Whey RO Operator

 

Supervisor’s Title:             Whey Team Lead

Department:                        Whey Production

Exempt Status:                   Hourly

 

MWC is a state of the art cheese and whey production facility in St. Johns, MI. MWC is a joint venture between Glanbia Nutritionals, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Select Milk Producers Inc. (Select).

 

Job Summary

Operates membrane plants, bulk chemical, slops transfer, permeate transfer, and water.

 

Essential Functions

• Responsible for the smooth production of whey permeate and water during the reverse osmosis, COP, and CIP processes.
• Ensures the smooth flow of production by verifying motor and pump operation, correct product flow to the silo, correct operation of ratio control valve, run-time specifications, and completion of production log sheets
• Ensures hourly readings and samples are taken and recorded to maintain proper pH levels, solids, color, chlorine, and temperature ranges according to specifications.  Notifies the supervisor if any readings are out of the specified acceptable ranges.
• Performs weekly membrane testing through locating leaking vessels and isolating them, replacing membranes and o-rings as needed, and recording any changes made.  Works with maintenance on testing.
• Ensures that the product is correctly coded.
• Communicates effectively with Proliant to ensure smooth product transfer
• Performs CIP by ensuring the machine is shut-down properly, changing flow board jumpers to CIP settings, performing machine change over to CIP on the computer, completing the CIP log, performing chemical testing, and verifying completion and effectiveness.
• Responsible for timely and accurate reports of process loss turned in daily to the supervisor for recording of the product wasted.
• Performs routine maintenance on the necessary equipment.
• Maintain a clean work environment
• Attend required training and take required quizzes to be proficient in room
• Responsible for completing all safety activities, plant meetings, near misses, and BBSs.
• Complete all job activities following set safety and operational SOP’s.
• Keeps records in accordance with good manufacturing processes and local and state laws. 
• Utilizes GPS processes, driving zero losses, and upholds the culture of MWC 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 (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” - Assist with training of new team members.  Facilitate or oversee training and standard operating procedure reviews to ensure new hires develop proficiency of role.
• “The Customer’s Champion” – Proactively engage to support our customer needs on an end to end basis and strive to meet or exceed SLA timelines.  Take ownership of customer requests and engage with internal teams as needed and within a timely manner.
• “Performance Matters” – Meet or exceed all key metrics in line with expectations for role.  Continually update knowledge of products, product changes, processes and services offered to deliver a dynamic customer experience.

 

Additional Functions

• Perform other duties as assigned.

 

Qualifications

• Forklift and scissor lift certification.
• Excellent attendance and safety record.
• Desire to grow with the company.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardizatio