What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operator 1, Bakery-Packing position at Aspire Bakeries?
Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands likeLa Brea Bakery,Otis Spunkmeyer, andOakrun Farm Bakery. With 15bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers' expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.
Responsibilities:
- Packs production units in cases, according to case pack specifications.
- Ensures product units being packed are to quality and product specifications, including color, weight, height, length, appearance, and core temperature.
- Inserts master case liner, baking instructions, and retail bags as needed in formed cases.
- Ensures that finished cases have been accurately coded and identified.
- Records packaging documents accurately and in a timely fashion.
- Prepares box cartons with accurate labels for packaged products, and/or ensures that box labeler is accurately labeling cases.
- Operates various packaging equipment, which may include but is not limited to metal detectors, product counters, case erector/bag inserters, conveyors, box labelers, box tapers, pallet jacks, pallet wrappers, and bag counters.
- May assist in collating retail bags according to case counts based on the production schedules.
- Completes duties in accordance with quality assurance, GMPs (good manufacturing practices), safety and other company programs and procedures, and in accordance with government codes and regulations.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred
- Ability to do simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Ability to write numbers legibly.
- 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.
- Previous experience in an automated or semi-automated packing environment preferred.
- Ability to comprehend basic verbal and written instructions. Ability to distinguish and identify different products by reading labels.
- Oral Communication - Speaks clearly; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions.
- Written Communication - Writes numbers legibly.
Shift: 3rd
Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
