High‑Volume Manufacturing Process Operator

High‑Volume Manufacturing Process Operator

Help us deliver quality at scale. You’ll operate and care for complex equipment to meet customer requirements for quality, cost, and on-time delivery—while upholding rigorous food safety and environmental standards.

Your impact

• Own safety every day: follow policies, wear PPE, complete vehicle checks, and report incidents/near misses.
• Maintain a clean, organized workspace through daily 5S and housekeeping.
• Execute to specification: set up and run equipment per standards; monitor continuously and adjust to prevent stoppages and reduce waste.
• Guard quality: follow the positive release program; inspect product using measuring/inspection devices; act on defects and record results.
• Document with precision: complete charts, summarize rework/scrap, and enter data in the quality database.
• Operate multiple machines concurrently while maintaining OEE targets.
• Work with and around robotics and highly automated systems.
• Drive improvement: recommend process enhancements and support CI teams to eliminate waste and reduce cost.
• Strengthen processes: contribute to SOPs/work instructions; perform and record daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance tasks.
• Support trials (SMA’s), equipment installations, overhauls, and upgrades.
• Provide break relief and operate a forklift when needed.
• Fulfill additional assignments as required.

Compliance framework

Operate in accordance with BRC Food Safety Policy, GMPs, HACCP principles, ISO 14001, and OSHA rules.

What you’ll need

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Mechanical aptitude; strong troubleshooting and problem-solving.
• 2+ years’ experience in high-volume manufacturing (preferred).
• Effective written and verbal communication; solid teamwork and organization.
• Detail focus and flexibility to adapt to changing initiatives.
• Basic computer/math skills to interpret drawings/specifications and report line performance.
• Working knowledge of measuring devices.
• Ability to work 8- or 12-hour schedules on day or off-shifts, plus weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.

Environment & hazards

• Very loud production environment; hearing protection and assigned PPE required.
• Temperature exposure from below 40°F to above 95°F.
• Presence of fumes, dust, and odors.
• Hazards include mechanical/electrical risks, pinch points, cuts, burns, metal dust/slivers, and work near hazardous/explosive chemicals.

Physical demands (verbatim policy)

**Physical Demands

**: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of their job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to stand, walk, talk, hear and use hands and fingers to handle and feel. The team member is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The team member may occasionally be required to work in non-permit required confined spaces, unless otherwise trained. The employee must frequently lift and or move up to 50 pounds. There is no continual lifting. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision as well as color recognition. Good hand/eye coordination is necessary. Occasionally 1-33%, Frequently 34-66%, and Continuously 67-100% of the time. Average hours per week: 40 or 36/48 alternating Usual Shift worked is: 8 or 12 hours Stand 70% Twist (3PC) 66% Sit 5% Crawl 1% Walk 70% Climb 2% Lift 5% Bend (90-180 degrees) 40% Lift (3PC) 70% Reach above shoulders 2% Twist 5% Work at heights 1% Squat 1% | | | |