What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Technician ZFS - Night Shift position at Zeeland Farm Services, Inc.?
Job Summary:
Responsible for monitoring and operating processing equipment and assures production quality standards are met.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Constantly monitor and control plant operations to carry out the established operations plan, anticipating and solving problems in a timely manner, and identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Physically monitor process temperatures, pressures, material flows and levels to evaluate process operations.
- Complete sanitation work of areas as assigned.
- Receive and inspect incoming raw materials, process aids, and packaging materials relevant to department.
- Take samples of products, analyze quality, and record resulting test data.
- Maintain logs of instrument readings observed during hourly rounds.
- Make the necessary physical adjustments to meet desired operating parameters.
- Notify Supervisor or Management of operational or food safety concerns.
- Assist all other employees and departments as required for efficient plant operation.
- Communicates regularly with all necessary personnel to ensure efficient plant operation.
- Conforms with and abides by all regulations, policies, work procedures, instruction, and all safety requirements.
- Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards.
- Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe workstation/environment at all times.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- There are no supervisory responsibilities in this position.
Education and Experience:
- Education: High School or Equivalent
- Experience : 1 year in manufacturing related field, preferred
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Possess mechanical aptitude and understanding of the manufacturing industry.
- Working knowledge of plant equipment and safety.
- Ability to adapt to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to exhibit a professional manner in dealing with other departments, working to maintain constructive working relationships under all circumstances.
- Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers and management.
- Ability to maintain good attendance habits.
- Abide by all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description.
- Abide by company’s safety, quality, environmental and HR policies at all times. Must be 18 years of age.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
- Frequently required to walk, sit, stand, bend, use stairs and ladders, kneel to lift objects of 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. At times may be confined or be harnessed.
- Able to work with heights up to and including 225 feet.
- Operate in an office and production environment. Production environment could include frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee has the potential to be exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
- This position requires the ability to wear a respirator.