Food Cooking Machine Operator (m/f), Lower Hutt in Lower Hutt, Wellington

Your tasks:
- Place products on carts or conveyors to transfer them to the next stage of processing
- 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 directionsto other workers who are assisting in the batchmaking process
- Examine, feel, and taste product samples during production to evaluate quality, color, texture, flavor, and bouquet, and document the results
- Grade food products according to government regulations or according to type, color, bouquet, and moisture content
- Test food product samples for moisture content, acidity level, specific gravity, or butter-fat content, and continue processing until desired levels are reached
- Operate refining machines to reduce the particle size of cooked batches
- Follow recipes to produce food products of specified flavor, texture, clarity, bouquet, or color
- Formulate or modify recipes for specific kinds of food products
Your skills:
- A friendly, upbeat, energetic, good-humored individual
- Exhibits a professional presence and appearance at all times
- A flexible individual willing to learn and take on more responsibility as time goes on
- Genuine and conscientious desire to serve the firm and its clients
- Able to work unsupervised on own initiative
- Works well under pressure
- Willingness and ability to work overtime, as required
- Proactive, quick study, self-starter, decisive, productive and organized
Location
Lower Hutt
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