Hybrid Blender bei Manna Beverages

Job Details

Shifts: graveyard

Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Medical benefits-eligible first of the month following 28 days of employment.  All other benefits-eligible first of the month following 90 days of employment.

Benefits:

401(k) 

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Position Overview: Manually blend liquid and powder ingredients at a high rate of speed ensuring a high quality, efficient operation. The Blender operates various machinery for weighing ingredients, pumping ingredients into processing tanks, transferring liquid, and cleaning/sanitizing to Sanitation Standards.       

Language Skills: English proficiency required.  Spanish is a plus.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None.

Amount of Travel Involved: None.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Ensure personal safety, food safety, and quality protocols are followed, with a focus on adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) protocols, and Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs).
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  • Maintain a clean work area.  
  • Stage and verify ingredients for blending which includes verifying batch documentation, identifying discrepancies in batch documentation, assembling ingredients, weighing ingredients, performing blend calculations including metric conversions, properly handling partial ingredients, verifying ingredients, and recording data.
  • Must be able to document batch data with accuracy and legibility and ensure documentation is complete and fully in compliance at blending/processing and CIP areas.
  • Follow recipes to produce products of specified flavor, clarity, and/or color. 
  • Follow established blend procedure to include mixing ingredients per instructions, gathering and recording required information, sampling and testing, and adding ingredients to premix tank.
  • Daily operation of machines which includes scales, processing systems, hoists, pumps, and all other related equipment.
  • Observe and listen to equipment to detect possible malfunctions, such as leaks, plugging, or cavitations, and report malfunctions to leadership.
  • Troubleshoot issues with various processing equipment.
  • Manually monitor such things as carbonation, product temperatures, tank pressure, differential pressures, flow rates, and pump activity.
  • Communicates needs and issues clearly, both on shift and across shifts through proper shift pass-downs.   
  • Clean in Place (CIP) Blend Tanks.
  • Chemical titrations and micro swabbing.
  • Clean out of Place (COP) processing fittings and other aids.
  • Understand batch hold times and plan when batching should occur.
  • Understand and follow recycling procedures for plastics, drums, and pallets.
  • Safely and efficiently operate Foamer.
  • Maintain a positive work atmosphere and interaction with customers, co-workers, and management.
  • All other duties as assigned.  
  • Work scheduled shift, weekends, and extended hours as required.
  • Regular and punctual attendance.
  • To perform this job successfully, must be able to perform each fundamental task listed above satisfactorily.  

Experience for Success:  

• Demonstrates excellent attention to detail, is well organized, has a professional attitude, and produces accurate work product.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong multi-tasking skills with the ability to efficiently shift priorities.
• Ability to understand, remember and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information.  
• Demonstrated ability to meet productivity standards.
• Reports potentially unsafe conditions.  
• Strong ability to count, add, subtract, multiply, divide, and convert metrics, as well as record, balance and check results for accuracy.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate professionally with customers and co-workers.
• Follows policies and procedures.
• Uses equipment and materials properly.
• Have a strong work ethic and be able to work independently as well as work in a team.
• Must be proactive.
• Must have the ability to follow-up.
• Must be able to work in a fast paced environment.

Education and/or Experience: 

• High school diploma or general education degree (G.E.D.)
• One year of related experience.
• Or, equivalent combination of education and experience.  
• Must be computer literate and proficient in math.  

Behaviors & Competencies:

• Upholds mental, spiritual and physical safety
• Asks for and provides feedback
• Holds self and others accountable
• Supportive and collaborative of team members
• Participates in self-development and encourages the development of those who report/to him or her and peers
• Demonstrates flexibility and desire for growth

Physical Demands: 

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 is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee rarely sits; continuously uses hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.   The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, twist, push, pull, stoop, kneel, squat and crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and or move up to 70 pounds, regularly push, pull, lift /or move up to 50 pounds, and frequently push, pull, lift or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:  While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.  The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud. Employee is regularly exposed to changes in production facility temperature based on environmental conditions.  

Manna Beverages is an equal opportunity employer-----M/F/D/V