Night shift Dry Production Operator

Responsible for performing all job requirements in a safe manner using the proper PPE and being a proactive safety role model with co-workers

Responsible for correcting/reporting unsafe behaviors or equipment to ensure a safe working environment

Responsible for cleanliness within the work department

Perform safety audits

Complete and maintain all safety training

Follow all Food safety practices and processes applicable to the department

Perform/execute job duties keeping the company’s commitment to quality in mind

Monitor and maintain all food safety activities as part of daily tasks

Enforce food safety plan while producing product

Perform daily GMP audits

Level 1 Add or mix chemicals and ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually in order to ensure conformance to established standards Observe production and monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, and products to ensure conformance to requirements Clean and maintain equipment, using hand tools; display proper use of hand tools Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing Record operational and production data accurately on specified forms Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment Transfer materials, supplies, and product between work areas, using moving equipment and hand tools General understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) Understand location of fire stations and first aid kits Understand wet clean and dry clean procedures Read and understand product specification sheets and testing requirements Forklift certified by video and written test Understand item key format Must be able to write legibly and perform simple math using a calculator Communicate and work with other departments Attend scheduled meetings General understanding of SQF, Dietary Supplement, and MMR process Must be able to fill out Maintenance Work Orders Understand Lock-Out/Tag-Out requirements Displayed comprehension of the agglomeration and encapsulation understanding Display positive attitude

Add or mix chemicals and ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices

Examine materials, ingredients, or products visually in order to ensure conformance to established standards

Observe production and monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation

Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, and products to ensure conformance to requirements

Clean and maintain equipment, using hand tools; display proper use of hand tools

Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing

Record operational and production data accurately on specified forms

Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment

Transfer materials, supplies, and product between work areas, using moving equipment and hand tools

General understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s)

Understand location of fire stations and first aid kits

Understand wet clean and dry clean procedures

Read and understand product specification sheets and testing requirements

Forklift certified by video and written test

Understand item key format

Must be able to write legibly and perform simple math using a calculator

Communicate and work with other departments

Attend scheduled meetings

General understanding of SQF, Dietary Supplement, and MMR process

Must be able to fill out Maintenance Work Orders

Understand Lock-Out/Tag-Out requirements

Displayed comprehension of the agglomeration and encapsulation understanding

Display positive attitude

Level 2 Consistently meet and exceed production and cleanup standards Ability to set up and start up a machine after a cleanup Lead a co-worker in a wet and dry clean up or kosher Ability to identify and resolve basic processing issues Assist in training new employees Ability to identify and correct safety and GMP violations Ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures Participation in physical inventories and preparation of customer audits and third-party audits Basic computer skills Ability to perform operator PM

Consistently meet and exceed production and cleanup standards

Ability to set up and start up a machine after a cleanup

Lead a co-worker in a wet and dry clean up or kosher

Ability to identify and resolve basic processing issues

Assist in training new employees

Ability to identify and correct safety and GMP violations

Ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures

Participation in physical inventories and preparation of customer audits and third-party audits

Basic computer skills

Ability to perform operator PM

Level 3

Assist Technical Service Group with scale-ups and customer trials

Demonstrate flexibility to cross train in other departments within the company

Demonstrate willingness to work on other shifts if needed

Ability to adjust batch size

Ability to print pick list and pallet tags

Ability to fill in for the Lead position

Ability to perform material reconciliations

Participation in meetings such as Supervisor Meetings and CAPA Meetings

Ability to close Final Reports

Assist and participate in any Continuous Improvement Meetings and Group Projects

All Levels Initiate and support continuous improvement and elimination of waste and variation in processes using established improvement processes Must develop cooperative relationships with co-workers and other departments Display positive attitude and work cooperatively with co-workers as well as other departments All other duties as necessary to the success of Balchem Corporation

Initiate and support continuous improvement and elimination of waste and variation in processes using established improvement processes

Must develop cooperative relationships with co-workers and other departments

Display positive attitude and work cooperatively with co-workers as well as other departments

All other duties as necessary to the success of Balchem Corporation

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, and hear

The employee is occasionally required to kneel, crouch, crawl, bend, ascend and descend stairs and/or ladders

The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to feel, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms

The employee may consistently lift and/or move up to 50+ pounds

Vision requirements include close vision, depth perception, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus

This job is performed in a production environment in a manufacturing location

The noise level in the plant is moderate to loud

There will be exposure to machine noise and food dust when in the plant

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and with or around various chemicals

The employee is occasionally exposed to vibration and risk of electric shock

Production environment includes varying temperatures (heat, cold and moisture)

While performing certain job duties, employees may be exposed to allergens of the industry such as eggs, wheat, peanuts, dairy products, tree nuts, and soy products, as well as latex and powders

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job; reasonable accommodations may be made to allow individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

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