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Hilmar Cheese Company lists this Functional Products Operator (Nights) opportunity in dalhart, Texas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
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At Hilmar Cheese Company we improve lives around the world through wholesome dairy products. Since our founding in 1984, Hilmar Cheese Company has been committed to innovation and sustainability. Our state-of-the art production facilities convert an abundance of locally sourced high-quality milk into a variety of nutritious cheeses, whey protein and lactose. The Cheese and Ingredients that we produce create a wide variety of retail and food service products from sliced and shredded cheeses, to protein supplements and infant formula. We are a trusted partner to premier food and beverage brands in more than fifty countries helping bring their vision into reality.
Throughout our decades of success and growth we have remained committed to our mission and values and these principles unite our people and guide all that we do.
A Typical Day
The Functional Products Operator is primarily responsible for Alpha LAC product production.
Job Responsibilities
Work closely with Products Coordinator – Protein Plant
Responsible for having a thorough understanding of Alpha LAC and WPI product formulas and manufacture of these functional products.
Responsible for communicating issues related to the above responsibilities to the production team.
Operators may be called on to assist with other operator functions in other protein production functions dependent upon background.
Requires flexibility in day to day tasks.
Active participation and ownership in your training and development program and associated activities, classes and events, which will be held before, during, after shifts and during scheduled days off.
Help coach and train teammates and participate in on the job, buddy training.
Place high priority on food safety and sanitation by understanding and executing HCC’s food safety and sanitation policies and procedures. This includes communicating any food safety incident, observation, or opportunity to your leadership team or teammates as well as participating in food safety and sanitation root cause analysis and improvement activities when required.
Prioritize safety above all other job duties by having a safety first approach at all times. This includes reporting any safety issues, observations, opportunities to your teams and follow up.
What You Will Need
English skills must be proficient to understand, read, write and speak English
Must be able to work 12-hour variable shifts, including weekends, holidays and overtime as needed.
Ability to lift up to 60lbs
Basic computer skills
Skilled in a manufacturing level 3 role OR equivalent experience
What Will Put You Ahead
High School diploma or GED from an accredited institution
SAP experience
Dairy manufacturing experience
Skilled in a Level 3 position OR Utility Operator (Level 4)
Experience as on On the Job Trainer
Has completed/in the process of completing HCC Level 1 Leadership training
Active/past member of departmental safety team
Physical Demands & Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to:
Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear.
Stand and walk almost the entire workday.
Employees must be physically capable of working in any of the job tasks within their respective area.
Required to work at heights and in fairly small areas.
Pushing, pulling, reaching, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, handling and grasping, twisting/turning, repetitive bending.
Food safety is a companywide responsibility and each employee must know their role in the manufacture and distribution of safe, wholesome, and high quality products.
This description is a general statement and does not include other duties as assigned
Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer/EEO. We participate in E-Verify.
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Worksite address
dalhart, TX, 79022, US
Who can apply
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