- Salary
- $19+
- Location
- Ankeny, IA
- Education
- High School
- Source
- Paylocity
Description
Description
The Mixing Machine Operator utilizes assorted equipment to blend ingredients into food products for processing while following exact product specifications and recipes. This is a full-time, 1st shift, non-exempt position that reports to the Production Supervisor.
Requirements
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Inspects physical condition of mixing equipment and ingredients
- Loads ingredients into mixing equipment or scales according mix instructions
- Starts equipment and adjusts valves and meters to admit liquid ingredients, steam, or cooling fluids to steam jacket or devices in mixing equipment to aid in blending
- Operates equipment until mixture reaches desired consistency or required specifications, and operates control/panels to transfer batch mixture through milling/batch holding tank/pasteurization systems
- Operates auxiliary equipment to break up, grind, dry mix, or otherwise prepare mixture for final transfer/processing
- Inspects, measures, tests, and verifies that product quality conforms to company, regulatory and customer specifications
- Investigates, analyzes, and resolves mixing problems
- Maintains continual communication with other team members in order to keep the mix stand and production line running as efficiently as possible
- Ability to report any errors or problems immediately and effectively
- Maintains time, mixing results, quality specifications, and detailed records of all lot numbers
- Adhere to quality and safety standards
- Other duties and/or special projects as assigned
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred
- Mechanical experience
- Ability to read written instructions in English, high attention to detail required.
- Physically demanding role must be comfortable lifting up to 50 pounds consistently. Bending, reaching, standing, lifting frequently required.
- Related experience preferred but will train the right candidate!
- May require flexibility in scheduling
Pay:
$19.50/hr
Hours:
1st shift: Monday-Friday 5am-3pm
Skills
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