MILK RECEIVING

AMPI•Paynesville Township, MN

About The Position

AMPI owns six Midwest-based manufacturing plants where 10 percent of the nation’s American-type cheese and processed cheese is produced. The cooperative’s award-winning cheese and powdered dairy products are marketed to foodservice, retail and food ingredient customers. In 2019, the co-op launched its Dinner Bell Creamery brand and accompanying Co-op Crafted promise, highlighting more than 50 years of dairy farm families partnering with skilled cheesemakers.

Requirements

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Nice To Haves

High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED), preferred.
Food manufacturing, material handling and forklift operation experience preferred.
Knowledge of HACCP, GMP's, OSHA and loss control programs is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

All AMPI employees are required to report any employee safety, food safety, and food quality issues to the appropriate personnel.
This position has heightened responsibilities for food safety and food quality.
Responsible for product receiving and shipments, ensuring proper scaling, sampling, and testing of products, including milk tests such as drip, tank, or CO: T.A., H2O, bacteria, butterfat, and inhibitors.
Maintain recordkeeping and documentation, including load temperature, silo fill levels, truck Clean in Place (CIP) records, receiving logs, testing logs and notifications, shipment records, and more.
Perform T.A. tests, truck inhibitor screening, individual screenings, and cryoscope tests.
Sanitize and clean trucks, tanks, silos, lines, and work areas, and maintain CIP systems.
Oversee and monitor the filling, storage, and agitation processes of milk holding silos.
Assist Lab or Cheesemaking employees, or perform additional duties as required and directed.
Adhere to current and future WDATCP, USDA, FDA, or any other regulatory agency requirements as necessary.
Record and report production deficiencies to foremen and management.
Report and communicate critical information during shift transitions.
Continuously seek process improvement opportunities and communicate them effectively to others.
Support the training of new employees.
Assist maintenance personnel with machine repairs or troubleshooting as needed.
Adhere to all Safety and GMP policies and procedures, and report any nonconformities.
Other duties as assigned.