General Utility - 3rd Shift

Ajinomoto Foods North America•Joplin, MO

18h•Onsite

About The Position

Under immediate direction performs a variety of tasks including inspecting, packing, palletizing, loading, unloading, lifting, and moving production materials. This role ensures the quality of products (extruded, sliced, battered, breaded, fried, and/or refrigerated) meets customer specifications and company standards. The General Utility tends the production line, watches for equipment malfunctions or product defects, unpacks and loads raw materials, unloads work in progress or finished product, and moves materials. They also inspect and spread product by hand on moving conveyor belt to ensure product consistency. The position involves moving and palletizing finished and packaged product off production lines, verifying code dates and labels, and stocking materials for current and next shifts. The General Utility is expected to rotate into any line position as needed due to absences or breaks and to notify lead or supervisory staff of unusual operations. General housekeeping duties are required to maintain a clean and safe work area, in compliance with existing company policies including safety, good manufacturing practices, food safety, and employment and work rules.

Requirements

0 – 2 years of similar work experience in a manufacturing environment.
Ability to keep up with machine output production.
Ability to understand and follow verbal instructions.

Responsibilities

Ensures quality of product being extruded, sliced, battered, breaded, fried and/or refrigerated meets customer specifications, along with company production standards and quality.
Tends production line by watching for equipment malfunctions or product defects.
Unpacks and loads raw materials into equipment, unloading work in progress or finished product and moving materials to and from the equipment.
Inspects and spreads product by hand on moving conveyor belt to ensure product consistency.
Moves and palletizes finished and packaged product off production lines, along with verifying code dates and labels.
Stocks and restocks boxes, skids, and liners for next shift and current shift as needed.
Rotates into any line position as needed due to absences, breaks, etc.
Notifies lead or supervisory staff if unusual operations identified.
Performs general housekeeping duties in production area; maintain a clean and safe work area in compliance with existing policy.
Complies with organization policies including, but not limited to, safety, good manufacturing practices, food safety, and employment and work rules.
Performs other duties as assigned.