Production Operator I

GREENFIELD MILLING•Richmond, UT

13d•$20 - $20•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Operator I transfers, bulk loads, and packages finished products while following personnel and equipment safety policies, GMP, HACCP, sanitation, and business-unit procedures. The role mills flour to customer specifications, operates transfer systems, samples and analyzes flour, maintains sanitation, and coordinates workflow and equipment needs with scheduling, elevator, blending, quality, maintenance, and packing teams. The operator monitors ingredients and supplies, helps maintain bins and silos, inspects transfer sifters, and prepares and monitors package weights and check scales. Packaging duties include sampling and testing products, conducting scheduled metal detector checks, preparing bags and labels, and ensuring finished products are sealed and palletized properly. The operator also cleans and sanitizes packing and loading areas, returns out-of-specification product to the system for rework, and helps train personnel in packaging functions. The company provides on-the-job and safety training. The position is based in Richmond, Utah, with a stated opening from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and availability required for flexible hours, including rotating shifts. Work involves standing and walking on concrete, lifting up to 50 pounds, climbing ladders, and exposure to noise, dust, varying temperatures, and manufacturing equipment hazards, including forklifts.

Requirements

High school education level listed.
Ability to work unsupervised.
Strong reading comprehension, writing, math, and communication skills.
Strong work-planning and decision-making skills.
Analytical skills to recognize and assess problems.
Interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills.
Ability to meet strict deadlines and schedules.
English communication skills, verbal and written.
Basic computer skills for data entry and process control.
Availability to work flexible hours, including rotating shifts.
Ability to lift 50 pounds.
Ability to perform physical work including straining, pulling, standing, walking, and climbing ladders.

Responsibilities

Transfer, bulk load, and package finished products.
Follow personnel and equipment safety policies and GMP, HACCP, sanitation, and business-unit procedures.
Understand customer specifications and mill flour to meet them.
Operate transfer equipment and systems safely and efficiently.
Sample and analyze milled flour using laboratory instruments.
Lock out, open, unstack, repair, and restack sifters.
Measure flour and feed levels in storage bins with a tape measure.
Record and perform sanitation duties and complete assigned work orders.
Communicate workflow, milling schedules, and equipment issues with scheduling, elevator, blending, quality, maintenance, and packing teams.
Monitor flour additives, ingredients, and other supplies; assist with maintaining bins and silos.
Conduct visual inspections of the FPZ transfer sifter.
Set up and monitor finished package weights, configure packer scale weights, and check check-scale precision before runs.
Check package weights throughout production and ensure product is bagged, sealed, and palletized neatly on structurally sound pallets.
Collect product samples before packaging and during runs and analyze them using equipment in the mill control room.
Perform scheduled metal detector checks and notify the supervisor of substandard conditions.
Keep bags available, prepare special-customer bags, and attach labels as needed.
Clean and sanitize packing and loading areas, including the hopper area above packers.
Return product that does not meet specifications to the system for rework.
Assist in training new and existing personnel in packaging functions and positions.