3891 - Machine Operator Mechanic I

Job Description

Job Description

Description : Summary

Qualified by successful completion of certified training modules and methods to set up, operate and maintain one qualified piece of equipment.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Sets up, troubleshoots, repairs and / or replaces parts, and operates one qualified piece of equipment in the Finished Goods Department.
• Monitors to assure that all product adheres to food safety and quality critical limits. The machine operator / mechanic’s absence will be covered by another employee trained to monitor food safety and quality.
• Visually and physically performs quality checks of labels and coding on his / her assigned line. At each station the OM should check his / her own station’s work and the work already done upstream. Examples include, but are not limited to, checking to assure caps are on the jar properly, labels are the right ones for that item and are positioned correctly on the jar, tamper-evident bands are on the jars’ necks, coding is correct, jars are clean, shrink wrap is tight.
• Adjusts line speeds to keep the pasteurizer discharge accumulation tables empty.
• Performs daily and weekly operational and pre-operational checklist tasks on all equipment.
• Cleans and maintains assigned work area, including performing equipment PMs, checking oil levels,
• greasing, 5S, etc.
• When operating label machine, obtains and manually carries boxes of labels (25 lbs. boxes) from a designated point outside the label storage area to the label machine. Verifies that all labels are accurate according to the latest revision of that shift’s production schedule.
• Keeps records of downtime and product checks.
• Follows safety rules and company policies.

Other Duties

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Machines, Equipment, Tools Used

Will vary by machine operated. Machinery in Finished Goods includes, but is not limited to, conveyors, labelers, printers, case jets, tamper evident banding machinery, tray formers, inserters, fillers, palletizers, shrink wrappers, case packers. Some machinery may have multiple functions, be computerized, and / or have robotic components. Tools may include basic hand tools, scan gun and measuring devices.

Physical Demands

Work Environment

Works inside, subject to some seasonal temperature variation and intermittent wetting from

some job tasks. Some contact with grease, ink, dust and glue. Fumes from hot pepper, ink,

glue and forklifts. Earplugs required due to irritating machinery noise. Head cover and beard cover required. Steel toed shoes required.

Requirements :

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

High school or equivalency needed. Additional trades training a strong plus. Must successfully complete company training module for one piece of qualified equipment. Ability to speak, read and write English required. Required math skills include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Intermediate level computer skills needed. CRC (Bronze level or higher) a plus.