Production Worker / Food Processing Plant

Production Worker/ Line Runner

The Line Runner is responsible for supplying food products to each line to maintain food production and ensures quality of food meets company standards. May perform other production tasks and rotates into other activities as needed.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

• Operate batter machine, food pump, maitodextrin equipment, or any other equipment or machinery needed for food production.
• Manually supply ingredients to filler machines as needed to keep up with food production rate.
• Manually refill hopper with buckets of food for pump operation.
• Manually supply stacks of tortillas to each line station to keep up with food production rate.
• Help with the initial set-up workstations in preparation for food processing and production.
• Move filler machines to and from staging area as needed for cleaning and repairs.
• Perform work with consistent production and pace rate.
• Inspect foods for foreign objects and quality defects.
• Perform work in a fast paced environment, maintain production and quality requirements.
• Maintain knowledge, understanding and adherence to safety policies, USDA, GMPs, QA, HACCP, and Sanitation rules and regulations, and company policies.
• Regular and dependable attendance and punctuality is an essential function of this position.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Production Worker/ Tortilla Thrower

Manually place tortillas on folding machine platens for assembly of products in Production. Rework or remove out of specification product on line belts or pre-Frigo entry. Ensures quality of food meets company standards. May perform other production tasks and rotates into other activities as needed.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

• Manually place individual tortillas from stacks onto platen/conveyor at standard speed
• Place tortillas in the same direction and right side up on platen/conveyor
• Perform consistent placement of tortillas on platen/conveyor
• Inspect tortillas for foreign objects and quality defects
• Remove, rework or discard product found to be out specifications.
• Be able to "throw" tortillas at company standards of pace rate and placement quality.
• Inspect product for quality defects and remove out of spec product.
• Regular and dependable attendance and punctuality is an essential function of this position
• Perform in a fast paced environment, maintain production and quality requirements.
• Maintain knowledge, understanding and adherence to safety policies, USDA, GMPs, QA, HACCP, Sanitation rules and regulations, and company policies.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Production Worker/ Packer/Feeder

The Packer/Feeder is responsible for properly inserting the appropriate quantity of product into bags/cases during the packaging process. Ensures food product is free from foreign materials. May perform other production tasks and rotate into other activities as needed.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

• Inform monitor when line is low of product.
• Recycle open packages when needed.
• Be able to meet standard of feeding and packing.
• Know the different specifications of product and determine out of spec. product.
• Keep area clean at all times and comply with all sanitation procedures.
• Ensure correct film and cases are used for the foods being packaged.
• Ensure packages are properly sealed before packing.
• Ensure count of product is correct per bag or case.
• Identify and reject out of spec product.
• Ensure all required shelf life information is correctly printed on packages and legible per specifications.
• Ensure SOP is followed when product is rejected from metal detector or x-ray equipment.
• Maintain knowledge, understanding and adherence to safety policies, USDA, GMP's, QA, HACCP, Sanitation rules and regulations, and company policies.
• Regular and dependable attendance and punctuality is an essential function of this position.
• Perform all other duties, as assigned.