• Machine Operator I - Palletizer Blue Nights…

    LiDestri (Fairport, NY)


    About LiDestri Foods

     

    LiDestri Foods has grown from our roots as a pasta sauce and salsa manufacturer to become an R&D engine, formulating and producing innovative food products for our national and retailer brand partners. A family-run company based in Rochester, NY, LiDestri employs over 1,000 people across three U.S. locations. We have decades-long partnerships with some of the most respected consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and the most highly inventive retailer brands.

    Excellent Pay and Benefits:

    + Great career-pathing

    + Professional development, including unlimited online training courses

    + Health insurance with premium contributions

    + Dental, vision, HSA

    + 100% company paid life insurance and long-term disability

    + 401k – with employer match

    + Paid time off to include- vacation, sick pay, wellness time off, and 10 holidays

    + Company bonuses

    + And many more….

    POSITION SUMMARY:

    + Safely operate machinery with maximum efficiency, while maintaining product quality and following regulatory and company guidelines for sanitation and safety

    DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

    + Operate machinery, to include machine set-up, operation, change overs, and troubleshooting, to detect product (raw or finished) defects or machine malfunctions, adjusting machines as necessary;

    + Maintain GMP (good housekeeping) standards at and around machinery;

    + Perform SOPs for machinery in assigned area;

    + Cross training or training on equipment as defined by manager;

    + Maintain accurate document documentation;

    + Maintain and issue raw materials into assigned work orders;

    + Work in a safe manner, consistent with company safety rules and regulations;

    + Maintain good attendance record per company policy;

    + Report food safety & quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.

    REQUIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

    + High School Diploma or GED preferred;

    + Prior machine operation preferred;

    + Ability to wear personal protective equipment (bump cap, hair net, ear plugs, beard net (if applicable), Kevlar gloves, safety glasses and leather, skid resistant work shoes/boots;

    + Ability to apply basic computer and communication skills, math functions and reasoning;

    + Ability to use various hand tools (knife, water house, band cutters, can opener, scales, Telnet scanners, various small hand tools as required for position/product testing);

    + Previous experience operating a forklift (for applicable work areas);

    + Lock out/tag out certified;

    + Possess a continuous improvement and team orientated mind set.

    WORKING CONDITIONS:

    Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with exposure to:

    + Long periods of standing/moving, working around moving mechanical parts/conveyors

    + Loud environment, hot/cold, wet/dry conditions

    + Lifting/carrying <50 pounds

    + Frequent reaching/pulling/climbing stairs/stooping/kneeling/bending