Machine operator

Job Type:

Regular

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Agropur has an immediate opening for a Machine Operator position at our Miramichi, NB location. This location is where we produce milk, cream, eggnog, and ice milk mixes. Join our team as a Machine Operator to grow your career.

How Agropur Invests in you:

• Starting pay rate of $24.43 per hour.

• Additional evening shift premium of $0.80

• Employee Assistance Program

• Opportunity to invest in your career path

What the Machine Operator role is about:

• Operate various types of fillers and case washers.

• Perform wash up procedures and equipment tear down.

• Manufacture products to establish specifications.

• Perform general housekeeping. Empty garbage dumpsters.

• Check daily inventory and make adjustments to daily production planned.

• Set up pasteurizer-tanks/silos/lines for daily production.

• Prepare vitamins for daily production.

• Mix batches of dairy by-products and do associated testing required with batch making.

• Co-ordinate batch making operations with filler production.

• Maintain batching and pasteurizing records.

• Wash up system manually and through a CIP system.

• Operate CIP unit and perform wash up procedures on tanks, trucks, silos and raw lines.

• Receive and complete testing on incoming raw milk. Operate case washer.

• Must be able to work with various types of chemicals.

What you need to be a Machine Operator:

• Minimum Grade 12 education or equivalent.

• Able to operate a controlled computerized panel.

• Knowledge of good manufacturing and sanitation practices.

• Have or willing to obtain milk grader’s certificate.

• Accept direction and complete in reasonable period of time.                         

• Previous experience on a production line would be an asset.

• Must be open to a changing schedule based on production need including nights, weekends, and holidays.

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Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec. Agropur uses artificial intelligence technology to assist our recruiters in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for this position. 

In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.