About the position
McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking a full-time Product Feeder to report to a Production Manager. This role will work at our Zatarain's Plant, located at 82 1st Street in Gretna, LA. McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavor with approximately 14,000 employees worldwide. With over $6 billion in annual sales across 160 countries and territories, we manufacture, market, and distribute spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the entire food industry including e-commerce, retail, food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands include McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot, Stubb's, OLD BAY, Lawry's, Zatarain's, Ducros, Vahiné, Cholula, Schwartz, Kamis, DaQiao, Club House, Aeroplane, and Gourmet Garden. Every day, no matter where or what you eat or drink, you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick. Our Purpose is 'To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor' and our Vision is 'A World United by Flavor—where healthy, sustainable and delicious go hand in hand.'
Responsibilities
- Perform visual checks of raw materials, spice mixtures and package integrity.
- Following batch sheet accurately measures and adds ingredients to spice mixtures which blend and feed to the production line.
- Maintains proper level of blended product in the hopper to ensure the production line has an adequate supply of product to prevent downtime.
- Performs rework of finished goods or raw materials.
- Assists in clean-up of production equipment during product change over.
- Assists QC with magnet checks.
- Monitors handling unit tags by writing the process order on the handling unit tag, removing the handling unit tag from the pallet and placing in the current bin.
- When pallet board is completely used, the handling unit tag is placed in the consumed bin.
- Completes Sanitation Inspection sheet with Quality Control Technician on a daily basis.
- Performs daily housekeeping duties in the work area and occasional housekeeping duties in the plant or warehouse areas including sweeping, vacuuming, collecting trash, washing walls and equipment.
Requirements
- Must be able to lift 50 pounds on a consistent daily basis.
- Must have the ability to read, write and perform simple math calculations in order to accurately measure amounts of ingredients.
- Must be able to work overtime on a frequent basis and on weekends as required by scheduling/production demands.
- Able to communicate effectively and work well with others.
- Able to work in a dusty environment with strong odors.
- Able to climb stairs and bend and stoop.
Benefits
- tuition assistance
- medical
- dental
- vision
- disability
- group life insurance
- 401(k)
- profit sharing
- paid holidays
- vacations
