Fluid Bed Machine Operator

Glanbia•West Haven, CT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Glanbia Nutritionals Inc., our portfolio centers around 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. Compensation for roles at Glanbia varies depending on a wide range of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. Glanbia provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in Conneticut. This range may not be applicable to other locations. The hourly rate for Conneticut based employees for this role is $24.71/hour. JOB SUMMARY Responsible and accountable for set-up, operation of machinery. Responsible for ensuring the machine produces high quality products, runs smoothly and at capacity, and is properly maintained. With direction from supervisor responsible for established machine and shift productivity, quality, and yield requirements

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED preferred.
Ability to follow direction and work with Standard Operating Procedures.
0 to six months experience in a manufacturing environment
Basic computer knowledge.
Productive & positive team player
Collaborative
Curious and willingness to learn new things
Problem solving
Solution oriented

Nice To Haves

Willingness to learn the additional processes as time allows

Responsibilities

Understand and demonstrate how to read and execute batch sheet and instructions, sampling and labels
Understand basic fluid bed principals and pass test
Demonstrate basic documentation of batch sheet, wash down paperwork, logbooks
Be able to read and check warehouse entries
Consume and post batch in plant
Successfully load solution kettles and fluid bed bowls following instructions on the batch sheet
Must be able to make one solution for the following processes: hot melt, agglomeration, trituration
Can demonstrate and independently run at least one of the following FB processes: hot melt, agglomeration, trituration with all necessary documentation, sampling as well as break down, setup, & wash down
Demonstrate setup, operation, calibration of spray rate and break down of solution pumps, in-line filters and hoses
Demonstrate independently being able to setup, operation, break down, brush down, wash down (physically) of necessary equipment in fluid bed (Example: Fitz-mills, co-mills, kettles, pumps, all seal installation and disassembly, post hoist and sifting equipment.)
Demonstrate the installation, and take down of fluid bed filters and proper care for them
Demonstrate they can setup the bowl in the post hoist and sift or mill the batch according to the batch sheet
Demonstrate the use of a sifter safely following procedures and policies
Demonstrate the use of a fitzmill safely following procedures and policies, if applicable
Demonstrate use of scale as well as tare wt. and test of scale and document
Demonstrate how to perform particle size, LOD and tapped and bulk density as well as documenting on the batch sheet
Clear understanding of SOP’s, GMP’s, Allergens, HACCP, Food Defense, Color Code, Documentation, Logbooks, Hand Washing, Uniform and Locker policy once fully trained and onboarded.