Blend Technician Lead

Job Description

Job Description

Job Details

Shifts : graveyard

Location : Indianapolis, Indiana

Pay range : $22.00-$25.00 per hour

Medical benefits-eligible first of the month following 28 days of employment. All other benefits-eligible first of the month following 90 days of employment.

Benefits : 401(k)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Position Overview : Blend and mix juice from concentrate and base at a high rate of speed ensuring a high quality, efficient operation. The Blender operates mixing machines to blend ingredients into compounds for processing, loads ingredients into mixers, and weights and measures ingredients as well as is responsible to clean and sanitize mixer machines.

Language Skills : English proficiency required. Spanish is a plus.

Supervisory Responsibilities : None.

Amount of Travel Involved : None.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Follow all safety procedures, spill policies, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) to ensure a safe working environment and compliance with standard operating guidelines.
• Operate and maintain various machinery, including scales, processing systems, hoists, pumps, and blenders, ensuring efficient functionality and performing Clean in Place (CIP) procedures as necessary.
• Stage, verify, and record ingredients for blending, including checking batch documentation for accuracy, performing blend calculations, and properly handling and documenting ingredient usage.
• Follow established blending procedures, including verifying recipes, conducting quality tests (e.g., reverse osmosis water conductivity and Total Dissolved Solids), and managing the blending process through inputting new recipes and troubleshooting issues.
• Complete all necessary paperwork, such as blend sheets, logs, and shift pass downs, while effectively communicating product descriptions, formulas, and codes to ensure clarity and accuracy in operations.
• Maintain a clean work area, promote a positive atmosphere, and cultivate professional relationships with co-workers, management, and customers while being flexible with work schedules and duties as assigned.

Experience for Success :

Education and / or Experience :

Behaviors & Competencies :

Physical Demands : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to feel or handle and reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, twist, bend at the waist, push, pull, stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and or move up to 70 pounds, regularly lift and / or move up to 50 pounds, and frequently lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. The employee must frequently climb up and down stairs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment : The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and moving forklifts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud. Employee is regularly exposed to changes in production facility temperature based on environmental conditions.

Manna Beverages & Ventures is an equal opportunity employer M / F / D / V

Salary : $22 - $25