
Raw Materials Inspector-Day Shift
Shearer’s
- Fort Worth, TX
- $17.50 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Inspect potatoes for defects and/or foreign matter and ensure all potatoes are of Shearer's quality specifications.
- Monitor potatoes for safety and sanitation regulation compliance, for further processing and report any foreign objects in the potatoes or concerns to shift supervisor and/or management immediately.
- Monitor process flow to ensure potato are feeding into kettles properly.
- Replace empty skids with full crates of potatoes using forklift operations.
- Communicates with the Supervisor when any discrepancies are found. (i.e. cleanliness, safety concerns, or security concerns)
- Must have good communication skills; able to understand, write and speak Basic English.
- Must be able to read, understand and follow written instructions and materials
- Must be able to read and write clear, legibly and effectively
- Must be able to effectively move around a manufacturing plant which includes but it's not limited to stairs and platforms.
- Must be able to follow all safety policies and procedures including the use of safety equipment.
- Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide.
- Ability to perform these operations using units of US currency and weight measurements, volume, and distance.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two step instructions.
- Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
- Maintain area in accordance with AIB and HACCP standards
- Ability to follow safety policies and standard work procedures
- Practice and adhere to appropriate safety and hygiene guidelines/procedures for safe housekeeping and personal protection
- Keep work area clean; aisles/exits clear and free from obstructions; removes trash from work area floor.
- Follow instructions for safe lifting/carrying of various sizes, shapes, and weights of objects.
- Perform sanitation assignments and shutdown cleanup duties as scheduled.
- Performs other job-related projects, duties and assignments as directed by shift leader.
- Long hours of standing and walking; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; product.
- Employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.
- Be able to frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.
- Exposure to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts
- Exposed to fumes or airborne particles; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration.
- Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and outside weather conditions