Line 3 Unassigned Makeup - Days

A.M. Line 3 Makeup Bake Shop Helper/Break Lunch Relief

LOCATION: Downers Grove

DEPARTMENT: Production

WORKDAY GRADE LEVEL: H004

SHIFT: C team

# OF OPENINGS: 1

HOURS: Generally, starts as early as 6 AM to 6 PM OR until finish. Overtime and weekend work as needed. Starting times and hours may vary depending on coverage due to report-offs and the production schedule especially during holidays. Good attendance and punctuality required.

JOB SUMMARY/JOB DUTIES:

Covers various positions on Line 3 for breaks, lunches, call offs, and vacations. Positions covered include Divider Operator, Moulder Operator, Oven/Proofer Attendant, Pan Operator, and Slicer Feeder/Bagger Caser. See specific job descriptions for each of these positions. Responsible for monitoring, recording and maintaining product quality standards. Must follow 100% compliance to HACCP, CTS, SOP, Safety, GMPs, and JSA and can work successfully with minimal supervision. Fills ingredient bins at oven, feeds flash pans at oven, and moves pan trucks weighing up to 1500 lbs. Operator may be called upon to assist other Line 3 positions during operation and cover for vacations in any of these positions may be needed. Good communication skills required for relaying information to Supervisors, Maintenance and QA on issues needing attention. General cleaning/5S responsibilities of area assigned. Other duties as assigned.

Moulder: Operates, sets up and adjusts Moulder. Must observe proper moulding of dough resulting in quality product. Lifting and reaching up to 10 lbs. to fill flour sifter on moulders. Lifting up to 15 lbs. may be required for pans of dough. Keeps conveyors scraped and unjams pans. Must understand and follow set HACCP/CTS/GMP/JSA standards. May be called upon to assist upon to assist other Line 3 positions during operation and other duties as requested.

Pan Feeder: Places pans weighing approx. 6 lbs. on feed conveyor; removes pans from conveyor at downtime & at end of shift. Stacks pans on pan trucks; moves pan trucks weighing up to 1500 lbs. approx. 30 ft. at the beginning and end of shift. May be called upon to assist upon to assist other Line 3 positions during operation and other duties as requested.

Divider: The primary responsibilities of this position are to setup the divider and monitor dough unit cut-weights for proper weight per variety (keeping them statistically in control to target and within set control limits), minimize product waste, and contain downtime. Ensure bread weight quality standards are maintained and label contents are aligned. This includes proper setup and adjustment of equipment of the divider, rounder, flour system as well as all conveyors and guides. Ability to determine needed adjustments to processing, to counter line downtime or plant temperatures effects set HACCP, CTS, GMP, and JSA standards related to this position. Ensure equipment care of all machines this position operates including pre-operational inspections, evaluation and communication to maintenance and supervision of equipment issues that arise. Responsible for line efficiency standards and accurate recording of line starts, stops and downtime. This position is required to write work notifications when non-immediate issues arise with equipment or within work area. Positions dusting flour bins (up to 600 lbs.). Needs basic math for figuring downtime and proper start times for changeovers. Must be able to follow instructions. Repetitive motion required. Other duties as assigned including but not limited to assisting in feeding pans, etc.

Oven/Proofer Operator: Sets up and operates the Proofer, Oven, Depanner, water-slitter, seeder, topping machine and associated conveyors and guides for various products. Sets up proofer/oven temperature and speed; sets guides and conveyor speeds. Responsible for monitors product proofing and baking, making adjustments, recording and maintaining product quality standards. Sets up depanner, water-slitter, seeder and topping machine for various products changing templates/speeds. Requires some mechanical aptitude. Fills own ingredient bins for toppings. Operator may be called upon to assist other Line 3 positions during operation. Good communication skills required for relaying information to Supervisors, Maintenance and QA on issues needing attention. Other duties as assigned.

Bagger/Caser: Checks bread quality. Cases product into baskets/cases, keeping up with line speed. Sets up and operates the Bagger and associated conveyors and guides. Responsible for monitoring, recording and maintaining product quality standards; proper wrap, bag print quality, bag closure, and proper product coding. Monitors bags for proper type (inclusive of checking label revision on bags). Must understand procedural aspects of product coding and code board. Speed and manual dexterity required. Racking and unracking bread as needed. May be called upon to assist other Line 3 positions during operation and other duties as requested.

Slicer Feeder: Feeds bread into Slicers at an approximate rate of 55 loaves per minute. Continuously monitors the size, quality and weight of bread, reporting any variances to Supervision. Must start/stop Wrapper and Slicer according to line needs. Watches for and unjams bread on the Hartman slicer and Wrapper infeed. Checks for correct number of slices of bread.

Must follow Break/Lunch schedule and communicate any changes in break/lunch schedule with supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Decision Making Skills: Must have strong decision making and communication skills. They must have the ability to utilize/exercise good judgment, and they must ensure issues are quickly resolved and communicated with supervision. Fill out communication boards daily.
• Food Safety Awareness: Food safety awareness is critical in this position. This position will be held accountable to having a full understanding and adherence to the strictest compliance standards, in relation to HACCP, CTS, SOP, Safety, GMP, and JSA procedure and standards related to this position. Focused awareness and prevention of contamination/potential contamination, allergen control, and lot code traceability are key objectives in this role.
• Formula Control: Formula control is vital to ensuring compliance to label management of our products. Must abide to exact formula specifications and procedures, to ensure bread quality standards are maintained and label contents are aligned.
• Maintains work area to "5S" cleanliness, housekeeping and organizational standard.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Must possess a high school diploma, general education degree (GED) or equivalent. Two years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: 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.

• Stand for extended periods of time
• Use hands, fingers and arms to reach, feel product and manipulate materials and equipment
• Walk, stoop, climb, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk and hear
• Ability to use senses to diagnose and troubleshoot problems
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and push/pull heavy loads on wheeled dollies

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to vibration. The employee may be exposed to fumes, airborne particles, hot/cold temperature extremes, high industrial noise levels, forklift traffic and wet environments.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is expected to comply with all safety regulations, support plant safety initiatives, proper operating procedures and utilize prescribed safety equipment such as safety eyeglasses, safety shields, gloves, earplugs, respirators, and approved footwear.

Ability to deal with a changing work environment and high-pressure situations. Must be able to work in a team environment.

This position may require overtime as deemed necessary to support operations activities.

Employees' approved vacation subject to change when bidding to a new area.

There will be a 90-day evaluation period to ensure satisfactory performance.

Must stay on the job one year.

Individual base pay depends on work location and additional factors such as experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training. Total pay may include other forms of compensation. In addition, we offer competitive health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package.

The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity for employees and qualified applicants in all aspects of