Cheese Intake Technician

Supervisor’s Title: Cheese Team Lead

Department: Cheese Production

Exempt Status: Hourly

MWC is a state of the art cheese and whey production facility in St. Johns, MI. MWC is a joint venture between Glanbia Nutritionals, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Select Milk Producers Inc. (Select).

Test all products that come through the bays, verify manifests, samples, and tags per truck, CIP Silos and bays, maintain logs and communicate any irregularities to Team Leader.

• Communicate with lab; tankers that have passed testing and which trucks to CIP.
• Verify incoming wash tags are completed correctly and within time limits.
• Record wet load time, date, location and initials on back of wash tag.
• Communicate for silo selection or CIP order.
• Open manway vent
• CIP trucks; enter tanker #, connect hoses, clean manway, outlets, caps.
• Fill out wash tags with seal numbers, time, date, operator initials.
• Remove and clean milk caps before CIP.
• Be able to connect bays for line flush, CIP.
• Connect raw silos for receiving.
• Collect raw products MCRS inventory daily in the morning.
• CIP raw silos, including hand cleaning door, gasket and sample spigot.
• Give breaks if needed.
• Communicate truck information.
• Operate and maintain CIP concentrations.
• Flush and CIP cream receiving lines.
• Flush and CIP bay lines
• Record information from silo and line CIPs.
• Maintain Charm antibiotic certification as an Industry Analyst.
• Follow all antibiotic testing procedures when working in the lab.
• Follow and complete work on environmental cleaning log stored in intake lab.
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment.
• Ensure that all seals are collected and stored properly.
• Any other duties assigned by supervisor, including covering for other employees.
• Ensure all tankers are flushed and completely emptied before CIP.
• Know what quota is and how to reach it each day.
• Foam clean and scrub all bays and unloading pipes if needed.
• Know what must be done before a tanker is unloaded.
• Pick up seals and garbage outside bays on driveway.
• Make sure receiving bays are clean.
• Utilizes GPS processes, driving zero losses and upholds the culture of MWC non-negotiables.
• Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act which are applicable to his/her own actions and conduct.
• Complies with all applicable food safety regulations and mandates (Safe Quality Foods, Food and Drug Admin, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance)

Delivering on Glanbia’s Values:

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  “Showing Respect” - Research issues & incidents with internal teams, business partners and customers in a collaborative manner that includes professional, honest and transparent communication.
• “Find a Better Way” - Work with internal and external teams to implement process improvements and/or procedural changes that eliminate non-value added activities and drive more business value.
• “Winning Together” - Assist with training of new team members. Facilitate or oversee training and standard operating procedure reviews to ensure new hires develop proficiency of role.
• “The Customer’s Champion” – Proactively engage to support our customer needs on an end to end basis and strive to meet or exceed SLA timelines. Take ownership of customer requests and engage with internal teams as needed and within a timely manner.
• “Performance Matters” – Meet or exceed all key metrics in line with expectations for role. Continually update knowledge of products, product changes, processes and services offered to deliver a dynamic customer experience.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Efficient in Microsoft Office.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Provide leadership to others through example and sharing of knowledge/skill.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

• Ability to prioritize tasks, handle multiply projects simultaneously and delegate assignments to others.
• Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Human Resources
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.

Physical Demands

• Regularly involves talking or listening, standing and walking, and the use of hands and fingers.
• Frequently involves sitting, and reaching with hands and arms
• Occasionally involves crouching, stooping, kneeling and/or climbing or balancing.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items, works with the fingers, and perceives attributes of objects and materials.
• Involves moderate physical activity performing somewhat strenuous daily activities of a primarily product/technical nature.
• Should be able to identify and distinguish colors, see clearly at 20 inches or closer and 20 feet or more, observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point, judge distances and spatial relationships, and adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus.

• May be exposed to loud noise levels (i.e. manufacturing equipment).
• May be exposed to humidity, intense heat, and areas with possible air contamination, fumes and toxic chemicals.
• May work in areas with mechanical moving parts, above ground with risk of fall, or areas with risk of electrical shock.

• Minimal travel limited within the local area.

Must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately without causing significant safety threat to self or others. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required of all personnel so classified.

Are you someone who likes to make it happen, make it better and make it fun? If so, our company offers you an excellent opportunity to do really interesting work and develop a career in a dynamic and innovative environment that is all about making you and our business successful.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia our culture will celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.