Machine Operator

Sun Orchard LLC•Haines City, FL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Sun Orchard is seeking a Machine Operator for their 3rd Shift. This role involves operating and monitoring production lines, ensuring product quality, performing preventative maintenance, and maintaining a clean work area. The ideal candidate will have experience with high-speed production lines, various food production machinery, and computer systems in a manufacturing setting.

Requirements

18 years or older
High School Diploma or GED required
A minimum of 2 tears of food production experience required
Experience with high-speed production lines (e.g., high output, high performance equipment, fast paced production environment, etc.)
Experience with pallets (e.g., operating a forklift, stacking/bundling product, etc.)
Experience operating a packing machine (e.g., stacking, bundling, and wrapping product, etc.)
Experience operating a filler machine (e.g., ensuring the right mix of product, operating a production computer, etc.)
Experience operating a palletizer (e.g., building pallets, managing product changeovers, etc.)
Experience reading schedules (e.g., products being produced, understanding production requirements, production planning, managing changeovers, etc.)
Experience with computers in a manufacturing setting (e.g., electronic settings, line speed, pressures, basic troubleshooting, solving faults/alarms and resetting equipment, etc.)
Experience with sanitization (e.g., basic procedures/steps, GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES in a food plant, identifying risks)

Responsibilities

Operate and monitor production line(s) to ensure efficiency
Remove or shift materials and/or finished products to facilitate proper flow
Ensure package and product quality
Perform preventative maintenance
Operate all manufacturing equipment (including new technologies) efficiently and safely
Clean equipment and area before, during, and after shift
Maintain clean work area through good housekeeping practices.
Expedite repairs to line, working with maintenance as necessary
Keep daily records of downtime and machine operations
Work well with others in a team-oriented atmosphere
Regular, reliable, predictable attendance
Other duties as required.