General Production Operator - $24+/hour

Flowers Foods•Lewiston, ME

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) is a leading producer of packaged bakery goods in the United States with 2024 sales of $5.1 billion. The company offers a variety of well-known brands such as Nature's Own, Wonder, Dave's Killer Bread, Canyon Bakehouse, and Tastykake. Flowers Foods fosters a culture that values Honesty & Integrity, Respect & Inclusion, Sustainability, Passion, and Humility. They are committed to innovation and community. The production operator role contributes to all phases of the production process, including operating automated equipment, diagnosing machinery failures, assisting with preventative maintenance, and sanitation. Operators are expected to make production decisions regarding equipment preflight and operation, be flexible and adaptable to rotating job assignments, and maintain a safe work environment. Competency must be demonstrated for all activities affecting product safety, legality, and quality.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalency
Demonstration of competency for all on-the-job activities that may have a direct or indirect affect on product safety, legality and/or quality.

Nice To Haves

Two years related bakery or production experience

Responsibilities

Checks production work schedules for job assignment and work reporting time.
When job assignment is SCALER/DIVIDER OPERATOR, responsibilities include checking and maintaining production schedule, scaling ingredients, loading/operating/unloading mixers, operating dough pump, checking posted scaling weights and equipment standards, adjusting and operating one pocket and six pocket dividers, adjusting and operating rounder, adjusting and operating overhead proofer, performing start-up/shut down sanitation and operator’s preventative maintenance, ensuring work area is clean and organized, performing other duties as directed by supervision, and ensuring compliance with all company policies and procedures.
When job assignment is WRAPPING OPERATOR, responsibilities include checking production schedule and verifying product running order, checking pan count sheet for product quantity, checking production wrap count sheet for bag types, setting and operating slicer, bagger, and tier equipment, performing quality control inspection of finished product, ensuring that product is loaded correctly, performing start-up/shut down sanitation and operator’s preventative maintenance, ensuring work area is clean and organized, performing other duties as directed by supervision, and ensuring compliance with all company policies and procedures.
When job assignment is PALLETIZER, responsibilities include checking production schedule and verifying product running order, checking to ensure that the proper program is running, checking pallets, slip sheets, etc. for quantity, performing start-up/shut down sanitation and operator’s preventative maintenance, ensuring work area is clean and organized, performing other duties as directed by supervision, and ensuring compliance with all company policies and procedures.
Similar responsibilities apply when assignment is ROLL LINE OPERATOR, BOARD MONITOR, RETARD BOX MONITOR.
All employees will be responsible and accountable for insuring the quality and safety of every function and all products.