What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mixer Operator position at Michael Foods Inc.?
Business Unit Description:
Duties and Responsibilities
Qualifications:
Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food.
Location Description: Michael Foods, Inc. located in Klingerstown, Pennyslvania known for their ice cream socials at Klingerstown Lutheran Parish, fishing rodeo, and fireman's parade. Responsibilities:
Job Summary
The purpose of the Mixer Operator is to set up the mixing room, to direct proper liquid egg flow to the holding tanks, and to ensure the proper mix of egg product and ingredients determined by customer formulas and specifications. Employees, customers, and consumers benefit from the work of the mixer operator by having an excellent tasting, safe, high quality product made available to them in a timely manner. This person must take the initiative to maintain a safe, quality product; is responsible for the work area, keeping it clean and as bacteria free as possible during production hours, ensuring that product is not mixed with foreign matter.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assumes personal responsibility to insure safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.
- Ensures regulatory compliance at all times.
- Set up the mixing room and ensure the correct formulation of liquid egg product and ingredients using the pre-determined procedures approved by the company.
- Ensure accuracy and quality of the individual batches to be mixed and transferred to the proper holding tank.
- Set up for each line running ensuring there is a continuous flow of product to each line and that it will run out at the correct time.
- Ensure accurate transfer of liquid egg product from the Breaking Department to the Pre-Cooked Department and complete associated documentation.
- Record appropriate LOT numbers, ph, and egg usage on the batch sheets and egg usage forms to meet Quality Assurance specifications.
- Maintain scales and meters as needed to get as precise and accurate readings as possible.
- Have thorough knowledge of the Clean in Place (CIP) system in order to use it at the appropriate time.
- Over sees the operation of the Emulsifier, and assists in re-work production. .
- Assist in the general good housekeeping of the area.
- Determine if product mix meets proper specifications or not and take corrective action as needed.
- Train new mixers.
- Work as a Team member.
- Expected to adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP and HACCP guidelines, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained in order to maintain SQF certification. Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.
- Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with customers, clients, co-workers and management.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education and Experience
High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent.- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups, customers/vendors or employees of the organization.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) certification
- Driver's license
Preffered Education, Experience and Skills
Ability to work independently, learn quickly, and be self-motivated- Ability to travel stairs.
- Wear the proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the job.
- Learn Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) and Confined Space Entry procedures.
- Ability to operate specific equipment or tools
- Skill in working with computers and experience with spreadsheet
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
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