Job Description

Job Title: Senior Technician (Senior Processing Technician-SPT)

Location: Edenton

Department: Operations
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

We are a global leader in food & beverage ingredients. Pioneers at heart, we operate at the forefront of consumer trends to provide food & beverage manufacturers with products and ingredients that will delight their consumers. Making a positive impact on people and planet is all part of the delight. With a deep-rooted presence in the countries where our ingredients are grown, we are closer to farmers, enabling better quality, and more reliable, traceable and transparent supply. Supplying products and ingredients at scale is just the start. We add value through our unique, complementary portfolio of natural, delicious and nutritious products. With our fresh thinking, we help our customers unleash the sensory and functional attributes of cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts and spices so they can create naturally good food & beverage products that meet consumer expectations. And whoever we’re with, whatever we’re doing, we always make it real.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Shift Supervisor, the Senior Technician will assume leadership and coordinate activities of the roasting line in the processing of peanuts within the department and/or between departments.

Position Responsibilities

•         Assigns workers to workstations to meet production requirements as necessary and according to direction from supervisor.

•         Reviews production and operating reports and resolves operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevention of operational delays and downtime.

•         Assists in planning of production operation, establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing products.

•         Interprets process specifications for workers.

•         Recommends modifications of existing quality and production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability.

•         Inspects machines and equipment to ensure specific operational performance and optimum utilization.

•         Observes workers to ensure compliance with standard operational procedures and guidelines.

•         Monitors production and adjusts work assignments, supply of material, and machine operation when necessary.

•         Repairs various machines.

•         Refers extensive machine repairs to maintenance personnel.

•         Confers with supervisor to receive instructions and exchange production information.

•         Tests samples to verify products meet specifications.

•         Periodically recalibrates equipment.

•         Trains workers in equipment operation.

•         Responsible for ensuring product meets or exceeds customer specification.

•         Responsible in alerting Shift Supervisor if other essential functions performed by other employees are not being carried

•         Perform other duties as assigned.

• This role is performed on site at a facility that regularly processes peanuts. Employees in this position will routinely work in areas where peanuts and related allergens are present and may be exposed by contact or in the air. Reasonable accommodations may be available to enable qualified individuals to perform the essential functions of the role.

Position Requirements

•         High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required

•         Minimum of three years’ industrial work experience required

Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

ofi provides equality of opportunity for all persons with respect to hiring without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. All employment will be decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us for support at: US-Talent.Acquisition@ofi.com

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