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Job Title: Overnight Blender Operator
Job Description
As a Blender Operator, you will be responsible for transporting required ingredients and pre-weighs from the staging area to the blending area, monitoring and incorporating push outs and Dump to Bulk (DTB) back into the system, and hooking up hoses, pumps, and lines for bulk concentrate or juice transfers from storage tanks.
Responsibilities
- Maintain, build, and start up filters, open drums, and inspect and maintain filter blankets.
- Program touch screens for product delivery from the silo room to blend tanks.
- Follow instructions on blending sheets, add proper ingredients, and accurately record amounts.
- Obtain blend tank samples and deliver them to the quality laboratory for testing.
- Complete blending sheets and ensure their accuracy.
- Maintain sanitation and cleanliness of the area throughout the shift.
- Perform CIP sanitation of all blending lines, tanks, and equipment.
- Remove empty barrels and bins from the batching area to outside storage and trailers.
- Receive and unload tankers of bulk concentrates as needed.
- Complete sanitation and line CIP as scheduled.
Essential Skills
- Experience in chemical production, blending, batching, and mixing.
- Proficiency in batch record keeping and compounding.
- Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in a similar role.
- Preferred pasteurization experience.
- Food and beverage industry experience is preferred, but open to candidates from other industries.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Ability to lift 50 pounds consistently.
- Adaptability to work in a non-climate controlled environment.
- Experience handling milk batches of 3-5k gallons and juice batches of 10-20k gallons.
Work Environment
The role involves physical labor, requiring the ability to lift 50 pounds consistently. The schedule includes rotating shifts of 2/2/3 (7pm – 7am), and options for with potential overtime.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $40000.00 - $52000.00/yr.
Company Description:
Country Pure Foods is the nation’s premier juice company, formed by joining four outstanding companies: Natural Country Farms of Ellington, Connecticut; Ohio Pure Foods of Akron, Ohio; Ardmore Farms of DeLand, Florida; and Cal-Tex Citrus Juice of Houston, Texas. Most recently, Country Pure Foods became a wholly owned subsidiary of Silver Springs Citrus, Inc., a joint venture owned by Sapporo International and Toyota Tsusho America. Combined, the company has over 300 years of experience providing fresh juice, packaging and distribution solutions to the food service, retail and contract packaging industries.
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Deland,FL.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 11, 2025.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.
Salary : $40,000 - $52,000