Blender I- 1st, 2nd and 3rd Shift

Makers Pride•Des Plaines, IL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Loads Blender with weighed material and blends product to customer specifications. This role involves ensuring product components are correct and acceptable, accurately weighing and loading materials, and maintaining detailed records for traceability. The position also requires adherence to cleaning and sanitizing protocols for equipment and blenders, completion of various data recording forms, and reporting any food safety or quality issues to the appropriate personnel.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent
Trouble-shooting skills
Self-motivated
Ability to follow-up
Ability to be punctual and outgoing
Ability to communicate and work well with others in a plant environment
Ability to work as a team member and help out wherever needed
Ability to successfully multi-task
Proficiency in some SAP
Must be able to lift 20 pounds on a frequent basis.
Follow all current and future safety policies, at all times.
Participate in all safety training and pass written exams.
Wear safety glasses, hair net, ear protection and smock at all times in the production/warehouse area of the plant.
Report all accidents/incidents immediately to the proper person.
Provide post-accident drug screen.
Lifting up to 60 pounds.
Continuously stand and walk.
Occasionally bend/stoop, squat, twist, push/pull, kneel and crouch.
Occasionally reach above shoulder level.
Occasionally climb to a height of approximately ten (10) feet.
Occasionally carry/lift up to sixty (60) pounds.
Occasionally use his/her legs, arms, and shoulders to push/pull items.
Occasionally use his/her head and neck in flexing and rotating.
Continuously be around moving machinery.
Occasionally operate a forklift and/or powered pallet jack.
Continuously be in factory and/or warehouse working conditions.
Frequently be in dusty conditions and be exposed to cleaning solvents & lubricants.

Nice To Haves

Ensure collaborative relationships with industry, trade, other associations, regulatory agencies and Makers Pride staff.

Responsibilities

Requests materials from warehouse as needed.
Inspects various product components to assure that correct and acceptable material is being used.
Weighs product components to customer specifications and loads into blender.
Records all lot and product code numbers on batch sheets for traceability purposes.
Cleans and sanitizes equipment and blenders to company specifications.
Completes various forms to record data.
Reports food safety or food quality issues to an authority who can initiate action.