General Utility - Chicago Racine in Chicago, IL at OSI Group

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY:   Produces sausage product by operating, adjusting, and monitoring production equipment.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Contribute to production operations by complying with policies and procedures for meat processing; Good Manufacturing Practices, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations, etc.
• Contribute to a safe and sanitary work environment by complying with establishment procedures and rules.
• Prepare and assemble meat-processing equipment for operation. Disassemble and prepare meat-processing equipment for sanitation washing
• Obtain and prepare raw meat and spice for use in production process, operating powered industrial trucks.
• Monitor defect elimination process by following set procedures and operating remote equipment
• Fill V-Mag buggies with fresh-ground sausage product and move them to the Formax machines.
• Obtain and wash meat processing equipment parts.
• Remove and dispose of meat and grease excess from meat processing equipment.
• Obtain and process meat rework by operating remote meat grinding equipment.
• Dispense and apply dry ice (carbon dioxide) to meat rework for preservation of the products.
• Monitor production process of fully-cooked products.
• Produce, cut and pack sausage link products.
• Attend to current needs of the process by responding immediately to the expressed orders of the Production Supervisor and/or Production Foreman.
• Responsible for the quality of work performed and for identifying and documenting quality problems for corrective action and prevention of non-conforming product.

NOTE: Regulations may prohibit an employee from performing some of these duties consecutively without a change of clothes and sanitized gloves.