As the world leader in nutrition, health and wellness for children from birth to preschool, Gerber Products Company is committed to creating a strong future. We joined the Nestlé Nutrition family in 2007, and have been a partner in parenthood ever since. Our Anything for Baby team works closely with experts to create products that enrich and establish healthy habits for children, and are good for the planet as well. A career at Gerber provides meaningful opportunities to develop professionally, and nurture generations to come. Now is the time to define your future, and ours too.

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PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Originate, plan, adapt, and organize methods to accomplish work in the batching, processing, and filling areas of pouch production. Set-up varied equipment for recipe specific parameters.  Assemble, operate, maintain, and monitor equipment during operations.  Troubleshoot failures and/or alarms.
  • Associate will be expected to operate all equipment in area, including but not limited to: tanks, processing skids, tote concentrate stations, various finishers and/or grinding equipment, filler, and pasteurizer.
  • Associate will be expected to perform lift-truck and/or Walkie-stacker operating duties
  • Collaborate with supervisor and fellow associates to run production, troubleshoot, problem solve and determine ideas for continuous improvement.   
  • Additional duties as assigned by department supervisor.
•  Must complete all documentation as required.
  • Employee will perform quality checks according to the QMS
  • Consume materials and declare production as well as complete all area setups and checks. 
  • Order/return materials for production including staging materials to location current inventory system.

Associate will be called upon to perform varied clean-up duties.  These may include, but are not limited to:  CIP, COP, general housekeeping, assembly and disassembly of equipment, checking and connecting line paths, line flushing or rinsing, and returning of unused ingredients

REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVEL:

• Minimum High school diploma or GED required. 
• Must be able to understand written English, recipes, written instructions, and perform basic math skills. 
• Associate will be required to document that he/she is qualified to perform the functions of position.
• Employee must be able to perform moderate to heavy lifting (up to 70 lbs).

Employee must support and comply with all Company programs and policies including, but not limited to:  affirmative action goals and commitments, SHE (Safety, Health & Environment) strategies, corporate citizenship initiatives, NCE (Nestle Continuous Excellence), TPM (Total Performance Management), GMP’s (Good Manufacturing Practices) and Safety Policies to ensure employee safety and product quality.  Employee must meet all requirements related to NQMS (Nestle Quality Management System) and ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards for Quality, Food Safety, Environmental Compliance and Occupational Health and Safety

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