About the Role
Safely operate machinery with maximum efficiency, while maintaining product quality and following regulatory and company guidelines for sanitation and safety.
Responsibilities
- Operate machinery, including setup, operation, changeovers, and troubleshooting.
- Detect product defects or machine malfunctions, adjusting machines as necessary.
- Maintain GMP (good housekeeping) standards at and around machinery.
- Perform SOPs for machinery in the assigned area.
- Cross-train or train on equipment as defined by manager.
- Maintain accurate documentation.
- Maintain and issue raw materials into assigned work orders.
- Work in a safe manner, consistent with company safety rules and regulations.
- Maintain good attendance record per company policy.
- Report food safety & quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.
Requirements
- Ability to wear personal protective equipment (bump cap, hair net, ear plugs, beard net (if applicable), Kevlar gloves, safety glasses and leather, skid resistant work shoes/boots).
- Ability to apply basic computer and communication skills, math functions and reasoning.
- Ability to use various hand tools (knife, water house, band cutters, can opener, scales, Telnet scanners, various small hand tools as required for position/product testing).
- Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with exposure to long periods of standing/moving, working around moving mechanical parts/conveyors, loud environment, hot/cold, wet/dry conditions.
- Ability to lift/carry <50 pounds.
- Ability to perform frequent reaching/pulling/climbing stairs/stooping/kneeling/bending.
Skills
- Machine operation
- Troubleshooting
- Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
- Basic computer skills
- Communication skills
- Math functions
- Reasoning
- Hand tool usage
- Forklift operation (for applicable work areas)
- Lock out/tag out certification
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Team-oriented mindset
Location
- Rochester, NY
Work Type
- Manufacturing environment
Experience Level
- Prior machine operation preferred
Education Level
- High School Diploma or GED preferred
Benefits
- Great career-pathing
- Professional development, including unlimited online training courses
- Health insurance with premium contributions
- Dental
- Vision
- HSA
- 100% company paid life insurance
- 100% company paid long-term disability
- 401k with employer match
- Paid time off (vacation, sick pay, wellness time off)
- 10 holidays
- Company bonuses
About the Company
- LiDestri Foods has grown from our roots as a pasta sauce and salsa manufacturer to become an R&D engine, formulating and producing innovative food products for our national and retailer brand partners.
- A family-run company based in Rochester, NY, LiDestri employs over 1,000 people across three U.S. locations.
- We have decades-long partnerships with some of the most respected consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and the most highly inventive retailer brands.
