Processing Line Operator

UNC Dairy•City of Batavia, NY

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Join a team that nourishes life from farm to table! Upstate Niagara Cooperative, proudly owned by 200+ local family farms, is one of America’s largest and most stable dairy cooperatives. Guided by farmer- and employee-led values, we process and market high-quality milk, yogurt, dips, sour cream, cottage cheese, and more under our trusted brands: Upstate Farms®, Bison®, Milk for Life®, and Intense Milk®. Here, you’ll support sustainable farming, strong communities, and the mission to deliver fresh, local dairy to families every day.

Requirements

Strong attention to safety, cleanliness, and food quality
Ability to read, write, and perform math calculations
Dependable and reliable work ethic
Regularly required to stand; walk; bend; reach
Manual dexterity
Must regularly lift and /or move up to 15 pounds
Occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds
Good visual acuity including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

Nice To Haves

1+ years of dairy processing experience preferred

Responsibilities

Perform ERP system transactions in SAP
Ability to diagnose problems and take appropriate action.
Ability to perform changeovers in assigned work areas.
Complete daily Shift Report and collect production line paperwork.
Perform cleaning procedures and inspect equipment to maintain safe food processing expectations.
Maintain clean work environment.
Perform all other tasks and duties as assigned by Management/Supervision including Work Group Leads and Trainers.
Must be knowledgeable about milk, milk composition, milk fractions (cream, protein, etc.) and milk chemistry.
Receiving raw dairy products from tankers to storage vessels
Distribution of raw dairy products from storage vessels to processing systems.
Load out liquid dairy products from storage/processing systems to tankers.
Cleaning procedures, operating clean-in-place (CIP) systems and inspection of tankers, pipeline circuits and associated vessels/processing equipment associated with tankers.
Manually clean the outside of all equipment, walls, and floors in work area at a frequency sufficient to maintain them in clean condition.
Learn and demonstrate knowledge of process systems flows during production and CIP, including: Liquid dairy products to, through, and from all vessels (tanks & silos), pasteurizers, evaporators, and ultra-filtration membrane systems.
Operating all CIP systems utilized for cleaning pipeline circuits, tanks, silos and associated equipment.
Support efforts of your fellow Processing Line Operators.
Clean outside of all equipment, walls, and floors in the work area you are assigned to with a frequency sufficient to maintain them in clean condition.
Learn and demonstrate knowledge of process system flows, including: Liquid milk products to and from Unit #7 HTST/Separation/Ultra Filtered (UF) system and associated pipeline circuits, tanks, silos and associated equipment.
Liquid milk products to, throughout and from the ultra-filtration and reverse osmosis systems and associated pipeline circuits, tanks, silos and associated equipment.
Operating all clean-in-place systems utilized for cleaning milk processing systems including pipeline circuits, tanks, silos and associated equipment
Manually clean the outside of all equipment, walls, and floors in the work area you are assigned to, at a frequency that is sufficient to maintain them in a clean condition.