Powder Blend Operator

Supervisor’s Title: Production Team Leader

Department: Production

Location: Gooding Whey Plant

Exempt Status: Hourly

At Glanbia Nutritionals Inc., our portfolio centers on dairy and non-dairy nutritional ingredients. We co-innovate and deliver ingredient solutions and precision premixes for use in the mainstream food and beverage, infant and clinical, and functional nutrition markets. We are the number one provider of whey-based nutritional ingredients globally and the number one producer of American-style cheddar cheese. Our protein systems have transformed the bar and beverage categories — bringing increased levels of protein, cleaner labels and greater product functionality to market. We have a direct presence in 21 countries, with manufacturing facilities in the US, Germany and China, and international sales and technical offices around the world.

Job Summary

While ensuring that their work area is properly maintained, this person is responsible for filling packages with powder and moving the final product into stackable pallets.

Essential Functions

Packages powder, seals bags, and hand stacks on pallets

Check/weighs packages

Apply labels to packages

Operates forklift & stacks pallets in a safe and efficient manner

Operate & clean shrink wrapper

Operate & clean metal detector

Clean remaining packaging equipment

Assists in restacking and re-bagging powder as necessary

Operate & clean dust collection system

Operate & clean commercial sized vacuum

Operate, calibrate, & clean scales in packaging & pre-weigh rooms

Operate J-truck safely & efficiently

Validate & clean magnet

Pre-weigh ingredients into smaller batches with precision & cleanliness

Vacuum pallets and individual bags thoroughly

Operate super sack un-loader

Accurately select bags & pallets to be dumped

Breaks bags in a safe, effective, and timely manner-ensure all product is dumped out of every bag

Use utility tools safely and for appropriate task

Clean bag break, super sack un-loader, pneumatic convey lines, blender, hoppers, & other supporting equipment as needed

Operate equipment manually & by the HMI

Completes master sanitation in all processing areas & documents accordingly

Fill out all logs and paperwork legibly

Help maintain a good safe work environment

Takes active role in continuous improvement teams

Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act which are applicable to his/her own actions and conduct.

Complies with all applicable food safety regulations and mandates (Safe Quality Foods, Food and Drug Admin, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance)

Perform other duties as assigned

Additional Functions

Regular and timely attendance required

Glanbia Values

Delivering on Glanbia’s Values:

“Showing Respect” - Research issues & incidents with internal teams, business partners and customers in a collaborative manner that includes professional, honest and transparent communication.

“Find a Better Way” - Work with internal and external teams to implement process improvements and/or procedural changes that eliminate non-value added activities and drive more business value.

“Winning Together” - Assist with training of new team members. Facilitate or oversee training and standard operating procedure reviews to ensure new hires develop proficiency of role.

“The Customer’s Champion” - Proactively engage to support our customer needs on an end to end basis and strive to meet or exceed SLA timelines. Take ownership of customer requests and engage with internal teams as needed and within a timely manner.

“Performance Matters” - Meet or exceed all key metrics in line with expectations for role. Continually update knowledge of products, product changes, processes and services offered to deliver a dynamic customer experience.

Qualifications

Ability to speak, read, & write in English

Excellent attendance and safety record

Desire to grow with the company

Willingness to attend training classes as needed

Excellent people and communication skills

Willingness to work night shift when needed

Must be able to work weekends, and overtime as required

Ability to operate (or learn to operate) necessary equipment

Excellent record required in safety, attendance, and punctuality

Ability to stand and walk the entire shift if needed

Knowledge of the proper use of all cleaning chemicals

Typical Physical Activity

Physical Demands

The physical demands described represent those that must be met by an employee and the work environment characteristics are 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.

Physical Requirements

Frequently (51-75%) use hands to finger, handle, or feel.

Occasionally (25-50%) walk, lift and/or move 26 to 60 lbs.

Rarely (1-25%) stand, sit, talk or hear, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and reach with hands and arms.

Specific vision requirements for this job include close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less); distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more), color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors), peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point); depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships); ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus).

Typical Environmental Conditions

May be exposed to 85+ noise levels in which hearing protection will be needed.

Disclaimer

Must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately without causing significant safety threat to self or others. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required of all personnel so classified.

Are you someone who likes to make it happen, make it better and make it fun? If so, our company offers you an excellent opportunity to do interesting work and develop a career in a dynamic and innovative environment that is all about making you and our business successful.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia our culture will celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.