Industrial Cook - Second Shift

3:00pm - 3:15am, Monday - Friday

SUMMARY
Under the direct supervision of the Production Supervisor, the Industrial Cook is responsible for product batching, the start-up and clean-up of batching equipment and assisting drum dumper as needed. Skills will be acquired through on the job training, review of SOPs, and working through daily responsibilities and challenges.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

KNOWLEDGE OF
• Principles and practices of food manufacturing, including: food safety, quality, manufacturing
concepts.
• Principles and practices of effective business communication; basic report writing methods and techniques; correct English usage, including spelling, grammar and punctuation.
ABILITY TO
• Read, write, and speak and understand in English, in order to interpret documents such as specifications, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, reports, business correspondence, regulatory and procedure manuals.
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to record numbers on required paperwork.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with co-workers and supervisors. Work independently with little or no supervision and be a team player.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• Meet behaviors established in Tree Top's performance management and development process.
• Effectively organize, set priorities, schedule assigned work; oversee multiple and rapidly changing priorities.
• Pay attention to detail.
• Effectively execute tasks given by Production Supervisor.
• Ability to use a computer and Microsoft Office programs.
• Maintain confidential and sensitive information.
• Must be able to work flexible hours.
• Communicate effectively.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and six months to one-year position related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Required physical demands are as follows:
• Frequent hand, finger and wrist movement to handle or feel objects, tools or controls

• Reaching with hands and arms. Use of hands is required when banding a pallet of drums together, placing film stretch on product, when writing out and placing a pallet tag on the pallets and transferring of food ingredients to plastic pallets for staging.
• Requires standing (80%) and walking (20%).
• The employee frequently is required to talk, listen/use hearing, stand, walk, stoop, kneel or crouch, and/or use repetitive hand motions.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance.
• Constantly lift up to 10 pounds, may frequently lift up to 20 pounds, and occasionally lifts up to 50 pounds.
• May be required to move drums weighing 340 to 600 pounds, with assistance.