Cook/Batchmaker at Somerset

Job Description

Cook/ Batchmaker

Essential Duties and responsibilities:

• Observe gauges, dials, and product characteristics, and adjust controls to maintain

appropriate temperature, pressure, and flow of ingredients. Tend or operate and control

equipment.

• Record production and test data, such as processing steps, temperature and steam

readings, cooking time, batches processed, and test results.

• Listen for malfunction alarms, and shut down equipment and notify supervisors when

necessary.

• Set temperature, pressure, and time controls, and start conveyers, machines, or pumps.

• Turn valves or start pumps to add ingredients or drain products from equipment and to

transfer products for storage, cooling, or further processing.

• Clean, wash, and sterilize equipment and cooking area, using water hoses, cleaning or

sterilizing solutions, or rinses.

• Measure or weigh ingredients, using scales or measuring containers

• Tend or operate and control equipment such as kettles, cookers, vats and tanks, and boilers,

to cook ingredients or prepare products for further processing.

• Collect and examine product samples during production to test them for quality, color,

content, consistency, viscosity, acidity, or specific gravity.

• Read work orders and input data, recipes, or formulas to determine cooking times and

temperatures, and ingredient specifications.

• Pour, dump, or load prescribed quantities of ingredients or products into cooking

equipment, manually or using a hoist.

• Place products on conveyors or carts, and monitor product flow.

• Activate agitators and paddles to mix or stir ingredients, stopping machines when

ingredients are thoroughly mixed.

• Operate auxiliary machines and equipment

Job Requirements

 Skills and Competencies

• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs

• Must  be able to inspect and recognize good quality products

• Packs Product, makes cases

• Must be able to operate Palletizer

• Must have the ability to follow instructions

• Must be able to read and write in English

• Must be an effective communicator (Bilingual Spanish/English is a plus)

• Must have the ability to keep records

Education and/or experience:  
High school diploma required; associates degree or

equivalent preferred. Two to three years and/or training or equivalent combination of

education and experience.

Please apply via email at www.1stclassstaffing.com or at  [Click Here to Email Your Resum]

Country: USA, State: New Jersey, City: Somerset, Company: 1ST CLASS STAFFING.