Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Barry Callebaut is a global organization poised for growth, committed to sustainability and innovation in manufacturing. The Operator I operates production machinery to ensure product quality and compliance with safety regulations, while also performing various responsibilities related to production processes.
Responsibilities
- Perform set up, operate, and maintain various machinery and equipment by starting observing machines for color and verify weight of products
- Control equipment operations to regulate size, speed, temperature, and consistency of products
- Knowledge of various productions to be manufactured to include temperatures and viscosity. Verify viscosity of finished product and adjust as needed
- Dismantle equipment, including extruders and conveyors for cleaning
- Responsible for requesting and transferring raw materials from storage silo to daily bin. Record raw material incoming number on production order sheet
- Enter recipe data according to the production schedule
- Adjust pre-refiner/refiner and conch temperatures according to recipe and customer specifications. Add fat, flavors and emulsifiers to conch or horizontal tanks
- Pump product from conches to finished/vertical tanks according to production schedule
- Responsible for basic and preventative maintenance, report improvements needed to the supervisor
- Sample finished product and fill drums and pails with finished product
- Cross train to perform all functions of Line Worker, Mixer Attendant and Melter
- Comply with all company and department specific quality, safety, SQF, and GMP policies and procedures
Skills
- High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED) required
- Three to six months related experience and/or specific On the Job Training (OJT) under supervision
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety, SQF, and GMP rules, operating, and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
- Ability to use scales and have general math skills in percentages, fractions, and decimals
- Ability to follow both written and oral instructions and demonstrate suitable decision-making skills
- Teamwork and Cooperation – genuine intention to work cooperatively with others as part of a team
- Initiative – doing more than required or expected in the job
- Customer Service Orientation – help or serve others, to meet their needs; focus efforts on discovering and meeting customer needs
- Concern for Order, Quality and Accuracy – monitors and checks quality of own work
- Knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PLC control panels, LX and Maintenance Work preferred
Benefits
- 12 paid holidays
- Generous PTO
- Your birthday off
- Environment that welcomes workplace flexibility
- An atmosphere where diversity is embraced, and inclusivity is second nature.
- Ability to grow personally and professionally within an organization that values development and internal career growth
- Be part of our mission in making sustainability the norm through Forever Chocolate with priorities centered around prospering farmers, zero child labor, carbon and forest positive, and creating 100% sustainable ingredients in all of our products.
Company Overview
With annual sales of about CHF 14.8 billion in fiscal year 2024/25, the Zurich-based Barry Callebaut Group is the world’s leading solutions provider of high-quality chocolate experiences across the full spectrum of chocolate, cocoa, cacao coatings and non-cocoa alternatives – from sourcing and processing cocoa beans to crafting premium chocolates, fillings and decorations. It was founded in 1996, and is headquartered in Zürich, Zurich, CHE, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.barry-callebaut.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Barry Callebaut Group has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 9 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 3 in 2022, 3 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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