Belt Operator

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What Agropur invests in YOU:

• Starting wage of $21.33
• Two pay increases within the first year up to $1.00
• $1.50 Shift Differential + Double Time on Sundays
• Thursday -Saturday every other Sunday 5AM to 5PM
• Competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package focusing on your physical, financial, and emotional health to include the following perks as well as the standard benefit offerings:
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) with up to a 7% company match
• 3 Weeks PTO
• Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays
  • Advancement Opportunities
  • Healthy work/life balance

What this role is all about:

We are looking for a Belt Operator in Jerome, ID. The Belt Operator is responsible for the operation of the belt lines and the monitoring of the variables for recipes during production.

• Monitor both DMM and salting belts during operation.
• Enter all variables on belts for each recipe during production.
• Communicate any variances in recipe set points to Supervisor and Vat/EFV Operator.
• Take production and micro samples as required.
• Address alarms for the continuous delivery of cheese to packaging area.
• Deliver cheese samples from packaging area to lab in a timely manner.
• Deliver 55 gallon drums of chemicals to CIP system for DMM, Salting belt, and tower CIP's.
• Work with Sanitation on prepping of both DMM and salter and perform CIP for both belts in a timely manner.
• Titrate all chemicals used for CIP in each belt area.

What you need:

• No experience required; on-the-job training provided.
• Experience in a food service/food plant or sanitation background preferred.
• Good Mechanical aptitude required.

Where you'll be working:

Our Jerome, ID, plant is home to approximately 400 employees and processes approximately 7 million pounds of milk per day. This facility produces various types of cheeses, such as; mozzarella, cheddar, provolone, muenster, parmesan, romano, Monterey jack, gouda, and asiago. They also run various whey streams, such as; deproteinized whey, sweet dairy whey, GMP, permeate, instantized, and our top-rated BiPro products.

• Agropur's US operations produce approximately 1 billion pounds of quality, award-winning cheese each year. The US operations produce more than 20 different cheese varieties along with whey protein and dry ingredients.

AA/EEO - Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.

In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.