PROCESSING OPERATOR

Description:

Scope for the position:

• Weigh and blends materials; operates processing machines; makes machine adjustments as necessary to ensure optimum speed and quality of capsule filling operations
• Responsible for food safety within their scope of work

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reads job tickets to determine machine adjustments and material requirement; sets stops or guides to specified length as indicated by scale, rule, or template
• Weigh and blend materials for encapsulating
• Run machine and monitor for defects or machine malfunction
• Inspects finish goods for any defects
• Performs in-process checks regularly
• Performs basic trouble shooting and make adjustments as needed
• Comply with safety, GMP and SQF requirements
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

Required qualifications, education, experience, training, skills, background, certifications:

• Highschool Diploma
• 1-2 years of experience, working in the food industry is considered an asset
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Effectively communicate in both written and verbal
• Ability to work through and problem solve issues involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
• The employee must regularly lift and move up to 50lbs safely