What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Handler position at Specialty Cheese Company, Inc.?
Position Purpose:
To perform a variety of duties which help the product get through the packaging line efficiently.
Essential Job Functions:
- Follow all GMP’s, SOP’s and SSOP’s
- Pounding out 40’s to be cut or pouched
- Cut cheese using the Champ and the two-way cutter
- Knowledge of different cheeses
- Knowledge of different cuts
- Wash plastic tubs,40# forms and fresco forms
- Wash pallets(stain steel and black ones)
- Changing the 3 buckets by 8610 and table 3 every two hours
- Take samples of different cheeses
- Supply 8610 line with cheese to make sure 8610 does notrun empty
- Fill out the sticker to identify the trim correctly
- Follow procedure for Fresco Line
- Operate the Koch
- Palletizing washed tubs, forms and shrink wrapping them
- Fill in on the packaging line as needed
- Daily clean up and sanitation while line is running.
- Perform basic maintenance tasks
- Electric and hand-operated pallet jacks
- Understand and communicate packaging board & schedule
- Setting up champs and two-way cutter with proper harps and corresponding base
- Labeling pallets of cut and tubbed cheese with the correct product date and vat
- Setting up cuber with proper harps and corresponding base
- Report missing parts or equipment damage
- Emptying trash cans and empty the bag suckers can at the end of the shift.
- Taking out garbage operate compactor
- Plugging pallet jacks into charging station
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Customer focused –demonstrates an ability to meet the expectations of customers
- Values –demonstrates honesty and rock-solid integrity
- Safety –demonstrates a concern for others well being
- Proactive –takes action to meet the needs of the customers
- Communication – ability to speak and write ideas effectively
- Minimize change over times
- Teamwork/Attitude – works effectively with all employees
- Safety, Chemical, Pallet Jacks and GMP Training
- Product Knowledge
- Ability to lift 50 pounds above waistline
- Basic math skills