Bakery Production Operator

The Baked Line Processor is responsible for operating cooking and enrobing equipment, monitoring the production and manufacturing process to ensure quality, and organizing, maintaining, and cleaning equipment.

Operates cooking equipment.

• Tends or operates and controls equipment to cook ingredients and prepare products for enrobing/seasoning processing
• Sets temperature, pressure, and time controls
• Starts conveyers, machines, or pumps
• Turns valves and start pumps to add ingredients
• Uses scales or measuring containers
• Reads work orders, recipes, or formulas to determine cooking times and temperatures, and ingredient specifications
• Admits required amounts of water, steam, cooking oils, or compressed air into equipment, such as by opening water valves to cool mixtures to the desired consistency
• Pours, dumps, or loads prescribed quantities of ingredients or products into cooking and enrobing equipment
• Activates agitators and paddles to mix or stir ingredients
• Stops machines when ingredients are thoroughly mixed
• Operates auxiliary machines and equipment, such as grinders, canners, and molding presses, to prepare or further process products
• Troubleshoots issues, making simple adjustments based on findings

Monitors production or manufacturing processes to ensure quality.

• Observes gauges, dials, and product characteristics
• Adjusts controls to maintain appropriate temperature, pressure, and flow of ingredients
• Listens for malfunction alarms
• Shuts down equipment and notifies supervisors when necessary
• Collects and examines product samples during production to test them for quality, color, consistency, viscosity, acidity, or specific gravity
• Records production and tests data, such as processing steps, temperature and steam readings, cooking time, batches processed, and test results

Organizes, maintains and cleans the environment.

• Cleans, washes, and sterilizes equipment and cooking area
• Removes cooked material or products from equipment
• Inspects for defects, identifying what can be fixed internally and what will need to be fixed by maintenance
• Documents status of equipment
• Notifies or signals other workers to operate equipment or when processing is complete

Performs additional related duties as assigned; may be required to be forklift certified. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Listening skills
• Organizational skills
• Computer skills
• Knowledge of techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods
• Knowledge of counting and basic math
• Ability to perform math operations using units of weight measurement
• Ability to read and comprehend written material
• Ability to listen and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities consistent with the essential duties and responsibilities
• Physical Requirements
  • Must be able to walk and stand for a prolonged period of time
  • Must be able to use hands, arms, and fingers to handle, feel, and reach
  • Must be able to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
  • Must be able to climb or balance
  • Must be able to frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
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  Vision Requirements

  • Close vision
  • Distance vision
  • Color vision
  • Peripheral vision
  • Depth perception
  • Ability to adjust focus

   

  Working Conditions

  The Processor position is located in a manufacturing environment, which includes:

  • Exposure to high temperatures
  • Fumes or airborne particles
  • Moving mechanical parts and vibration
  • Loud noise level
  • Allergens
  • Elevated heights
  • Hot surfaces
  • Chemicals
  • Tight spaces