental Conditions

• Various environmental conditions, loud noises, hot and cold temperature variations.
• May be exposed to humidity, intense heat, and toxic chemicals.
• May work in areas with mechanical moving parts.

Disclaimer

Must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately without causing significant safety threat to self or others. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required of all personnel so classified.

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.