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About The Position

Requirements

• Excellent working knowledge of and ability to follow safety rules and good manufacturing practices.
• Must be Power Equipment certified on forklift with straight forks and dumper attachment.
• Demonstrates good problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work independently with little or no supervision and perform multiple tasks.
• Ability to perform all physical aspects of this job without assistance.
• Demonstrates an ability in working well with others.
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Complete all processes in both CP and Red Room, including loading tanks, blanching, syrupping, syrup making, and cleaning/sanitizing.
• Operate the APV system, including balancing syrup needs, start-up, shut-down, changeovers, CIP monitoring, and training new processors.
• Continuously monitor syrup levels in Red Room and Cold Process tanks, reporting discrepancies to the Area Supervisor and ensuring resolution.
• Coordinate with other processors to create and pump batches of syrups, flavors, and pre-mixes.
• Pump product from tanks to the Pack Room for both cold and hot processes without impeding the pack-out process, including pumping spent and concentrate syrup.
• Maintain knowledge of fill weights and syrups for various products.
• Maintain knowledge of filling, staging, sanitizing, pre-syruping, flavoring, and coloring of barrels.
• Empty, fill, clean, sanitize, and label totes and/or barrels of product.
• Accurately cycle count chemical inventory.
• Manage railcar syrup from receipt to release.
• Perform QA tests/monitoring to clear fruit and syrup for processing and record data.
• Create and apply DSI labels for product identification.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and hazard-free work area.
• Perform other duties and assignments as directed.