Cheese 640# Operator

 

Supervisor’s Title:           Cheese Team Leader

Department:                     Cheese 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).

 

Oversees Plate Washer, Boxmaker, Closer and Tube Liner Inserter.  Maintain areas to provide quality packaging for 640 # blocks.

       

Vacuum Sealer:

• Ensure vacuum pumps are on and vacuum sealers are enabled.
• Close vacuum sealers as soon as they have four fresh boxes.
• Place clean slip sheet on cheese and fold bag, after vacuum sealers.
• Place bottom boards and irons on boxes (reject any damaged components).
• Check Tosca iron legs on the leg jig to ensure they fit the 640 box correctly.
• Ensure boxes don't sit in one place for too long, to prevent a jam.
• Fix any jams in your area.
• Contact Level 3 immediately when you can't fix a jam.
• Ensure environmental cleaning is done and signed off by the end of each shift.
• Log Delvocid lot code onto the delvocid tracking log sheet each time the sprayer is filled.
• Foam area when not in production.
• Inspect each block for any foreign material ex. Plastic, excessive peppers, other color cheese etc.
• Keeps records in accordance with good manufacturing process and local and state laws.

 

Boxmaker/Breakdown/640 Front End/640 Back End:

• General knowledge of components (Arena, Tosca and Kraft).
• General knowledge of banding machine operation and cleaning.
• Inspect each box for correct assembly.
• Keep a supply of 640# boxes on line at all times (10-20 boxes).
• Contact VR or ATL when banding machine is not operational.
• Identify bad components and reject them.
• Assemble boxes by hand when banding machine is down.
• Ensure environmental cleaning is done and signed off by the end of each shift.
• Tower preparation for CIP.
• Tower Cleaning.
• Refill and thread plastic wrap on machine.

Fill Station:

• Run all fill station operations (Calibrate scales, insert angles etc.).
• Run all Dry Ice Operations (Calibrate Hoppers, dose blocks, log weights etc.).
• Inspect each block for foreign material ex. Plastic, metal, excessive peppers, other color cheese etc.
• Perform metal detector test.
• Perform DI magnet inspections.
• Must be able to work HMI.
• Fill out all log sheets for area.
• Load and select vacuum chambers.
• Perform CIP on 640 fill line and VC 1-7
• Foam Fill Station area.
• Startup Fill area.
• General housekeeping and at end of your shift check your area and clean up.

• Utilizes GPS processes, driving zero losses and upholds the culture of MWC non-negotiables.

Tube Liner Inserter:

• Place a blue tube liner in each box after it gets made and cheese cloth on baseplate.
• Use dolly squaring tool to check for bent tabs when running Arena.
• Keep liners stocked.
• Do not use any damaged or dirty liners.
• Assist the angle washer operator when necessary.
• Ensure environmental cleaning is done and signed off by the end of each shift.

Plate Washer:

• Spray all plates, use scrub brush and HC10 on them.
• Ensure all cleaning and chemical sanitizing mixing procedures are followed.
• Each base plate has a clean cheese cloth if put on at that station if not at the angle station.
• After each cheesecloth is placed on the base plate.
• Ensure environmental cleaning is done and signed