Production Worker

Ruiz Food Products•Florence, SC

10d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for performing various tasks on the production line to ensure the efficient and high-quality output of products. Key duties include manually placing tortillas, inspecting for defects, maintaining production standards, and adhering to safety and sanitation regulations. The role requires consistent performance in a fast-paced environment and involves cleaning and supplying materials to production lines.

Requirements

Regular and dependable attendance and punctuality is an essential function of this position.
Must be able to "throw" tortillas at company standards of pace rate and placement quality.
Must maintain knowledge, understanding and adherence to safety policies, USDA, GMPs, QA, HACCP, Sanitation rules and regulations, and RUIZ FOODS company policies.
Must maintain knowledge, understanding and adherence to safety policies, USDA, QA, HACCP, and Sanitation rules and regulations, and company policies.

Nice To Haves

May enter discarded waste information into the company computer system.
May wash conveyor equipment as needed.
May rinse, sweep and squeegee floors.

Responsibilities

Manually place individual tortillas from stacks onto platen/conveyor at standard speed.
Place tortillas in the same direction and right side up on platen/conveyor.
Perform consistent placement of tortillas on platen/conveyor.
Inspect tortillas for foreign objects and quality defects.
Remove, rework or discard product found to be out of specifications.
Throw tortillas at company standards of pace rate and placement quality.
Inspect product for quality defects and remove out of spec product.
Perform in a fast-paced environment, maintain production and quality requirements.
Maintain knowledge, understanding and adherence to safety policies, USDA, GMPs, QA, HACCP, Sanitation rules and regulations, and RUIZ FOODS company policies.
Throw out waste and rinse trash containers for reuse.
Move trash containers to waste area.
Removes food debris from conveyor catch pan and places it in designated inedible containers.
May enter discarded waste information into the company computer system.
Clean out debris from drain basket.
May wash conveyor equipment as needed.
May rinse, sweep and squeegee floors.
Setup and position fatigue mats and stools for other workers at individual workstations as needed.
Refill sanitizing containers as needed.
Responsible for supplying food products to each line to maintain food production.
Manually supply ingredients to filler machines as needed to keep up with food production rate.
Manually refill hopper with buckets of food for pump operation.
Perform all other duties as assigned.