Production Technician - Donuts (Nights/Afternoons)

Mel-O-Cream Donuts is in institution in Springfield, having been in business since 1932. While our roots are in the donut shop, today we are supplying bakeries throughout the Mid-West from our manufacturing plant on Springfield’s west side. Like so many businesses, we have been challenged to find the right people to staff our facility.

What do we do? We make donuts. This involves mixing dough, processing, cutting, shaping, and forming donuts. Some products are filled, glazed, or iced. This is done in a 30,000 square foot manufacturing area. While working in our production department, can seem hectic, there are those out there who thrive on being on their feet and working in a fast-paced environment, then this opportunity may be for you. If this interest you, please apply online.

To be considered for this position we require that you take a cultural survey. The cultural survey takes approximately 5-8 minutes, it is not a test, it helps our supervisors and managers understand how to be better leaders to our team by understanding the job role from your perspective.

You can take the survey by clicking on the following link https://bit.ly/MOCCultureIndex or copy and paste the following link into your web browser: https://take.surveys.ci/s/901v049pgv/71103

Multiple Openings!!

Main Duties/Responsibilities:

The Production Technician is responsible for working on the production line in various positions. This position is responsible for preparing sponges, doughs, or batters, and may work on make-up bench or machine making up raw dough products. This position also includes these duties line monitoring, sanitation, packaging and handling and storage of packaged products.

This position may do the work of a Donut Finisher or Sanitarian at the facility.

• Accountable for ensuring the company Safety, Food Safety, Quality & Legal requirements are met within the Production department.
• Responsible for ensuring all products packaged are of the highest quality.
• Must observe product during production and check for proper weight, proper cut and proper form, as well as check for any other product deficiencies.
• During the production of certain products, the Technician must arrange, align, reshape, tie, twist or move them to a proper configuration or specification before the product travels into the proof box.
• Responsible for mixing doughs and recording ingredients going into each batch.

Benefits

• PTO (Paid Time OFF)- Weekly Earning
• Weekly PAY
• Paid Holidays
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability Insurance
• B&C Trust Pension Plan Participation
• Employee Assistant Program