Production Operative (Dryline)

Company Overview

Anitox partners with the world’s leading feed ingredient, poultry, swine and farmed fish producers, enabling them to make safer food more efficiently through the development of clean feed technologies. Today our class-leading portfolio is set to grow following acquisition by Iluma Alliance in 2024. We’re focused on innovative chemical and biological solutions to improve livestock performance, control Salmonella, E.coli, Clostridia, and a host of viruses which impact animal welfare, productivity, and human food security, and drive milling efficiency.

We're looking for a Production Operative whose role will be to manage the daily manufacture and bagging of powdered finished products within the warehouse, ensuring that the blends are made as per the formulation and bagged to the correct specific weights and all the required paperwork and documentation is correct. This role will also be responsible for ensuring raw materials are maintained and that all pallets are properly stacked and labeled.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for daily production, blending hazardous chemicals, stacking pallets, and filling the hopper with powder raw material.
• Ability to learn/run PLC controls to set weight and recipe settings for the bagged product.
• Coordination to management on dry materials needed, timing, and proper use of first-in / first-out, and working with QA to ensure the inbound materials are of the correct quality and specification.
• Packaging ingredients to meet customer orders/needs.
• Ability to drive a forklift truck to load raw materials in supersacks into the feed hopper and move pallets to the staging area.
• Highlight maintenance needs to the management team and adopt a zero-tolerance on leaks, and ensure all dryline production activities are undertaken in line with OSHA standards.
• Ensuring all documentation and paperwork is complete, accurate, and in full.
• Maintain clean work areas and adhere to all hygiene practices and regulations.
• Site and work area cleaning.

Skills & experience

• Knowledge of the chemical industry
• 1 year of Manufacturing experience is required; experience as a machine operator preferred
• Ability to lift 60 Lb’s, climb stairs and stand/walk for 8 hours
• Pass a health examination and fit to wear a respirator
• Must be willing to wear a respirator at a workstation at all times during production/bagging of product
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• 1 year of forklift experience preferred

Hours of work

Mon - Fri, 6am - 2.30pm

We Offer

An attractive hourly rate in line with the position's responsibilities plus, medical, dental, vision, and 401 (k).