Operator I

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •High School diploma or GED equivalent
• •Successfully complete the entrance examinations and interviews
• •Ability to come to work promptly and regularly
• •Ability to take direction and work well with others
• •Ability to work under the stress of deadlines
• •Ability to concentrate and perform accurately
• •Ability to react to change productively and to handle other tasks as assigned
• •Ability to climb: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs and equipment, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms
• •Ability to stoop: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist
• •Ability to crouch: Bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine
• •Ability to reach: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• •Ability to stand: Standing for sustained periods of time
• •Ability to walk: Moving over long distances to accomplish tasks
• •Ability to push: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward
• •Ability to pull: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion
• •Ability to lift: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position
• •Ability to grasp: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm
• •Ability to feel: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin
• •Ability to finger: Picking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm
• •Ability to talk: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word
• •Ability to hear: Perceiving the nature of sounds with no less than 40 dB at 500 Hz, 100 Hz, and 2000 Hz with or without correction
• •Ability to see: Eye sight capable of seeing small defects at distances close to the eyes
• •Ability to exert: Medium Work – Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects
• •Ability to operate: Powered Industrial Truck, Boom Lift and Scissor Lift per OSHA regulations rules and guidelines
• •Ability to follow: All employer safety and health regulations as required by company policies, procedures and practices
• •Ability to follow: Lock out/Block Out/ Tag out policy
• •Ability to wear: Proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) where required
• •Ability to address: All unsafe acts or conditions immediately and report to Shift Production Supervisor
• •Ability to participate: Safety training as scheduled
• •Ability to monitor: Deviation from expected Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
• •Ability to complete: Any machine and task specific training as documented on Operator Development Plan
• •Ability to perform: Operator Checklists
• •Ability to perform: Data collection of quality measurements as directed
• •Ability to correct: Any deviations from quality standards in order to produce product within specifications
• •Ability to monitor: Deviations within SPC charting
• •Ability to communicate: Problems, progress reports and continuous improvement ideas to management staff, maintenance and production personnel
• •Ability to perform: Maintenance tasks as outlined by Maintenance Manager and in response to machine malfunctions
• •Ability to troubleshoot: Machine and process issues
• •Ability to establish: SMART goals
• •Ability to request: Regular meetings with their managers
• •Ability to volunteer: For plant improvement teams
• •Ability to request: Additional training
• •Ability to request: Involvement beyond their immediate job responsibilities
• •Ability to seek: Higher education opportunities including continuing education classes
• •Ability to meet: Self-development and performance goals
• •Ability to provide: Suggestions for training topics
• •Ability to ensure: All daily, weekly and periodic cleaning tasks are performed as outlined in the Master Cleaning Schedule
• •Ability to maintain: Accurate production reporting documentation
• •Ability to participate: Active participation on plant teams and activities including safety, quality, sustainability, community involvement, OEE, maintenance, employee wellness, brainstorming and continuous improvement
• •Ability to produce: Best quality product at all times which meet or exceed company expectations and customer quality expectations
• •Ability to label: And/or tag all production, and maintain raw and packaging material traceability by recording lot codes as required
• •Ability to isolate: And track all non-conforming products and materials
• •Ability to perform: Quality and downstream testing and measurements, and record results in the specified system or form as directed
• •Ability to communicate: Out of specification conditions, food safety and food defense issues to the appropriate personnel
• •Ability to follow: All Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), personnel practices, HACCP, and prerequisite food safety programs
• •Ability to ensure: Work is performed in a manner which prevents foreign material contamination
• •Ability to maintain: A clean, organized work area through effective housekeeping, sanitization, and waste management practices
• •Ability to follow: The master cleaning and sanitization schedule
• •Ability to proactively resolve: Housekeeping and sanitization opportunities
• •Ability to perform: Scheduled production equipment changeovers as outlined by the plant production schedule
• •Ability to perform: Changeovers with limited impact to OEE
• •Ability to perform: Scheduled Preventative Maintenance tasks as outlined by the plant PM program
• •Ability to manage: Preventative maintenance tasks in Computerized Maintenance Management Software, as directed, including generating work orders
• •Ability to ensure: Equipment is clean and in 'showroom condition' after preventative maintenance is performed on production equipment
• •Ability to evaluate: Equipment for improvement areas
• •Ability to tag: Components or parts that need repair, replacement or improvement
• •Ability to ensure: Production equipment is in safe and efficient operation after each changeover
• •Ability to record: Parts removed from inventory on appropriate documentation and Computerized Maintenance Management Software to maintain sufficient parts inventory
• •Ability to notify: Maintenance Manager when parts inventory becomes low or reaches a reorder point
• •Ability to possess: A sense of urgency
• •Ability to possess: Accountability
• •Ability to possess: Business ethics
• •Ability to possess: Professionalism
• •Ability to possess: Self-motivation
• •Ability to possess: The desire and focus to improve the business
• •Ability to act: As Person In Charge in the absence of a member of management