Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands likeLa Brea Bakery,Otis Spunkmeyer, andOakrun Farm Bakery. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers' expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.
Properly scale and report all ingredients consumed in a batch ensuring that each product is mixed to the correct specifications. Ensuring all quality, safety, and company standards are met by producing each product in the correct consistency and composition.
Key Accountabilities
Applies basic skills to ensure that products are meeting all company specifications, and ensuring that all job duties that affect safety, legality, and quality standards are addressed. Comply with company code of conduct through working safely and efficiently in both a team and individual environment. Adapt techniques as needed to perform duties and tasks in a timely and routine manner. Perform all tasks as directed by the production supervisors to attain the company and customers production needs. Read, follow, and communicate the production schedule with team members, support staff, and the production supervisors to properly prepare materials and machinery for every scheduled production run. Ensure that all materials are consumed in a cost effective manner that limits unnecessary waste. Report any damaged, faulty, out dated, or incorrect supplies to a supervisor for proper documentation and handling. All paperwork must be legible and completed by the end of every shift. Understand and implement the knowledge in the Aryzta values throughout the facility and your teams to ensure continuous improvement for the company, customers, and employees.
Responsibilities
Ensure that all ingredients are correct based on SAP item number, and all LOT code information is properly recorded including LOT changes.
Report any and all ingredient issues, damages, or non-conformances on the LOT code tracking paperwork, allowing for proper accountability of the ingredient(s).
Know when changes are needed in ice and water, communicating them to the production supervisors to ensure that all changes made will ensure an efficient and streamlined work flow.
Keeping accurate and neat records of production up and down times, and recording any and all issues delaying or impacting the mixing process.
Troubleshoot issues before getting maintenance or supervisors involved if it is a minor issue. Communicate the issues to the break relief, mechanics, or supervisors as needed to ensure safe and efficient production runs.
Properly scale and record all ingredients, including hand additions, to the correct amounts as specified by the product recipe.
Properly record dough temperatures, flour weight, ice, water, and mix times for each batch, ensuring that any and all changes made are properly and clearly recorded.
Communicate properly with line operators and inspectors to ensure any changes to the dough consistency are easily accounted for in a manor that will maintain efficient and safe production runs, minimizing downtime and waste. Proper communication of issues to coworkers or the proper department(s) (ie. Sanitation, Maintenance, or Quality Assurance) as needed through use of radio's or overhead PA system. All positions are part of a team and must communicate and work together to ensure a safe and efficient work flow.
Break relief is the first contact for operators/mixers for issues that do not impact major waste, excessive downtime, or quality/safety issues. They have a radio to contact maintenance/supervisors if the issue is beyond their knowledge base.
Report any products that may contain foreign materials immediately to the production supervisors so the proper steps can be taken to alleviate or fix the issue, ensuring the safety of every product.
Utilize frozen remix in the correct manor, if it pertains to the product(s) running on the line.
Responsible for maintaining a clean, sanitary, and organized work area. Ensuring that all waste is disposed of in a timely manner.
Know, understand, and follow safe operating procedures and Good Manufacturing Practices.
Performs all tasks and duties required to ensure production and efficiency standards are met.
Actively participate with the team, through problem solving, planning, and team decision-making with individual accountability.
Ensure the proper set-up for the next shift and communicate to them all information relevant to the manufacturing process.
Perform training of new techs and assist in other training activities which support the manufacturing process.
Flexibility in job assignments based on production needs, as designated by a supervisor.
Assist team members regardless of position if help is needed to ensure safe and efficient production runs. Assist operators in the event of a dough jam, mechanical failure, and at the start and end of runs as necessary.
Ensure all company assets including but not limited to machinery, tools, and the facility; are accounted for and kept in a safe, clean, and well maintained condition.
Make all necessary machinery & equipment adjustments and performs all tasks & duties necessary for efficient start-ups, daily operation, change-over and shut-downs.
Other duties as required or assigned.
Skills, Experience & Qualifications
Good communication skills, in English.
Ability to read and write in English, and use of basic math and time keeping.
Able to make logical decisions.
Education, Technical Qualifications, Experience and Competencies Proficiency Level
Required
High school diploma or GED and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred
Previous work history in a food manufacturing facility.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Standing, walking, climbing, bending, twisting, stooping may be required while performing these job duties.
Able to lift or move (push or drag) 50 lbs.
Frequently carrying more than 20lbs.
Able to handle or feel frozen objects.
Requires an employee to have adequate communication and observational skills.
Frequent head and neck movement.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Able to operate and work with mechanical and electrical machines.
Employee may be required to work in areas that are cold, wet, dusty, slippery, or hot.
Frequently working in areas of loud noise.
May require employees to work in small/confined, or elevated areas.
Production schedule subject to change, based on needs.
Weekends, Holidays, and Overtime as required.
Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
