description“>Milwaukee, WI (Southside 3rd shift, Sunday – Wednesday, 12mid – 8:30am $20.00 Job Purpose: Set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products. Essential Duties and/or Responsibilities:
Record production and test data for each food product batch, such as the ingredients used, temperature, test results, and time cycle.
Observe gauges and thermometers to determine if the mixing chamber temperature is within specified limits, and turn valves to control the temperature.
Clean and sterilize vats and factory processing areas.
Press switches and turn knobs to start, adjust, and regulate equipment such as beaters, extruders, discharge pipes, and salt pumps.
Observe and listen to equipment to detect possible malfunctions, such as leaks or plugging, and report malfunctions or undesirable tastes to supervisors.
Set up, operate, and tend equipment that cooks, mixes, blends, or processes ingredients in the manufacturing of food products, according to formulas or recipes.
Mix or blend ingredients, according to recipes, using a paddle or an agitator, or by controlling vats that heat and mix ingredients.
Follow recipes to produce food products of specified flavor, texture, clarity, bouquet, or color.
Select and measure or weigh ingredients, using English or metric measures and balance scales.
Turn valve controls to start equipment and to adjust operation to maintain product quality.
Determine mixing sequences, based on knowledge of temperature effects and of the solubility of specific ingredients.
Fill processing or cooking containers, such as kettles, rotating cookers, pressure cookers, or vats, with ingredients, by opening valves, by starting pumps or injectors, or by hand.
Give directions to other workers who are assisting in the batchmaking process.
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