Job Summary

Oversees Dolly Washer, Vacuum Sealers, Boxmaker, Closer and Tube Liner Inserter.  Maintain areas to provide quality packaging for 640 # blocks.

Essential Functions

Dolly Washer:

• Spray all dollies off, use scrub brush and HC10 on them.
• Ensure all cleaning and chemical sanitizing mixing procedures are followed.
• Each dolly has a clean cheese cloth if put on at that station if not at the angle station.
• After each cheesecloth is placed on the dolly spray with delvocid.
• If running arena check each dolly with the dolly squaring tool.
• Log Delvocid lot code onto the delvocid tracking log sheet each time the sprayer is filled.
• Ensure environmental cleaning is done and signed off by the end of each shift.
• Assist the angle washer/tube liner operator when needed.
• Keeps records in accordance with good manufacturing process and local and state laws.
• Utilizes GPS processes, driving zero losses and upholds the culture of Southwest Cheese non-negotiables.

• Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health  Act which are applicable to his/her own actions and conduct.
• Complies with all applicable food safety regulations and mandates. (Food Safety Modernization Act- FSMA, Safe Quality Foods, Food and Drug Admin, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance)

Vacuum Sealer:

• Ensure vacuum pumps are on and vacuum sealers are enabled.
• Close vacuum sealers as soon as they have four fresh boxes.
• Place clean slip sheet on cheese and fold bag, after vacuum sealers.
• Place bottom boards and irons on boxes (reject any damaged components).
• Check Tosca iron legs on the leg jig to ensure they fit the 640 box correctly.
• Ensure boxes don't sit in one place for too long, to prevent a jam.
• Fix any jams in your area.
• Contact Level 3 immediately when you can't fix a jam.
• Ensure environmental cleaning is done and signed off by the end of each shift.
• Log Delvocid lot code onto the delvocid tracking log sheet each time the sprayer is filled.
• Foam area when not in production.
• Inspect each block for any foreign material ex. Plastic, excessive peppers, other color cheese etc.
• Keeps records in accordance with good manufacturing process and local and state laws.
• Utilizes GPS processes, driving zero losses and upholds the culture of Southwest Cheese non-negotiables.

• Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health  Act which are applicable to his/her own actions and conduct.
• Complies with all applicable food safety regulations and mandates (Safe Quality Foods, Food and Drug Admin, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance)

Boxmaker/Breakdown/640 Front End/640 Back End:

• General knowledge of components (Arena, Tosca and Kraft).
• General knowledge of banding machine operation and cleaning.
• Inspect each box for correct assembly.
• Keep a supply of 640# boxes on line at all times (10-20 boxes).
• Contact Level 3 or ATL when banding machine is not operational.
• Identify bad components and reject them.
• Assemble boxes by hand when banding machine is down.
• Ensure environmental cleaning is done and signed off by the end of each shift.
• Tower preparation for CIP.
• Tower Cleaning.
• Refill and thread plastic wrap on machine.
• Keeps records in accordance with good manufacturing process and local and state laws.
• Utilizes GPS processes, driving zero losses and upholds the culture of Southwest Cheese non-negotiables.

• Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health  Act which are applicable to his/her own actions and conduct.
• Complies with all applicable food safety regulations and mandates (Safe Quality Foods, Food and Drug Admin, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance)

Closer:

• Fill sprayer with Delvocid solution and complete Delvocid log.
• Remove cheesecloth from each block and dispose of it.
• Inspect each block for foreign material: Plastic, metal, excessive peppers, other kinds of cheese, etc.
• Spray the cheese with Delvocid and place a clean slip sheet on top.
• Fold bag, place press board, 6 springs, top board and top iron on cheese.
• Insert a white card stock on each side of the box for a label to stick to.
• Ensure boxes don't sit in one place for too long to prevent a jam.
• Fix any jams in your area and keep inverter in working order.
• Push dollies when not in production.
• Assist to keep inverter in working order.
• Foam Decking around Tracks, tracks  17-20, inverter and scrape all buildup off.
• Keeps records in accordance with good manufacturing process and local and state laws.
• Utilizes GPS processes, driving zero losses and upholds the culture of Southwest Cheese non-negotiables.

• Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health  Act which are applicable to his/her own actions and conduct.
• Complies with all applicable food safety regulations and mandates (Safe Quality Foods, Food and Drug Admin, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance)

Tube Liner Inserter:

• Place a blue tube liner in each box after it gets made and cheese cloth on dolly.
• Use dolly squaring tool to check for bent tabs when running Arena.
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