Processing Operator - Multiple Shifts available - CONTRACT

Nature's Bakery•Hazelwood, MO

6h•$21•Onsite

About The Position

Being a Processing Operator means being at the heart of how we make our products. It’s a hands-on, fast-paced role where you’ll learn how to run equipment, troubleshoot issues, and help keep our production lines moving smoothly. This is a great opportunity to build valuable skills, take on more responsibility, and be part of a team that makes a real impact every day. Plus, if you’re someone who enjoys solving problems, working with machines, and seeing the results of your work, this role is for you. Our processing area is where we prepare, mix, extrude, cut, and oversee the production of the fig-bars across our production lines. We have four lines onsite. Here’s a simple overview of what each part does: Ideal candidates: Experience with inventory management, SAP or similar systems, data tracking, and processing. Forklift experience. Those comfortable with physical work, machine operation, and quick task management. Attention to detail, focus, experience with older or less mobile workers, self-starters. Physical demands: Heavy lifting, repetitive tasks, operating machinery. (must have ability to lift 50 lbs.) Main Processing Areas & Their Roles Pre-Scale: Creating batch records in SAP Gathering raw ingredients like sugar and measuring them precisely following recipes Building batches or kits for the mixers Creating labels in SAP/Checking inventory Mixing: Moving kits from pre-scale to the mixer (using a forklift) Loading ingredients into the mixer using proper tools (like sifters and box cutters) Following batch recipes carefully, especially timing (e.g., jam every 40 minutes) Managing time efficiently to produce more batches Extruders: Loading dough and jam into hoppers that combine into our fig bars Using forklifts to move materials to hoppers Maintaining oven temperatures and entering data into our system Troubleshooting jams and cleaning equipment Note: Hoppers lead to the oven, and attention to detail is key. Guillotine: Cutting bars into the correct sizes Removing any defective products (burned, misshapen, holes) Communicating with the extruders about jams or issues Floater/Material Manager: Supporting different areas as needed Moving simple tasks out of other departments Operating forklifts and managing materials efficiently

Requirements

Must be able to effectively deliver and receive verbal communication.
Must be able to read machine operating instructions and manuals as needed.
Ability to read and interpret quality documents, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands or feel and reach.
The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Ability to work in cold and warm environments.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with inventory management, SAP or similar systems, data tracking, and processing.
Forklift experience.
Those comfortable with physical work, machine operation, and quick task management.
Attention to detail, focus, experience with older or less mobile workers, self-starters.
Working knowledge of the manufacturing process, typically resulting from a minimum of one year experience in related jobs, preferred.

Responsibilities

Creating batch records in SAP
Gathering raw ingredients like sugar and measuring them precisely following recipes
Building batches or kits for the mixers
Creating labels in SAP/Checking inventory
Moving kits from pre-scale to the mixer (using a forklift)
Loading ingredients into the mixer using proper tools (like sifters and box cutters)
Following batch recipes carefully, especially timing (e.g., jam every 40 minutes)
Managing time efficiently to produce more batches
Loading dough and jam into hoppers that combine into our fig bars
Using forklifts to move materials to hoppers
Maintaining oven temperatures and entering data into our system
Troubleshooting jams and cleaning equipment
Cutting bars into the correct sizes
Removing any defective products (burned, misshapen, holes)
Communicating with the extruders about jams or issues
Supporting different areas as needed
Moving simple tasks out of other departments
Operating forklifts and managing materials efficiently