Processing Operator - 3rd shift

Campbell's•Ashland, OH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Bakery Processing Operator helps keep bakery operations running safely, efficiently, and continuously. The role operates processing and baking equipment, monitors product quality, prepares ingredients, and makes production adjustments to ensure products meet established Quality Assurance standards. The position requires attention to food safety, equipment operation, detail, and maintaining a safe, clean manufacturing environment. The operator works with production and bakery team members, supervisors, Quality Assurance, sanitation, maintenance, and other operations partners. The position is located in Ashland and is scheduled for 3rd shift, Sunday through Thursday, 10:50 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Start times and hours may vary based on production schedules and coverage needs, and mandatory overtime may be required. Base pay is $21.40 per hour, plus a $0.50 shift differential. Individual base pay depends on location and factors such as experience, skills, and relevant education or training.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED and/or at least 1 year of production experience in a manufacturing environment.
Ability to read and understand batch sheets, recipes, production information, and operating procedures.
Ability to accurately weigh ingredients and record production information.
Ability to work safely around moving mechanical equipment and follow food safety, sanitation, hygiene, and chemical-handling procedures.
Ability to work the 3rd-shift schedule and mandatory overtime when required.
Ability to meet the physical requirements of the role, including frequent to continuous standing and frequent walking; continuous use of hands; occasional to frequent climbing; occasional stooping and kneeling; continuous talking, hearing, tasting, and smelling; continuous handling of items up to 25 pounds; and handling items up to 50 pounds as required. Occasional heavier items require appropriate assistance.
Ability to work in a manufacturing environment that may include moving mechanical parts, wet or humid conditions, airborne particles, chemicals, varying temperatures, noise, dust, vibration, and occasional exposure to elevated work areas or outdoor conditions.

Nice To Haves

Certified Production Technician (CPT) certification.
Previous experience operating processing, baking, or other food-manufacturing equipment.
Experience with equipment changeovers, preventative maintenance, sanitation, or 5S practices.
Previous forklift and/or pallet-jack experience.
Experience working in a food production or bakery manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Safely operate processing and baking equipment to produce products according to established Quality Assurance guidelines and quality standards.
Mix ingredients, monitor temperature and moisture levels, and make adjustments as needed.
Monitor products during processing and remove improperly formed, overlapped, or otherwise unacceptable products.
Start, operate, change over, and shut down processing and bakery equipment according to established procedures.
Support preventative maintenance activities and identify or report defective equipment.
Read and follow batch sheets and recipes, including accurately weighing raw materials.
Monitor and document temperatures, mix times, item numbers, raw-material weights, and piece weights of extruded products, making adjustments when necessary.
Monitor production for possible foreign material and communicate or escalate quality concerns.
Follow sanitation procedures during cleanups and changeovers, including chemical-handling requirements.
Track and properly dispose of production waste.
Move raw ingredients using material-handling equipment such as forklifts and pallet jacks.
Maintain appropriate raw-material levels, unload raw-material trailers, and communicate material needs.
Monitor seasoning coverage and make necessary adjustments when applicable.
Follow safety, hygiene, housekeeping, 5S, and personal protective equipment requirements.
Keep work areas, aisles, and exits clean and free of obstructions.
Follow safe lifting and material-handling practices and promptly report workplace injuries or equipment concerns.
Perform other duties as assigned to support production needs.