Production - CIP Operator - Now Hiring

  Meadow Gold Dairy in Billings, MT is hiring for an adaptable CIP Operator (Sanitation-Plant) to perform all purpose duties to include proper clean-up and sanitation tasks to ensure optimum quality products. Ensures products and processes are clean and sterile by following regulatory standards and established Company policies and procedures. 

Meadow Gold Dairy is a farmer-owned brand of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a dairy marketing cooperative owned by more than 12,500 family farmers. Our mark matters and it represents the wholesomeness of dairy that we share with our communities and loved ones. DFA manufactures a variety of dairy products, including cheese, butter, fluid milk, ice cream, dairy ingredients and more, under well-known and established regional brands. Our fingerprints touch thousands of brands across the marketplace, and we’re passionate about delivering the simple pleasures of dairy to people everywhere, straight from our family farm-owners. 

By joining DFA, you can help us continue to make a difference that matters. We care deeply about the well-being of our neighbors and friends, and we celebrate the diversity of our company and our world. It takes an incredible team to deliver the goodness of dairy and enrich our communities – come join us!  

It takes an incredible team to deliver the goodness of dairy and enrich our communities – come join us!  

Job Duties: 

• Assemble and disassemble equipment for proper cleaning/sanitizing per manufacturer instruction.
• Operate the CIP (clean-in-place) system to clean and sanitize equipment, tanks, and pipelines.
• Complete basic preventive maintenance of gaskets, seals, “O” rings, plates, etc., on all product contact surfaces as needed by the Master Sanitation Schedule
• Complete record keeping items such as, but not limited to, identifying cleaning cycle times on charts, measuring cleaning concentration, examining flow rates, assessing heat up temperature, and sanitizing by chemical strengths.
• Perform the basic housekeeping to include clean floors, walls, ceiling, air vents, lights, etc., of the plant, equipment, and exterior of all equipment.
• Accomplish pre-operations check on all product contact surfaces including pumps, valves, agitators, alcoves, and clamps before starting up.
• Troubleshoot and resolve basic to moderate operating difficulties.
• Collect required samples needed for quality assurance testing.
• Ensure all paperwork is filled out in a clear, legible, and accurate format and completed with required information.
• Ensure all required information is documented in accordance with SOP’s.
• Utilizing continuous improvement mindset, assist in identifying opportunities to improve processes.
• Report any food safety and food quality related issues to management immediately.
• Maintain safe working conditions for employees and compliance with all state and federal regulations regarding health and safety issues.
• Follow all DFA good manufacturing practices (GMP) and work in a manner consistent with all corporate regulatory, food safety, quality, and sanitation requirements.
• The requirements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employee, but is not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. 

SCHEDULE:

• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday -- 9:00 AM - 7:30 PM
• Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday OFF

Wages:  Start at $21.99 per hour per CBA after one year 26.87.

BENEFITS:

• Union pension plan 
• Competitive pay
• Paid vacation and holidays*
• Career growth opportunities – we promote from within!
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Employee referral program
  
  

*varies by company and governing CBAs  

REQUIREMENTS:

• High school diploma or GED preferred
• Able to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimal
• Effective verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Must be able to pass all pre-employment screenings including drug, background and criminal checks
• Must be able to stand, walk, pull, push, reach and bend virtually the entire shift
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and assist others when lifting is necessary and manually stack and move cases up to 6-8 cases high
• Must be able to work in a wet environment and work in an environment where temperature is maintained at 35–40 degrees Fahrenheit
• Must be willing to work flexible hours including overtime, weekends and holidays 
• May occasionally be exposed to cleaning chemicals

An Equal Opportunity Employer