Blender

Kerry•Blue Earth, MN

About The Position

The Blender prepares and personally certifies large batches of dry food ingredients according to Company specifications for use in manufacturing. The role ensures products contain the correct ingredients in the correct proportions. The Blender weighs and measures ingredients, records batch quantities, stages materials for upcoming blends, operates blending and material-handling equipment, and maintains a clean, orderly blending room. The position requires the ability to work with minimal supervision in a dusty environment and to meet the physical demands of repeated ingredient handling.

Requirements

Ability to tolerate the listed physical and environmental demands, with or without accommodations.
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
Some work experience performing heavy manual labor within the last five years.
Basic computer skills.
Ability to work well with minimal supervision in a solitary environment.
Ability to lift bags weighing up to 50 pounds from floor to chest height, up to 45 times per hour for an eight-hour shift, when needed if the vacuum lift is not functioning.
Ability to sit, stand, walk, handle or feel objects, grip, talk, hear, periodically reach, and sometimes stoop, kneel, or crouch.
Vision abilities including close, distance, and color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.
Previous manufacturing experience.
Prior SAP or inventory control experience.

Responsibilities

Accurately weigh and measure ingredients for blends.
Maintain accurate paper records of the quantities of ingredients added to batches.
Use basic math, including fractions, to calculate ingredient quantities for partial batches.
Assist with detailed cleaning of the blending room and other plant areas.
Leave a clean, well-ordered blending room for the replacement employee each shift.
Operate a vacuum-assisted lift, digital scales, paper recycling compressor, pallet lift, and mixer.
Stage all required materials for pending blends in advance of shift change.