What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cherry Factory Jar Production Team Member position at Cherry Republic?
Position: Cherry Factory Jar Production Team Member
Location: Empire, MI
Summary of Position:
Cherry Republic’s Cherry Factory Jar Production Team Member is responsible for assisting in the production and packaging of all goods for the company.
Summary of Responsibilities:
Location: Empire, MI
Summary of Position:
Cherry Republic’s Cherry Factory Jar Production Team Member is responsible for assisting in the production and packaging of all goods for the company.
Summary of Responsibilities:
- Execution and production of daily work orders in accordance with HACCP and FSMA rules.
- Perform all duties while following GMPs daily.
- Ensure all PPE is worn in accordance with our trained, documented and signed GMPs
- Participate in audits as assigned by the Production Supervisor, Plant Manager, or QC Manager
- Feedback to Management staff (product quality, machine down time, etc.)
- Continuous Improvement - actively seeks ways to improve the process and sharing in Daily Huddles with Supervisor.
- Active participation in any required training meetings, workshops etc.
- Cleaning of equipment and production area in accordance with established procedures.
- Ensure daily tasks are completed for both production and cleanliness standards.
- Assist in packing of boxes for shipments as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Utilize all jar production equipment, including can openers, choppers, kettles, pumps, fillers, cappers, inline jar washers, dishwashers, inverter equipment, cooling tunnels, labeling equipment, pallet stacker and jar manufacturing equipment for the manufacture of produced goods in accordance with formulations.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
The Cherry Factory Jar Production Team Member reports directly to the Food Production supervisor. This person has no supervisory responsibilities.
Necessary Skills:
- At least (1) year experience working in a production environment preferred.
- Keen sense of detail. Ability to record and verify data in accordance with FSMA.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Must have the ability to maintain assigned work hours. Must have sufficient endurance to perform tasks over long periods of time, and have flexibility in job schedule, including some evening and weekend work.
- Proven self-starter, able to work at a high level of personal accountability.
- Must stay organized and transparent with information.
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs, and stand for long periods of time.
- Must be able to safely operate equipment after training of equipment has been completed.
Qualifications for the Job: To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability you are required to possess. Reasonable accommodations may be made, should you have a disability, to allow you to perform the essential functions.
- Education and / or Experience- High School Diploma or GED with a preferred minimum of 1 year of experience working in a production environment.
- Language Skills- Ability to read, analyze and interpret data with excellent written and verbal skills. Ability to read and understand scales and recipes.
- Mathematical Skills- Ability to calculate numbers and patterns when analyzing data.
- Reasoning Ability- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to communicate issues accurately and thoroughly to all individuals involved.
- Computer / Technical Skills- Possess basic computer skills.
- Physical Requirements: This position requires long periods of standing in a stationary position for more than 50% of the time. Ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs with frequent bending, lifting, and placing product on conveyor belts, kettles or pallets. Less than 5% of the time spent sitting in a stationary position. Ability to use kettles, fillers, cappers, labeling machines and other equipment most commonly used in a food production environment.
Other Things You Should Know: Sure, listed here are the important parts of your job. But more importantly, you are here to think, to use your judgment, and to act in the best interest of Cherry Republic at all times. There is one foremost responsibility that may never be specifically requested of you, but that you need to always keep in mind while on our team. This is the “Ultimate Expectation” and it is as follows: Always do what needs to be done without waiting to be asked. As long as you are acting in the company's best interests and in accordance with core values and policies, you have permission to act in our mutual best interests.
If at any time, you don’t feel we are doing the right thing, please say so. You have the right and we give you permission to speak up when necessary, to state what is unstated, to make a suggestion, or to question an action or decision. This doesn’t mean we will always agree with you, nor that we will necessarily change what we are doing; but we always want to hear what you most believe would help us better achieve our goals and purpose and to create an even better place for all of us!
