Mt Olive Pickle Company
3891 - Machine Operator Mechanic I
Mt Olive Pickle Company, Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States, 27530
Job Description
Job Description Description:
Summary Qualified by successful completion of certified training modules and methods to set up, operate and maintain one qualified piece of equipment.
Duties and Responsibilities Essential Functions Sets up, troubleshoots, repairs and/or replaces parts, and operates one qualified piece of equipment in the Finished Goods Department. Monitors to assure that all product adheres to food safety and quality critical limits. The machine operator/mechanic’s absence will be covered by another employee trained to monitor food safety and quality. Visually and physically performs quality checks of labels and coding on his/her assigned line. At each station the OM should check his/her own station’s work and the work already done upstream. Examples include, but are not limited to, checking to assure caps are on the jar properly, labels are the right ones for that item and are positioned correctly on the jar, tamper-evident bands are on the jars’ necks, coding is correct, jars are clean, shrink wrap is tight. Adjusts line speeds to keep the pasteurizer discharge accumulation tables empty. Performs daily and weekly operational and pre-operational checklist tasks on all equipment. Cleans and maintains assigned work area, including performing equipment PMs, checking oil levels, greasing, 5S, etc. When operating label machine, obtains and manually carries boxes of labels (25 lbs. boxes) from a designated point outside the label storage area to the label machine. Verifies that all labels are accurate according to the latest revision of that shift’s production schedule. Keeps records of downtime and product checks. Follows safety rules and company policies. Other Duties Assists in training seasonal machine laborers. Assists DIN personnel. May occasionally drive forklift. Occasionally will be assigned to work on other lines as needed. Occasionally operates two machines. Participates in training, employee meetings, committees, project teams, etc. as appropriate. Receives verbal and written instructions from supervisor on above tasks and performs other work as directed by supervisor. Supervisory Responsibilities None
Machines, Equipment, Tools Used Will vary by machine operated. Machinery in Finished Goods includes, but is not limited to, conveyors, labelers, printers, case jets, tamper evident banding machinery, tray formers, inserters, fillers, palletizers, shrink wrappers, case packers. Some machinery may have multiple functions, be computerized, and/or have robotic components. Tools may include basic hand tools, scan gun and measuring devices.
Physical Demands Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerate degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles. Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time. Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another. Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady forces in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward. Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion. Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a high position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles. Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips. Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sound. Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform and activity such as: operates machines such as lathes, drill presses, power saws and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm’s reach; performs mechanical or skilled trade tasks of a non-repetitive nature such as carpenters, technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc. Work Environment Works inside, subject to some seasonal temperature variation and intermittent wetting from some job tasks. Some contact with grease, ink, dust and glue. Fumes from hot pepper, ink, glue and forklifts. Earplugs required due to irritating machinery noise. Head cover and beard cover required. Steel toed shoes required. Requirements:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities High school or equivalency needed. Additional trades training a strong plus. Must successfully complete company training module for one piece of qualified equipment. Ability to speak, read and write English required. Required math skills include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Intermediate level computer skills needed. CRC (Bronze level or higher) a plus.
Job Description Description:
Summary Qualified by successful completion of certified training modules and methods to set up, operate and maintain one qualified piece of equipment.
Duties and Responsibilities Essential Functions Sets up, troubleshoots, repairs and/or replaces parts, and operates one qualified piece of equipment in the Finished Goods Department. Monitors to assure that all product adheres to food safety and quality critical limits. The machine operator/mechanic’s absence will be covered by another employee trained to monitor food safety and quality. Visually and physically performs quality checks of labels and coding on his/her assigned line. At each station the OM should check his/her own station’s work and the work already done upstream. Examples include, but are not limited to, checking to assure caps are on the jar properly, labels are the right ones for that item and are positioned correctly on the jar, tamper-evident bands are on the jars’ necks, coding is correct, jars are clean, shrink wrap is tight. Adjusts line speeds to keep the pasteurizer discharge accumulation tables empty. Performs daily and weekly operational and pre-operational checklist tasks on all equipment. Cleans and maintains assigned work area, including performing equipment PMs, checking oil levels, greasing, 5S, etc. When operating label machine, obtains and manually carries boxes of labels (25 lbs. boxes) from a designated point outside the label storage area to the label machine. Verifies that all labels are accurate according to the latest revision of that shift’s production schedule. Keeps records of downtime and product checks. Follows safety rules and company policies. Other Duties Assists in training seasonal machine laborers. Assists DIN personnel. May occasionally drive forklift. Occasionally will be assigned to work on other lines as needed. Occasionally operates two machines. Participates in training, employee meetings, committees, project teams, etc. as appropriate. Receives verbal and written instructions from supervisor on above tasks and performs other work as directed by supervisor. Supervisory Responsibilities None
Machines, Equipment, Tools Used Will vary by machine operated. Machinery in Finished Goods includes, but is not limited to, conveyors, labelers, printers, case jets, tamper evident banding machinery, tray formers, inserters, fillers, palletizers, shrink wrappers, case packers. Some machinery may have multiple functions, be computerized, and/or have robotic components. Tools may include basic hand tools, scan gun and measuring devices.
Physical Demands Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerate degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles. Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time. Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another. Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady forces in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward. Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion. Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a high position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles. Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips. Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sound. Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform and activity such as: operates machines such as lathes, drill presses, power saws and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm’s reach; performs mechanical or skilled trade tasks of a non-repetitive nature such as carpenters, technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc. Work Environment Works inside, subject to some seasonal temperature variation and intermittent wetting from some job tasks. Some contact with grease, ink, dust and glue. Fumes from hot pepper, ink, glue and forklifts. Earplugs required due to irritating machinery noise. Head cover and beard cover required. Steel toed shoes required. Requirements:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities High school or equivalency needed. Additional trades training a strong plus. Must successfully complete company training module for one piece of qualified equipment. Ability to speak, read and write English required. Required math skills include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Intermediate level computer skills needed. CRC (Bronze level or higher) a plus.