Functional Products Operator (Nights)

A Typical Day

The Functional Products Operator  is primarily responsible for Alpha LAC product production.

Job Responsibilities

• Work closely with Products Coordinator – Protein Plant
• Responsible for having a thorough understanding of Alpha LAC and WPI product formulas and manufacture of these functional products. 
• Responsible for communicating issues related to the above responsibilities to the production team.
• Operators may be called on to assist with other operator functions in other protein production functions dependent upon background.
• Requires above average attendance.
• Requires flexibility in day to day tasks. 
• Active participation and ownership in your training and development program and associated activities, classes and events, which will be held before, during, after shifts and during scheduled days off.  
• Help coach and train teammates and participate in on the job, buddy training.
• Place high priority on food safety and sanitation by understanding and executing HCC’s food safety and sanitation policies and procedures. This includes communicating any food safety incident, observation, or opportunity to your leadership team or teammates as well as participating in food safety and sanitation root cause analysis and improvement activities when required. 
• Prioritize safety above all other job duties by having a safety first approach at all times. This includes reporting any safety issues, observations, opportunities to your teams and follow up. 
   

What You Will Need

• English skills must be proficient to understand, read, write and speak English
• Must be able to work 12-hour variable shifts, including weekends, holidays and overtime as needed. 
• Ability to lift up to 60lbs
• Basic computer skills

What Will Put You Ahead

• High School diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• SAP experience
• Dairy manufacturing experience
• Skilled as a Whey Plant Operator or Filtration Operator (level 3 role) or Protein Utility Operator (level 4 role)
• Experience as on On the Job Trainer
• Has completed/in the process of completing HCC Level 1 Leadership training
• Active/past member of departmental safety team

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to:

• Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear.
• Stand and walk almost the entire workday.
• Employees must be physically capable of working in any of the job tasks within their respective area.
• Required to work at heights and in fairly small areas.
• Pushing, pulling, reaching, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, handling and grasping, twisting/turning, repetitive bending.