Production Operator

The Production Operator plays a critical role in daily manufacturing operations, supporting ambient milling, extrusion, blending, and shipping processes. This position is responsible for operating and monitoring equipment, performing rate and quality checks, ensuring safety compliance, and supporting on-time shipment of finished products.

The ideal candidate is safety-driven, mechanically inclined, dependable, and capable of multitasking in a fast-paced industrial environment.

• Essential Functions: The following duties are considered essential job functions which the employee must be able to perform. Operate and monitor ambient mills, extruders, blenders, grinders, and related production equipment in compliance with SOPs
• Set up, adjust, and troubleshoot machinery to meet production, quality, and rate requirements
• Perform rate checks, monitor throughput, and adjust operations to meet production targets
• Weigh, mix, stage, and load raw materials according to batch instructions and formulas
• Conduct product quality checks, take samples, and perform visual inspections and standard QC tests
• Install or change screens, dies, and sizing components using hand tools
• Handle finished goods including filling bags/drums, silos, cartons, supersacks, repacks labeling, palletizing, and staging for shipment
• Load and unload materials using forklifts or pallet jacks as required
• Accurately complete production, quality, inventory, and shipping documentation using computer systems
• Perform 10-point pre-operation safety checks and follow all standard work instructions
• Participate fully in pre-shift huddles; arrive prepared, engaged, and on time
• Follow lockout/tagout procedures and all environmental, safety, and PPE requirements
• Support preventive maintenance (PMs), basic troubleshooting, and housekeeping activities
• Maintain clean, safe, and organized work areas in accordance with 5S and GMP standards
• Ability to stand and work on feet for multiple hours per shift
• Effectively communicate equipment issues, material needs, or quality concerns to supervisors
• Assist with cross-training and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ability to lift, push, and move materials weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Comfortable working at heights and on elevated platforms
• Ability to work in varying environmental conditions (noise, dust, temperature fluctuations)
• Must wear required PPE including steel-toed boots, hard hats, hearing protection, and respiratory protection
• This position requires strict adherence to all safety regulations