At APS BioGroup, a division of Glanbia Nutritional’s Inc, our portfolio centers on dairy nutritional ingredients. We co-innovate and deliver bioactive ingredient solutions for the mainstream food and beverage, infant and clinical, as well as functional nutrition markets. We are the number one Colostrum based nutritional ingredients globally and our protein systems have just begun to majorly transform the bioactive nutrition market. Glanbia itself has a direct presence in 21 countries, with manufacturing facilities in the US, Germany and China, and international sales and technical offices around the world.

 

Job Summary

Operates Dairy equipment that supports the Wet and Dry processes, such as Separator, Tri-Blender, Liquid Processing tanks, CIP systems, and Spray Dryers.

 

Essential Functions

• Maintain a clean safe work environment.
• Dumping and cleaning buckets of frozen colostrum.
• Perform product transfers from process tanks, tankers, or equipment.
• Operate and perform CIP of Separator’s (both centrifuge and rotary sifter).
• Responsible for operating all equipment in accordance with proper SOP, safety activities, and training procedures.
• Operate and CIP Tri- Blender.
• Responsible for operating cheese vat, drain table, and curd augur.
• Ensures correct ingredients and/ or chemical are added at the proper levels to ensure product quality and consistencies are maintained.
• Start-up, operate, and shut down spray dryers.
• Packaging, sampling, and performing moisture readings, lecithin dispersion tests in dryer areas.
• Cleaning and performing CIPs (clean-in-place) on all equipment in the Wet processing and Drying rooms.
• Handling cleaning chemicals in accordance with the SDS and always using proper PPE.
• Responsible for recording proper CIP & sanitation logs, as well as equipment monitoring.
• Understand and fill out master batch records correctly and completely.
• Adhere to all GMP’s and SOP’s.
• Follow all safety guidelines.
• Standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day.
• Frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds.
• Cross-training and working in other departments as needed.

• Utilizes GPS processes, driving zero losses and upholds the culture of Aps BioGroups non-negotiables.
• Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act which are applicable to his/her own actions and conduct.
• Complies with all applicable food safety regulations and mandates. (Food Safety Modernization Act- FSMA, Safe Quality Foods, Food and Drug Admin, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance).

 

 

Delivering on Glanbia’s Values:

 

• “Showing Respect” - Research issues & incidents with internal teams, business partners and customers in a collaborative manner that includes professional, honest and transparent communication.
• “Find a Better Way” - Work with internal and external teams to implement process improvements and/or procedural changes that eliminate non-value added activities and drive more business value.
• “Winning Together” - Ass