Machine Operator

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Machine Operator | $20–$25/Hour DOE | Coffee & Tea Manufacturing | Lenoir City, TN

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Salary: $20 - $25 per hour

A bit about us:

Founded in 2020 with roots dating back nearly four decades, and with a manufacturing operation based in Lenoir City, TN, we are a global food and beverage ingredients business producing high-quality products for customers worldwide. Our local operation specializes in coffee and tea production and packaging, combining hands-on manufacturing with a commitment to product quality and food safety. We offer a family-first culture and access to affordable benefits within an international organization.

Why join us?

• Affordable Benefits: Access to low-cost benefits.
• Family-First Culture: A workplace that values employees and their families.
• Global Organization: Join a manufacturing operation backed by an international food and beverage business.
• Hands-On Technical Work: Apply and strengthen your machine operation, troubleshooting, and equipment changeover skills.

Schedule: Regular shift to be confirmed. Overtime, weekends, and holidays may be required.

Job Details

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Safely set up, operate, adjust, and monitor coffee and tea processing and packaging machinery according to manufacturer instructions.
• Take responsibility for product quality and production-line activity throughout the shift.
• Identify and troubleshoot basic to moderate equipment problems, perform minor repairs, and report maintenance needs or downtime to supervision.
• Verify machine settings and components, including augers, formers, seals, and oxygen levels.
• Confirm the correct materials and packaging are used for each product.
• Perform scheduled product and packaging inspections, including seal integrity, residual oxygen, weights, and case counts.
• Verify box printing, labels, taping, color codes, and pallet configurations.
• Complete efficient changeovers, including equipment disassembly, sanitation, reassembly, film or filter-paper threading, and label updates.
• Follow the Food Safety Plan, quality SOPs, safety procedures, and lockout/tagout requirements; report unsafe conditions immediately.
• Maintain clean work areas and store tools, utensils, and machine parts in a sanitary manner.
• Move materials, supplies, and finished products between work areas using appropriate equipment and hand tools.
• Complete production records and quality documentation clearly and accurately, and ensure quality defects receive appropriate corrective action.
• Assist with training new hires and production employees once certified.
• Support the company’s food safety culture and perform other assigned duties.

Qualifications Needed

• High school diploma required.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• One or more years of machine operation experience in food or beverage processing or manufacturing preferred.
• Proficiency operating and troubleshooting machinery, with a strong understanding of mechanical systems, required.
• Ability to perform equipment setups, adjustments, changeovers, and minor repairs.
• Ability to read and understand instructions, short correspondence, and memos, and follow written and verbal directions.
• Ability to follow food safety, quality, sanitation, and workplace safety requirements.
• Ability to complete production documentation and required quality checks accurately.
• Willingness to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays as business needs require.
• Ability to stand for extended periods and lift and carry up to 50 pounds unassisted.
• Ability to bend, stretch, kneel, squat, and climb stairs or ladders.
• Ability to work in a light industrial environment with seasonally warm or cool conditions and wear required PPE.

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