Essential Duties & Responsibilities

The Blending Machine Operator is responsible and accountable for established blending machine and shift productivity, quality, and yield requirements. Produce a safe, quality, powdered nutritional product following all SOP, cGMP, and all company policies.

• Operates assigned blending department machine(s) in compliance with established current Good Manufacturing Practices, Standard Operation Procedures, safety requirements and other regulations.
• Lift, break open, and dump bags of up to 50 lbs. throughout the shift.
• Responsible and accountable for established productivity, quality, and yield requirementsRecommends productivity, efficiency, quality and safety improvements to management.
• Performs and documents operation in compliance with Batch Records, SOP’s, and any other required documentation.
• Complies with all company policies.
• Works in a safe manner.
• Checks work for accuracy.
• Participates in training as needed.
• Completes additional tasks and projects as assigned by management
• Other duties as assigned.

Competency & Skill Requirements

• Embrace/foster new questions, change, and innovation within the workplace.
• Seek new ways to collaborate and cooperate with departmental employees, co-workers, and other business partners to achieve outcomes that benefit the organization and its customers.
• Communicate in a clear and transparent manner with all organizational team members.
• Consistently execute duties and decisions in a timely and efficient manner.
• Approach workplace decisions from a customer service point-of-view, actively eliciting the needs of external, as well as internal, customers.
• Continually look for opportunities to improve, to acquire new knowledge and skills, and participate in workplace training opportunities.
• Act professionally at all times. Ensure that tone of voice, language, appearance, and conversations are office-appropriate.
• Accept responsibility for the execution of essential functions and be accountable for all actions.
• Demonstrate through actions and work-product that Safety and Workers’ Compensation initiatives are of utmost importance.
• Demonstrate consistent leadership skills in all decisions and interactions.

Education & Experience Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Prior experience in food or consumer products environment preferred.
• Familiarity with cGMP’s, SOP’s, HAACP’s, or other similar quality programs preferred. Minimum of 10 years in infant formula powder manufacturing, or other relevant food industry (e.g. Specialty Dairy Ingredients [Powdered] used in Infant Formula) required.
• Combined experience and/or education that would demonstrate the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to meet the requirements of this position.

Physical Requirements

• Need ability to stand, crouch and climb to perform adjustments to equipment, use ladders, and perform various types of manual labor.
• Heavy physical effort required.
• Must be able to lift 55lbs throughout the shift.

Regulatory Requirements

• Adhere to all safety policies and procedures, follow CGMP's, and work in a manner consistent with all corporate and regulatory, food safety, quality and sanitation requirements
• Will comply with all applicable federal, state, and local standards for the manufacture of infant formula and other non-infant nutritional foods.