Tea Room Attendant (Day Shift Mon.-Thurs. 6:30 am -5:00 pm)

Bigelow Tea•Louisville, KY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Bigelow Tea is the number one specialty tea company in the United States, a family-owned and operated business, and a Certified B Corporation. The company is committed to good citizenship, ethical business practices, accountability, transparency, protecting the environment, sustainability, and supporting communities. They aim to create an environment that inspires positive contributions daily. Bigelow is seeking a talented individual who shares these values to join their team as a DAY SHIFT TEAROOM ATTENDANT. The role involves assuring proper tea dumping and issuing by correct flavor and shop order, and performing machine changeovers between shop order runs.

Requirements

Ability to learn computer related work requirements.
Ability to learn proper operation of forklift and pass required driving examination.
Certified to operate power material handling equipment (Fairfield)
Ability to lift 50 – 100 lbs. bags (with assistance from lifting equipment)
Ability to stand for long periods of time
Ability to walk
Ability to bend
Ability to sit
Repetitive motion with use of hands and fingers
Ability to touch, or feel
Ability to reach with hands and arms
Ability to talk and hear
Ability to lift or move up to 50 lbs. as needed
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Ability to wear P.P.E., a dust mask respirator to protect him/her from excessive tea dust.
Comfortable wearing various types of safety equipment such as hearing protection, eye protection, coveralls, gloves, etc. as necessary and indicated by R.C. Bigelow’s Safety Rules and those of OSHA.

Responsibilities

Responsible for feeding appropriate tea to hoppers based on production schedules and shop orders
Monitor tea delivery system.
Read & understand production reports and requisitions.
Maintain acceptable levels of tea in hoppers.
Ensure that the proper tea flavor is being used.
Refer to shop order packet to maintain required quantities and type of raw materials needed for production schedules
Monitor and assure that the dump stations are filled properly and as required.
Determine the time frame for refills by visual sight.
Responsible for identifying and gathering of all reclaim to be shredded.
Rework product in reclaim machine.
Monitor shredding machine to assure it is running properly.
Be alert to possible tea mixture problems.
Communicate with production personnel to assure production is running as required.
Complete and maintain daily and weekly reports as required.
Returns and accurately documents materials from each work center at the end of each production run including tea and raw materials
Inventory management; including cycle counting, issuing and returning raw materials.
Understand & operates the shredding machine according to all machine instructions and quality standards.
Drain and clean tea delivery system (hopper).
Cleans and airs out hoppers and lines to machine after tea is drained.
Place finished goods in proper locations in finished goods warehouse
Assists in receiving new shipment of tea.
Maintains housekeeping in the tearoom as instructed.
Assist other areas when time allows.
Operate computer related inventory equipment, Both RF & Keyboard
Learn/backup all tearoom functions.
Operates stand up and sit-down forklifts
Follow R.C. Bigelow’s Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) and Food Safety and Quality processes
Comply with R.C. Bigelow Safety and Health Rules
Performs other duties as assigned or needed.