Pasta Production Associate - $20/h

Post Holdings - Winchester, VA

Full-time

Winchester, VA

Repair and Maintenance

About the position

8th Avenue Food & Provisions is seeking a Pasta Production Associate to join our manufacturing team in Winchester, Virginia. This position is integral to our operations, focusing on the production of high-quality pasta products. As a Pasta Production Associate, you will be responsible for operating and monitoring various production equipment, including long goods, short cut, noodle, and lasagna presses and dryers. Your role will involve ensuring that all production processes adhere to established specifications and quality standards, contributing to the overall success of our manufacturing operations. In this position, you will monitor recipe settings and make necessary adjustments on computers during die and format changes. You will also oversee the extrusion patterns to ensure the correct lengths and specifications of the pasta products. Additionally, you will be responsible for monitoring drying systems to ensure that products are dried according to specifications, and you will operate storage accumulators and finished product storage tanks. Your ability to perform die changes and operate the die wash machine will be crucial in maintaining production efficiency. Safety and compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) are paramount in this role. You will be expected to perform cleaning and sanitizing tasks, including disassembling and reassembling equipment as needed. You will also fill out daily reports, including downtime reports and product specification reports, to track production metrics and ensure accountability. As a Pasta Production Associate, you will work closely with your teammates and communicate effectively with all employees to maintain a respectful and productive work environment. Your commitment to producing safe and high-quality food products will be essential, as you will share in the responsibility of meeting the highest quality standards. This is a non-supervisory role, and punctual attendance is required to ensure smooth operations.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor the operation of all long goods, short cut, noodle and lasagna presses and dryers.
• Monitor settings on recipes to ensure proper parameters are used for the product being produced.
• Make proper changes on computers when doing die and format changes.
• Monitor extrusion pattern for proper length of long goods, short cuts, noodles and lasagna to assure proper product specifications.
• Monitor all drying systems to ensure that products are being dried to proper specifications.
• Operate and monitor storage accumulators, finished product storage tanks and storeveyors.
• Make die changes as needed using electric crane (hoist) systems and or chain hoist.
• Able to take product moisture on all lines as needed during the shift.
• Operate die wash machine.
• Perform and monitor shutdown and start up of all lines in press area.
• When cleaning or sanitizing, assist in opening press heads, pulling augers, cleaning barrels, mixers, dryers, and properly reassembling equipment.
• Perform all duties safely and in compliance with GMP's.
• Operate and monitor flour receiving and distribution from Miller Milling to silos and to individual presses with proper mixtures of ingredients.
• Fill out daily reports including Downtime report, Mixer and K-Tron cleaning report, product specification report, and press operator line check sheet.
• Operate ingredient transfer system when required, including dumping ingredients.
• Able to respond to alarms and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Understand and resolve flour system issues as they arise.
• Recognize defective, incorrectly manufactured, incorrectly dried or burned product and take appropriate action.
• Perform minor maintenance upon presses and dryers and assist maintenance technicians when needed.
• Maintain good housekeeping practices on presses, catwalks, spreaders, and the entire processing area.
• Perform die changes and correctly setup tap out and storage as required.
• Must have regular and punctual attendance.
• All other duties assigned by a Coordinator or a Manager.

Requirements

• Ability to respond to alarms and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Ability to work well with teammates and communicate with all employees with respect and courtesy.