DRYER OPERATOR

AMPI owns seven Midwest-based manufacturing plants where 10 percent of the nation's American-type cheese, processed cheese and butter is produced. The cooperative's award-winning cheese, butter and powdered dairy products are marketed to foodservice, retail and food ingredient customers. In 2019, the co-op launched its Dinner Bell Creamery brand and accompanying Co-op Crafted promise, highlighting more than 50 years of dairy farm families partnering with skilled buttermakers and cheesemakers.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

All AMPI employees have an obligation to report employee safety, food safety and food quality issues to personnel of authority

1. This position has a heightened food safety and food quality responsibilities
2. Operate dairy processing equipment including triple evaporator, dryer equipment, and bagging equipment that dries the whey into powder.
   4. Learn and execute startup procedures of equipment.
   5. Regulate factors such as composition of solids, and temperature; make adjustments depending on the type of product to be produced.
   6. Taking frequent readings and logging variables.
   5. Unloading check on chemicals upon delivery.
   6. Operating Clean in Place (CIP) procedures; troubleshoot and maintain machinery.
   7. Operate and clean all the pieces of dairy processing equipment that is involved with the whey department.
   8. Communicate well between supervisor, other shifts and departments.
   9. Verify quality control items such as product weights and samples.
   10. Maintain proper documentation in all formats of recordkeeping.
   11. Operate various machines at an efficient level to fulfill plant demands.
   12. Assist coworkers with tasks and duties that are within the department as assigned.
   13. Assist with general cleaning and housekeeping throughout the plant as needed.
   14. Assists with training new employees.
   15. Provides assistance to the maintenance personnel, when needed, for machine repairs or troubleshooting.
   16. Adhere to all Quality and Food Safety policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity.
   17. Adhere to all Safety policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity.
   18. Adhere to all GMP policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity.

19. Other duties as assigned.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the principle and essential functions of the position and shall not be construed as the only duties that may be assigned for the position.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

* High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) preferred.

BENEFITS/REWARDS

AMPI offers competitive starting pay, PTO, 401k, short-term disability, health, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance programs and more.