September 10, 2024

Hilmar Cheese Company

Dodge City

Cheese Grading Technician

At Hilmar Cheese Company we improve lives around the world through wholesome dairy products. Since our founding in 1984, Hilmar Cheese Company has been committed to innovation and sustainability. Our state-of-the art production facilities convert an abundance of locally sourced high-quality milk into a variety of nutritious cheeses, whey protein and lactose. The Cheese and Ingredients that we produce create a wide variety of retail and food service products from sliced and shredded cheeses, to protein supplements and infant formula. We are a trusted partner to premier food and beverage brands in for than fifty countries helping bring their vision into reality.

Throughout our decades of success and growth we have remained committed to our mission and values and these principles unite our people and guide all that we do.

A Typical Day

Responsible for the sensory evaluation of cheese products, and to make recommendations for final disposition of products.

Job Responsibilities

Pulling samples for cheese lab, micro lab and independent labs as requested.
Reporting all cheese sensory results that include input in SAP along with Cheese Grading Summary and all re-grades, 12 day grades, under-grade exceptions and others as assigned.
Monitor grades and analytical data to keep grading team on track.
Track and report on cheese as needed through PIN system.
Participate in all R&D that incorporates cheese functionality tracking as assigned.
Provides recommendations to improve quality of cheese products.

What You Will Need

High School Diploma and 1 year Operations experience
Ability to lift up to 60lbs
Knowledge of dairy plant sanitation practices.
Software proficient in Excel, Word, Share Point, Microsoft Outlook and Ross.
Must be able to work 8-hour rotating shifts including, weekends and holidays

What Will Put You Ahead

Bachelor’s Degree
SAP experience
Knowledge of cheese production and impact on finished product performance
Experience Grading Cheese and understanding of cheese sensory evaluation terminology used at Hilmar.
Experience with Historian ability to use trends and process knowledge to improve process performance and conduct trials.
Knowledge of plant technical and QA activities.
Active/past member of department safety team
Completion of a cheese grading course

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to:

Stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear.
Stand and walk almost the entire workday.
Employees must be physically capable of working in any of the job tasks within the cheese plant.
Required to work at heights and in fairly small areas.
Pushing, pulling, reaching, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, handling and grasping, twisting/turning, repetitive bending.

Food safety is a companywide responsibility and each employee must know their role in the manufacture and distribution of safe, wholesome, and high quality products.

This description is a general statement and does not include other duties as assigned
Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer/EEO. We participate in E-Verify.

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