Slurry Operator Night Shift - Tuffy's Pet Foods
Our Coolest Benefit - Profit Sharing! In our most recent fiscal year, KLN Family Brands paid out over $6 million in profit-sharing to our employees!!!
Our Story
KLN Family Brands is a 3rd generation family-owned business that started in 1964 with its corporate headquarters located in Perham, MN, in the heart of MN lakes country.
Together, our companies manufacture a diverse and expanding range of high-quality human and pet food products.
At KLN Family Brands, our vision is that “We are a proud people-first company.
We are successful because of trust-based relationships and first-rate products for our families and friends.
We better the world by caring for others.
We challenge.
We grow.
We inspire.
” Some companies have to “fudge the story” a little.
Some need the extra “spin” to shine a positive light on themselves.
That’s not who we are at KLN Family Brands, and that’s not what we do.
We tell the story of our brand – People First, the Quality/Safety of our products, our Bold Innovation, our Tradition and Trust, and the way we treat our Community & Beyond.
We do it in a genuine way because we genuinely believe we’re a pretty amazing company.
We’re now hiring a Night Shift Slurry Operator for Tuffy's Pet Foods, to operate the slurry, digest and hydro system to produce products following all quality and safety requirements set forth in company policies.
Essential Duties:
• Review and follow daily production schedule verifying against their product information sheets for accuracy.
• Communicate with dry extrusion personnel as to which digest tanks should be used for their immediate production needs.
• Check all processing scales at the start of each shift with certified weights.
If scale is off, notify electrician and inform Milling and Meat Processing Manager and/or Foreman
• Operate slurry mixers, digest mixers and hydro mixers and monitor ancillary equipment to produce products that meet the desired specifications set forth by the Quality Assurance Department
• Visually inspect and save samples throughout all runs to be taken to the Quality Control Lab for final analysis
• Responsible to record operation parameters and turn in at the end of each shift
• Batch and record all liquid slurry, digest and hydro batches required for each run and turn in at the end of each shift
• Monitor all slurry, digest and hydro formulas presented to them for color, odor and grind notifying supervisor of anything that looks out of specification
• Cleaning systems as required between production runs
• Calibrate process flow monitors prior to each run
• Daily clean up and weekly sanitation of slurry, digest and hydro areas
• Take monthly and semi-annual inventory of departmental ingredients
• Notify maintenance of any unusual equipment noises or failures
• Train new departmental employees
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor
Why you should apply:
· Great pay
· Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
· Profit sharing
· Many other terrific benefits
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