Process Operator / Batching- 12 hour nights (6pm-6:30am)

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:

Prepares products and batches per the batch cards per customer specifications and assures quality checks are performed and recorded by performing the following duties.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure all equipment is setup and functioning;
• Follow batch cards for all products verifying item codes, lot numbers, weights and descriptions;
• Responsible for preparing batches per batch card (kettles, breddos, brix, acid, and PH levels) per batch card;
• Assist with reports for ingredient lot numbers;
• Remove any product not required for current batch run;
• Participate in CIPs as needed;
• Ensure kitchen and all utensils are clean and ready for use;
• Understand written production orders;
• Report an accurate and current inventory to personnel with authority to initiate action;
• Report food safety & quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 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 basic hand tools (knife, pumps, and scales).
• Previous experience as a machine operator.
• Lock Out/Tag Out Trained.

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

DISCLAIMER: The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed and is not an inclusive summary of job duties and responsibilities. The omission of specific statements of duties or responsibilities does not exclude them from the position. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and the employee and is subject to change by the Company as the needs of the Company and requirements of the job change.