Laborer - General 2nd Shift

Rich's•Chicago Heights, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The General Laborer is responsible for performing labor tasks within and around the plant. This role involves assisting in the manufacturing of products by working on a production line, performing tasks such as re-casing, repackaging, and other product rework as assigned. The General Laborer must comply with all safety, GMP, quality, and food safety requirements, and maintain a clean and organized work area. Specific duties include preparing chocolate, feeding pans and trays to the production line, greasing pans, applying shipping labels, garnishing and crumbling products, applying collars and domes, inspecting cake quality, preparing bread, weighing and spreading cakes, and filling cakes. The role also involves preparing and maintaining materials and equipment, ensuring accurate and legible production codes and labels, verifying correct packaging and materials, reading codes, and changing coder machines when needed. At the end of the production day, unused materials must be resealed and returned, and coding and taping machines must be cleaned.

Requirements

Must have a high school diploma or general education degree (GED).
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write simple correspondence and effectively communicate information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, other employees in the organization and vendors.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole number, common fractions and decimals.
Ability to work in and contribute to Production Improvement Teams and other temporary teams as assigned or as a volunteer.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to conduct basic troubleshooting to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
Ability and desire to train other associates.

Responsibilities

Perform labor tasks within and around the plant.
Assist in the manufacturing of products on a production line.
Perform re-casing, repackaging, and other product rework as assigned.
Comply with all Safety, GMP, Quality, Plant Policies, and Associate and food safety requirements.
Maintain a clean and organized work area.
Shave chocolate and ensure it is prepared timely and readily available for production.
Feed pans and trays to the production line while maintaining the speed of the line.
Grease pans on the production line while maintaining the speed of the line and properly applying the appropriate amount of grease.
Apply shipping labels on the shipper at the determined rate.
Garnish products while maintaining the speed of the line and standard of quality.
Crumble products at the speed of the line while maintaining the standard of quality.
Apply the collar at the speed of the line while maintaining the standard of quality.
Apply domes to the products at the speed of the line.
Ensure sufficient domes are readily available.
Inspect the quality of the cakes.
Open and have bread prepared at the speed of the line while maintaining the standard of quality.
Weigh and spread every cake at the speed of the line while maintaining the standard of quality.
Fill the cakes at the speed of the line while maintaining the standard of quality and weight of the product.
Prepare and maintain materials and equipment at the start, during, and end of production.
Ensure that all production codes and labels are printed accurate and legible per product specifications.
Ensure that all packaging and materials are correct according to the SKU formula and integrity of appearance.
Read codes and change coder machines when needed.
Reseal and return unused materials to the designated location in the warehouse at the end of the production day.
Turn off and clean all coding and taping machines in preparation for the following shift.