Position Summary:

To ensure that all assigned machines are producing a quality food safe product at optimum cycle efficiency with a minimum of scrap, and that all machines are being maintained at the highest state of maintenance. The PEO will conform to all quality, safety, GMPs, and the procedures of the Food Safety Plan at all times. All PEOs will perform their responsibilities with a sense of urgency.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Adheres to all good manufacturing practices (GMP), food safety, HACCP and SQF process requirements; rectify and/or report any and all non-compliance to Management or the SQF practitioner immediately.
• Reports to all scheduled shifts and attends meetings as required

• Ensures that only quality food safe production enters the packing room by constantly monitoring the quality of the product being made and stopping deviations immediately. This requires continuous standing and frequent working to perform these tasks.
• Preforms all assigned line checks of product as it is being produced and all assigned quality tests to measure the quality of the product as it is produced. This will require the handling of the product to inspect for defects; after product is inspected it is disregarded as scrap.
• Alert the Shift Supervisor and Quality Assurance of any product that deviates from standard and will require an audit.
• Diagnose machine problems. Repairs and maintains assigned machines with a sense of urgency. Maintains suggested cycle setting on assigned machines to ensure production quality (suggested cycle is where that machine has run the highest quality product at the highest efficiency.)
• Responds with a sense of urgency to all defective cups the Packers, Packing Tech or Quality Assurance brings to his /her attention.
• Maintains safe and clean work area at all times in compliance with all GMPs.

Work Process

• The Machine Operator is typically responsible for 1 to 1 machine lines with 4-5 machines per line. Styrofoam bead are fed into the fabrication/ mold machines, the cups are molded and automatically ejected onto the conveyor line. The cycle for the process is set by the machine operator.
• The Machine Operator is responsible for the constant visual and manual inspection of cups as they are fabricated and makes adjustments in the programming box as needed.
• Twice in a 12-hour shift, cups are specifically inspected with a micrometer. This is also preformed after every change of a mold.
• The Machine Operator is responsible to preform duck testing per the procedure every two hours.
• Light Machine repair and inspection will be performed at a 33 inch high table using hand tools. For major repairs or part replacements, components are taken to a parts room which is maximally 50 yards from the machine lines.
• Physical Demands:
• Work an 8+ or 12+ hour shift while sitting, standing, walking, stooping, bending, reaching, grasping, use hands to finger, grasp with hands and arms, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls and lifting throughout the entire shift.
• Requires the manual movement of cases of finished goods that weight up to 50 pounds.
• Working Conditions:
• Exposed to extreme heat. In-doors in a manufacturing environment that is not air conditioned.
• Occasional exposure to fumes or airborne particles
• Wear PPE while working, which includes hairnet, hearing protection and safety glasses with side guards.
• Work an 8+ or 12+ hour day shift
• Able to work weekdays, weekends and overtime.