Press Operator

Posted 12 Days Ago
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Medina, NY
Entry level
Food • Manufacturing
The Role
The Press Operator is responsible for operating machinery to produce bouillon cubes, performing quality checks, adjusting machine settings, and collaborating with packaging and mixing departments. Additional tasks include preventative maintenance, mechanical repairs, inventory management of spare parts, and adhering to food safety policies.
Summary Generated by Built In

The Press Operator job is a high capacity position that requires the operator to be alert and aware of their surroundings always.
Winland Foods is a private label manufacturer of a wide variety of food products. As a growing and changing company, it is essential that the employees be flexible, capable of performing a variety of functions and adaptable to changes.

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

NY Medina

Job Type:

Production Group

Job Posting Title:

Press Operator

Job Description:

Schedule: 3rd Shift, 10:00pm - 6:30am, with overtime and weekends as required

Work Location: 4001 Salt Works Road, Medina, NY 14103

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with match, STD/LTD/AD&D/Life, HSA, FSA, EAP, Hospital indemnity, Accident Insurance, Identity and Fraud Protection Plan, Legal, and Critical Illness.

Salary, based on experience and other qualifications: $26.25 per hour plus $1.00 shift differential * Sign on bonus of $150 on date of hire, $250 after 90 days and $600 after 9 months (attendance and probationary policies apply).

Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Completes hourly quality checks by averaging bouillon cube weights.
  • Adjusts machine settings as necessary to ensure that cubes are square.
  • Must work closely with the bouillon packaging and mixing departments to ensure that mixes are available for future runs.
  • Maintain high level of awareness while the line is running – respond quickly if there are quality issues such as mix sticking to punches, or the produced cube does not meet quality standards.
  • Perform all Change Overs
  • All Cleaning and sanitizing of equipment to Treehouse Foods Standards.
  • Responsible for all the preventative maintenance to the presses and wrappers such as greasing, oiling or changing of worn parts.
  • Perform all mechanical maintenance and repairs to the equipment as able.
  • Keep accurate inventory of spare parts.
  • Work with the maintenance department to ensure that parts are ordered as needed.
  • Ensure that you have all the material necessary to run the press before starting up.
  • Managing the rooms performance and T-Max
  • Able to calculate the shifts production as a percentage
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • All employees are responsible for following Plant Safety, SQF, FSMA, Food Safety-HACCP, GMP, Food Quality, Food Defense and Food Fraud policies and programs at all times, as well as reporting any issues – discrepancies immediately. 

Skills:

  • Strong attention to detail
  • Problem Resolution/Mechanical trouble shooting skills
  • Leadership Ability
  • High level of organizational skills

EEO Statement:

Winland Foods believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Winland Foods is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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The Company
Oak Brook, , Illinois
699 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

We are a global manufacturer of private label and branded foods for retail and co-pack customers. At our core, we're passionate about creating delicious food that brings people together. We take pride in using only the finest ingredients in our products, from our classic recipes to our innovative new creations. Every product we make meets the highest standards of taste, quality, and accessibility

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