Line/Production Worker - 3rd Shift

Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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Why work for Dawn Foods?

PEOPLE. CUSTOMERS. PRODUCTS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Competitive Pay $17.00 .50 3rd shift differential
• Clean work environment
• Climate controlled
• Professional training
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce

About the Job

This opportunity is a full-time and benefits-eligible position.

3rd Shift 10:00 P – 6:00 A & Shift Diff $.50/hour

Must be able to work overtime as needed.

What Does It Take to be a Line Production Operator at Dawn Foods?

Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job.

• Must be able to read written formulas, instructions, scale read-outs, machine buttons, and safety precautions
• Capable of performing mathematical calculations such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing and percentages.
• Must be able to work as part of a team. Computer skills helpful
• Preferred High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

What You'll Do as a Machine Operator

• Ensures to follow specific instructions and processes for each customer or product.
• Operate independently from each line to receive and package products.
• Production lines complete finished goods in an efficient and effective manner to ensure continuous production on lines as assigned. Typical products are packaged into pouches, pails, bag-in-a-box, totes and super totes.
• Recording of product information, regular metal detection, proper stacking and labelling are key for this operation.
• Responsibilities may change without prior notice due to changes in ingredients, products, customer requirements, innovation, regulatory, safety, food safety or other change in the work environment.
• Based on the current products being ran by cooks and blenders the team members work within sanitation, and safety to meet our service level for our customer’s demand.
• Ensuring the product is identified and labelled properly is a requirement of this position.
• Finished goods must follow First-in-first-out (FIFO) to meet the high standards of our customers.
• Communicates with their cook or blender on specific product being ran and any variances.
• Operates hand-held bar code scanner to record the amount of raw materials used, product created and completes required paperwork for the run. This is the key to the traceability of the finished good products. All products must be scanned before they are moved from the production area to the warehouse location.
• Monitors the process to ensure desired product is achieved by quality and quantity required.
• Maintains cleanliness of the work area, follows food safety requirements and plant safety practices.
• Reports safety hazards to people or product and complies with Good Manufacturing Practices.
• This position description is intended to be a general guide to describe the daily requirements, training or procedures and expectations of the position. Perform other duties as assigned.
• Demonstrate the “Dawn Values” of Team Dawn and supports the Circle of Excellence.

Work Environment

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to grasp, move, or utilize objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to use sensory perception for quality measurement of products.
• The employee is regularly lifting, filling, pushing, pulling, walking, standing, crouching, reaching overhead, climbing stairs, reading instructions, observing reactions of materials to a variety of processes in addition to communicating to other persons issues that arise in the processes mentioned and otherwise moving product from filling area to the warehouse. This position requires proper sanitation of the equipment and the labelling of allergen and non-allergen finished foods within specific guidelines.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and frequently lift and/or move 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus

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About Dawn Foods

Dawn Foods provides high-quality bakery solutions to customers around the globe. With unmatched manufacturing and distribution capabilities, we bring together the knowledge, commitment, and innovation our customers deserve.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.