Process Technician ZFS Ithaca - Night Shift

Job Summary:

The Process Technician is responsible for monitoring and operating processing equipment and assures production quality standards are met.

Rate:

$21.00 an hour with a $1.50 hourly night shift premium.

Schedule:

2-2-3 Schedule, 4:50PM to 5:00AM

Week 1: Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday

Week 2: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday

Extended hours during bi-annual shutdown, required. On occasion, may be required to attend training sessions outside of scheduled hours.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Physically monitor process temperatures, pressures, material flows and levels to evaluate process operations.
• Complete sanitation work of areas as assigned.
• Receive and inspect incoming raw materials, process aids, and packaging materials relevant to department.
• Take samples of products, analyze quality, and record resulting test data.
• Maintain logs of instrument readings observed during hourly rounds.
• Make the necessary physical adjustments to meet desired operating parameters.
• Notify Supervisor or Management of operational or food safety concerns.
• Assist all other employees and departments as required for efficient plant operation.
• Communicates regularly with all necessary personnel to ensure efficient plant operation.
• Attend meetings and meet expectations of training required by management. On occasion, meetings or training may be outside of regular scheduled work hours.
• Conforms with and abides by all regulations, policies, work procedures, instruction, and all safety requirements.
• Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards.
• Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe workstation/environment at all times.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• There are no supervisory responsibilities in this position.

Education and Experience:

• Education: High School or Equivalent
• Experience: 1 year in manufacturing related field, preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Possess mechanical aptitude and understanding of the manufacturing industry.
• Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Proficient in the PC computing environment including Internet Explorer, Outlook; MS Excel, Word and Windows Operating System. Must have the ability to learn and work effectively with the plants distributed control system.
• Reading, analyzing, and interpreting technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Proficient in mathematics. 
• Maintain good attendance habits.  
• Communicate effectively with co-workers and management.
• Exhibit a professional manner in dealing with other departments, customers, and co-workers; working to maintain constructive working relationships under all circumstances.
• Abide by all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description. 
• Abide by the company’s safety, quality, environmental, and HR policies at all times. 

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Frequently required to walk, stand, sit.
• Occasionally required to climb to levels of 125 feet or more, confined, and harnessed. Use of stairs and ladders may be required.
• Occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more.
• Operate in an office and production environment. Production environment could include frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the production environment is usually very loud.
• This position requires use of a respirator.

This job description reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified and shall not necessarily be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the job. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship between the employer and employee. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.