Cooker Operator-2nd

Full-time - Entry Level

Compton, CA

Food Manufacturing

About the position

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939, committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. The Cook Operator position involves cleaning, setting up, and assembling kitchen equipment, forming and cooking batches of filling, conducting inventory, and documenting all pertinent information regarding HACCP, traceability, and batch records. The Cook Operator will ensure that all needs in the kitchen are met and will coordinate all aspects of kitchen operations with the lead and supervisor. Additionally, the Cook Operator will assist with training and set-up as needed by the lead and supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Weigh out and manually add bags, buckets, scoops, and shovels full of flavorings, spices, and other ingredients to the cooker according to the recipe.
• Pre batch and stage ingredients.
• Provide guidance and leadership to cook assistant, including equipment troubleshooting and set up for schedule changes.
• Assist with and ensure completion of CCP 1 & CCP 2 HACCP documentation, traceability, and batch records.
• Attend daily meetings and assist in making decisions and calculations regarding fill requests from production.
• Obtain and fill containers, vats, or tubs of meat, beans, cheese, and other ingredients, moving them to the cook station as needed.
• Obtain pallets of cheese blocks from cooler, transport to grinding station, and manually cut cheese blocks into sections.
• Operate cheese grinder to grind cheese according to recipe, fill gondolas with ground cheese, cover, and label.
• Coordinate and conduct daily raw material inventories, following FIFO of ingredients in the kitchen and reporting any abnormalities to supervisor or lead.
• Transport full gondolas to cooler or cook station as required.
• Position full gondola of finished product to chiller station and add chilling mixture to batch.
• Transport finished batches to cooler storage areas as required.
• Obtain work schedule, paperwork, and prepare for operations.
• Assist supervisor and lead with shift set-up.
• Report to assigned work station and obtain tools, check equipment, and check recipe as required.
• Manually bucket product into gondolas to cooler or cook station as required.
• At end of shift, secure all equipment, perform general housekeeping duties, and complete all required paperwork.

Requirements

• Must be able to use, or learn to use, the equipment and tools used to perform the job.
• Must be able to perform all job functions safely.
• Must meet the company standards for the job.
• Must be able to follow instructions.
• Must be able to understand and follow all written SSOP's.
• Must be able to understand SDS (Safety data sheets).
• Must be able to work the scheduled/assigned times and required overtime for the position.
• Must be able to stand and walk for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
• Must be able to submit and pass a criminal background check.

Benefits

• Rate of Pay: $17.35 per hour + $0.25 shift premium
• Shift: 2