Description:
Griffith Foods is a global manufacturer of food products. We provide a wide range of taste and texture components for food industry customers throughout the world. Our products include seasoning blends, dry mixes, coating systems, dough blends, crumbs, flavors, sauces and food bases that are used in an extensive variety of application from snack foods and processed meat and poultry to ready meals. Our customers include food processors, restaurant operators and grocery retailers. While our name may not be familiar to consumers, our products are key components of foods offered by many of the world’s best-known companies.
Mixing Operator - Day Shift
Major Responsibilities:
- Reports directly to the Mix Plant Supervisor, of Griffith Foods Canada on an ongoing basis and communicates all relevant matters pertaining to Operations.
- Carries out duties according to procedures and work instructions covering the tasks relating to the position’s function as outlined in the department’s quality manual, in accordance with Griffith Management System requirements.
- Locates and combines ingredients according to manufacturing formulae and production schedule.
- Communicates with team leader when material is short or missing.
- Keeps work area sanitary and safe.
- Follows Good Manufacturing Practices, maintains extensive knowledge of raw materials.
- Checks that all ingredients as required on formulae are present.
- Intermittent heavy lifting required (tilting 45-gallon drums). Hand scooping, bending, walking, and standing for most of the day.
- Communicates internally with other departments for the purpose of gathering materials, discrepancies and maintaining inventories.
- Communicates with previous and next shift to ascertain what is in production, obtains production schedule from Team Leader.
- Checks and obtains required materials from mixing and staging area, using a low rider.
- Loads materials as per formula instructions into ribbon blender; checks that all weights are correct.
- Completes the production and travel sheet, ensures mixer #, time, packaging, screen size is correct, obtains sign off and delivers the product to the take-off floor.
- Makes up Quality Samples of every batch, delivers to the Quality Department or arranges for collection as required.
- Ensures blender is cleaned after each mix, using the rubber paddle or allergen wash, and ensuring that the physical lock is in place.
- Ensures safety procedures are fulfilled throughout the daily processes and at the end of each shift and work area cleaned thoroughly.
- Understands and follows all security policies.
Requirements:
- High school diploma
- Previous experience in a food manufacturing environment is considered an asset
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Works cooperatively with others on the team and other departments
- Shows personal commitment and acts to continuously to improve