Pasta Press Operator
Summary
| Title: | Pasta Press Operator |
|---|---|
| ID: | 1133 |
| Location: | St. Louis, MO |
| Department: | Operations |
Description
Welcome to Riviana Foods Inc. While you may not know us by our company name, you grew up loving our brands many of which have been your favorite's for over 100 years.
We are America's leading rice company and the nation's second largest provider of pasta products. Our portfolio includes over 20 trusted brands with more than 500 products widely distributed in many countries around the world.
Riviana brands are well known for their quality and excellence and the company is committed to providing the most wholesome products on the market today, to leading both the rice and pasta industries in innovation, and to providing high-quality products you can be proud to serve your family.
We are America's leading rice company and the nation's second largest provider of pasta products. Our portfolio includes over 20 trusted brands with more than 500 products widely distributed in many countries around the world.
Riviana brands are well known for their quality and excellence and the company is committed to providing the most wholesome products on the market today, to leading both the rice and pasta industries in innovation, and to providing high-quality products you can be proud to serve your family.
Riviana's St. Louis Facility is looking for a:
$20.45/hour
1st shift available
Medical/Dental/401K
SUMMARY:
Desire and ability to communicate and work effectively as a team member in processing
product. Must be able to read, write, and understand English. Requires proficiency in
basic mathematics. An essential part of this job is that you must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Press operation to produce various pastas
- Mixer operation
- Pasta die changes and availability for reuse
- Knife cutting adjustments
- Operational control adjustments
- Drier operation: control drier thru-put to produce pasta with quality appearance and moisture range for best packaging and customer acceptance.
- Related equipment and instrumentation operation.
- Minor mechanical adjustments.
- Product quality assurance monitoring and reporting as necessary:
- Moisture tests
- Sizing
- Appearance
- Color
- Acceptability
- Fill, monitor and report usage of press, egg and storage tanks raw materials usage as needed.Control percentage of rework used in various pasta production.
- Cleaning and sanitation of mixers, presses and press production area.
- Develop ability to reorganize, evaluate and effectively control variability in raw materials/press/drier operations.
- Reporting daily operation including downtime and interpretation of reasons for, shift-to-shift pass-on of operational information to assist oncoming line leader, quality variances and interpretations of reason for.
- Ability to properly operate regrinding equipment.
- Ability to distinguish between items to be reground, items that are acceptable for re-packing or items that should be disposed of.
- Properly gather items to be reground from all departments in plant.
- Insure regrinding items to be reground.
- Operate egg room in a sanitary, effective and as efficient manner so as to keep production lines supplies with appropriate materials required from egg room.
- Other responsibilities as departmental operations may require or other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Riviana Foods Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all Federal, State and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, age, military/veteran status, disability, predisposing genetic characteristic, marital status, sexual orientation/gender identity, citizenship where legally permitted to work, or any other protected category under federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance. This policy applies to all employment decisions including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, promotions, pay practices, benefits, disciplinary actions and terminations.
An Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/D/V
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