Description:

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is a farmer-owned, dairy marketing cooperative owned by more than 12,500 family farmers. Our mark matters and it represents the wholesomeness of dairy that we share with our communities and loved ones. DFA Zumbrota is part of the Ingredient Solutions Division manufacturing dairy-based ingredients and innovative flavor solutions for customers in the food manufacturing and food service channels. Ingredient Solutions has the capability to produce a variety of high-quality products including cheese to custom formulations and trendsetting dairy ingredients.

Our fingerprints touch thousands of brands across the marketplace, we're passionate about delivering the simple pleasures of dairy to people everywhere, straight from our family farm-owners.

By joining DFA, you can help us continue to make a difference that matters. We care deeply about the well-being of our neighbors and friends, and we celebrate the diversity of our company and our world. It takes an incredible team to deliver the goodness of dairy and enrich our communities – come join us!

General Purpose:

Makes final adjustments to the cheese prior to sending the cheese to the towers

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drain whey from Enclosed Finishing Vats
• Monitor transfer of cheese from Enclosed Finishing Vats to curd hopper
• Salts cheese at targeted pH's (Customer Specifications)
• Adds water as needed for moistures (Customer Specifications)
• Run tower pH's
• Measure tower moistures on Perten
• Wash and Sanitize Enclosed Finishing Vats
• Maintain records and documents

Secondary Duties

• Maintain safe working conditions for employees and compliance with all state and federal regulations regarding health and safety issues
• Dedicate effort to safety as we expect every employee to leave work in the same condition as they arrive
• Follow all DFA good manufacturing practices (GMP) and work in a manner consistent with all corporate regulatory, food safety, quality, and sanitation requirements
• Exhibit the values and ethics of Dairy Farmers of America through honesty, discretion, and sound judgment
• Adhere to all DFA Quality, Safety and GMP policies and procedures and report any nonconformity
• Attend required training, including but not limited to, Safety, GMP, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), and Safe Quality Foods (SQF)
• Perform other work as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Ability to interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals and job safety analysis
• Basic computer skills

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Perform work independently as required
• Perform necessary routine cleaning and preventive maintenance
• Able to work in a hot environment
• Be able to work a full 12 hour or longer shift plus overtime as needed
• Learn the theory for operating and cleaning procedures and practices involved in the operation and equipment of the position, including any new operations and equipment assigned by management
• Perform the job duties resulting in a high-quality product
• Able to learn and perform various functions of the department to perform the essential functions
• Maintain confidentiality of operations, records and documents
• Must be able to read, write and speak English

An Equal Opportunity Employer