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Are you a hardworking, motivated, self-starter with a strong desire to be part of a stable, supportive, fast paced team? We offer opportunities for a long-term career, with consistent hours and opportunity for growth.
What Ever Fresh Fruit Company offers!

• Opportunities for advancement
• Dedicated Employee Development Specialist to assist with career growth
• Employee recognition programs
• Overtime is available
• Monday through Thursday schedule
• Attendance incentive programs
• A leadership team that works alongside you for continued support

Ever Fresh Fruit Company offers employer paid:

• Life insurance plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Medical
• Generous 401(k) match
• 6 paid holidays
• Short-term disability
• Vacation and sick time
• Vision
• Dental

About us!
We work closely with our customers to create unique flavor elements to ice cream bases and yogurt preps. Many of our ingredients end up in easily recognizable brands on the store shelf as we produce for both international corporations as well as smaller, local brands. Our Research and Development is done in-house so we get to witness the whole process from ideation to creation. We support regional trade organizations, source locally when appropriate and help to bring healthy food to people’s tables.
Production Operator - Formulated
Department: Formulated
Status: Non-exempt
Employee Classification: Regular Full-time
Reports To: Plant Manager
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Shift: 6:00am to 4:30pm, Monday through Thursday
Job Summary: Reviews ingredients contents list and specific batch instruction to ensure accuracy and consistency, before production process. Operates food processing equipment, including but not limited to mixers, sieves and steam kettles adhering to the highest standards of quality and safety.
Essential Functions:

• Completes daily documentation of batches with comprehensive understanding of the data and its impact to the operation
• Operates forklifts and other heavy equipment.
• Packages finished product.
• Adhere to proper Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Tests and records in process verification checks of finished products as necessary.
• Operates within all standard operating procedures.
• Operates ALL site food processing equipment, including but not limited to mixers, sieves and steam kettles.
• Cleans and maintains work area.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• One to three years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the company.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to operate forklift and/or certified to operate forklift (training in-house).
• Ability to set up and operate all specialty equipment (dicer, finisher, thermutator/terlotherm)
• Ability to assemble/disassemble on all lines (40s/spreads filler, 100s, 250s, 300, 1500s)
• Ability to shuttle waste and recycling out of the facility in an efficient manner, before overflowing
• Ability to train new production assistants and cooks
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Shows initiative to jump to another line when they need help
• Ability to fill out a work order accurately and neatly
• Ability to work all fill station roles (filling, weighing, cleaning, labeling and stacking)

Working Conditions/Physical Factors:

• Must be able to stand and walk for prolonged periods of time
• Worker may be exposed to hazards in the work place such as proximity to equipment conducting extreme heat, moving parts, and electrical current
• Exposure to moving mechanical parts
• Frequently required to taste and smell
• Specific vision abilities required for this job include: close vision, distance vision, and color vision.
• Exposure to fumes or airborne particles
• Worker may be exposed to a loud working environment.
• Occasionally required to use hands and fingers
• Frequently required to talk or hear
• Exposure to wet and/or humid conditions.
• Frequently required to lift/push/pull/carry weight up to 50 pounds
• Must be able to work in environment containing allergens (nuts, milk, wheat, etc.)

We know it's impossible to convey every single task for a particular job in a single job post. Our hope is that as we work together, we can use this job as a starting point so that your role can evolve over time and we can adjust your job description accordingly.