About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
Work site environment: Cold/refrigerated. Work setting: Food processing plant.
Tasks
- Operate machinery to process and bag, box or otherwise package food products.
- Perform corrective machine adjustments.
- Record production information.
- Observe gauges, computer printouts and video monitors to verify specified processing conditions.
- Clean machines and immediate work areas.
- Inform supervisor of mechanical malfunctions or product irregularities.
- Make adjustments to process variables.
- Maintain shift log of production and other data.
- Set up and adjust processing and packaging machines.
- Check products for defects and to ensure conformance to company standards.
- Operate machines that blend, flavour, condition, dry, flatten, strip or cut raw tobacco leaves.
- Type of operation: Grinding.
- Mixing.
- Blending.
- Freezing.
- Cooling.
- Packaging.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Single function machine.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Repetitive tasks.
- Physically demanding.
- Attention to detail.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Sitting.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Personal suitability: Flexibility.
- Team player.
- Resourcefulness.
- Screening questions: Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you currently a student?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Shift.
- Morning.
- On call.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
- Other benefits: Free parking available.
- Learning/training paid by employer.
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days).
- Team building opportunities.
- Parking available.
- Support for youths: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.