Seasoning Operator 3rd shift

The Production Seasoning Operator is responsible for ensuring the accurate application of seasoning to products throughout the production process. This role is critical in maintaining product quality, flavor consistency, food safety, and customer satisfaction. The Production Seasoning Operator operates, monitors, and adjusts seasoning equipment to ensure products consistently meet established quality specifications and production standards.

The Seasoning Operator is responsible for validating seasoning performance through routine quality measurements, making equipment and process adjustments when results fall outside specifications, maintaining seasoning traceability, monitoring seasoning consumption, and supporting sanitation and changeover activities to ensure safe and efficient production operation

Responsibilities

1. Safety & Compliance

• Adhere to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), HACCP requirements, and company safety regulations.

• Always follow all food safety and sanitation procedures.

• Wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and comply with plant safety requirements.

• Follow color-coding procedures and allergen control programs to prevent cross-contamination.

• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment.

2. Seasoning Operations & Equipment Control

• Operate and monitor seasoning application equipment during production.

• Prepare, verify, and apply seasonings according to approved recipes, formulations, and production schedules.

• Perform routine inspections of seasoning equipment to ensure proper operation and performance.

• Utilize operator interface panels to perform seasoning drop tests, adjust seasoning settings, and operate equipment.

• Assemble and disassemble seasoning equipment correctly for production and sanitation activities.

• Identify equipment issues and perform basic troubleshooting when required.

• Report equipment malfunctions or quality concerns to the appropriate personnel.

3.Process Adjustment Responsibilities

• Monitor seasoning performance through routine quality measurements and process verification checks.

• Analyze seasoning application results, seasoning percentages, coverage, and product appearance throughout production.

• Make necessary adjustments to seasoning equipment parameters to maintain products within established quality specifications.

• Adjust seasoning application rates, feeder settings, load cell inputs, and other equipment parameters based on quality results and production requirements.

• Continuously verify the effectiveness of adjustments and ensure product consistency throughout the production run.

• Work closely with Quality Assurance to ensure all products meet flavor, coverage, and appearance specifications.

3. Quality Control

• Verify the correct seasoning and product coverage with Quality Control before adding seasoning to the hopper.

• Conduct seasoning drop tests and other quality validation checks as required.

• Visually inspect products throughout production to ensure proper seasoning distribution and coverage.

• Ensure products remain within all established quality specifications.

• Take corrective actions when seasoning application or product quality falls outside acceptable limits.

• Collaborate with Quality Assurance, Production, and R&D teams to maintain product consistency.

• Perform finished product seasoning checks when required.

4. Seasoning Inventory Control & Traceability

• Maintain accurate records of seasoning usage and production output.

• Record and track seasoning consumption for each production line and seasoning application system.