Cook-Chemical Compunder - Compensation: $15-$20 in Somerset, California

Title: Cook ?Machine Operator
Department: Production-Candy Maker Company
Hours: Must be available to work on the weekend and overtime
Essential Duties and responsibilities:
·         Observe gauges, dials, and product characteristics, and adjust controls to maintain appropriate temperature, pressure, and flow of ingredients. Tend or operate and control equipment.
·         Record production and test data, such as processing steps, temperature and steam readings, cooking time, batches processed, and test results.
·         Listen for malfunction alarms, and shut down equipment and notify supervisors when necessary.
·         Set temperature, pressure, and time controls, and start conveyers, machines, or pumps.
·         Turn valves or start pumps to add ingredients or drain products from equipment and to transfer products for storage, cooling, or further processing.
·         Clean, wash, and sterilize equipment and cooking area, using water hoses, cleaning or sterilizing solutions, or rinses.
·         Measure or weigh ingredients, using scales or measuring containers
·         Tend or operate and control equipment such as kettles, cookers, vats and tanks, and boilers, to cook ingredients or prepare products for further processing.
·         Collect and examine product samples during production to test them for quality, color, content, consistency, viscosity, acidity, or specific gravity.
·         Read work orders and input data, recipes, or formulas to determine cooking times and temperatures, and ingredient specifications.
·         Pour, dump, or load prescribed quantities of ingredients or products into cooking equipment, manually or using a hoist.
·         Place products on conveyors or carts, and monitor product flow.
·         Activate agitators and paddles to mix or stir ingredients, stopping machines when ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
·         Operate auxiliary machines and equipment
Skills and Competencies
      Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
      Must  be able to inspect and recognize good quality products
      Packs Product, makes cases
      Must be able to operate Palletizer
      Must have the ability to follow instructions
      Must be able to read and write in English
      Must be an effective communicator (Bilingual Spanish/English is a plus)
      Must have the ability to keep records
 
Education and/or experience:  High school diploma required; associates degree or equivalent preferred. Two to three years and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.