Location
Hendersonville, NC | United States
Job description
Start your new career as a Machine Operator with MAU at Lassonde and Pappas Company in Hendersonville, NC. As a
Machine Operator, you will be responsible for one production line filler and support equipment for filling product and is responsible for product quality and product safety.
What We Offer
- $19 - $21 per hour
- 3rd Shift: Monday - Friday, 10:00 PM – 6:30 AM
- Mandatory overtime, occasionally on Saturdays
- Health benefits, including telehealth medical services
- On-the-job training
- Opportunity for advancement
What We're Looking For
- High school diploma or GED
- 6+ months experience operating production equipment
- Experience in the food/beverage industry (preferred)
- Previous manufacturing or production environment
- Strong attention to detail and problem solving skills
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds
- Ability to work overtime and weekends as needed
What You’ll Do as a Machine Operator
- Responsible for moving juice from the run tank to the filler, keep accurate data on temperature control charts, ensure Critical Control Points are met, complete CIP/Kosher/Organic wastes from the run tank through the pasteurizer and to the fillers
- Attend the filler by operating the equipment efficiently to optimize production-line run time
- Monitor the flow of bottles from the depalletizing area, clear bottle jams and alert maintenance personnel of any mechanical malfunctions
- Retrieve bottle caps from the storage area and fills cap hopper
- Monitor and adjust speed of bottle filler to ensure proper workflow to the rest of the production line
- Perform minor adjustments on equipment to ensure smooth operation of the production line
- Complete packaging changeovers on the filler, rinser and depal by adjusting rails, swapping out change parts and adjusting the timing
- Sample product at beginning of run to ensure conformance to standards
- Retrieve product quality specifications from the "Processing Guide" as provided by the Quality Assurance Department
- Perform required quality tests to ensure that batch conforms to product quality specifications using analytical laboratory equipment. Weights sample of five bottles of product using scale
- Assist the supervisor with inventory verification for bottles, caps and product, record bottle waste, cap usage and excessive product waste on inventory control logs
- Maintain a clean work area
- Perform water and chemical washes at the pasteurizer, filler, and support tanks
- Ensure correct washes are taking place by checking processing guides and QAD schedule
- Document wash process as they are being performed on the chart records. Track formula yield
- Monitor pasteurizer and fill-tank temperature charts, product flow rates, and fill-tank levels
- Adjusts temperatures and/or product flow to ensure conformance to specifications and established standards - record reason for variations on temperature charts
- Record all product changes at change-over time on pasteurizer and fill-tank temperature charts
- Performs other tasks as assigned
The MAU Hendersonville location holds walk-in interviews all week long from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM and from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Please ensure you have updated your application before coming in to interview.
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