Job Description

Production Operator

Wage: $29.15 per hour ($2.00 Shift Differential)

Shift & Working Hours: 6:00PM - 6:00AM; 2-2-3 rotating 12 hour shifts. Weekends/Overtime/Holidays as needed.

Role Focus:

This role is part of our Dairy Food business who creates dairy products that stand for real, simple goodness. We believe there’s power in every drop of milk our farmers produce, and by improving production and finding innovative uses for that milk, we add a little good to people’s lives.

The Powder Packer could range in specific duties from receiving and handling the raw materials, adding value through a variety of proprietary processes, to packaging the final product.

In this role, you will be a key member of our Land O’Lakes, Inc. manufacturing team, performing front-line production processes that add value and quality to the inputs and creation of final high-quality products. You will gain skills and experience of taking raw materials to produce our final products for customers. This will include operating machinery and equipment, packaging the final product. Join our team to become part of a member-owned co-op that is Rooted In Tomorrow.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operate, monitor, and control the powder packaging and coding equipment in accordance with all regulatory, customer, and company operating procedures

• Assembling, disassembling, and cleaning of equipment

• Ensure the proper weight and code is achieved on the finished product prior to storing

• Palletize and transport finished packaged product to warehouse

• Operating the sack filling bagging equipment according to company policies, practices and procedures

Required Qualifications & Experiences:

• Must be 18 years or older

• 1 year or more of work experience in any industry

• Basic computer and math skills

• Able to read, write, comprehend, follow verbal and written instructions in English

• Willingness to learn new skills, problem-solve and troubleshoot

• Strong collaboration, communication skills, and is always respectful

Preferred Experience:

• 1+ year of manufacturing work experience

• Machine operation and/or forklift experience

Physical Requirements:

• Able to lift/carry up to 50 pounds

• Frequent movement including walking, standing, bending/stooping, turning, twisting, pushing, pulling, raising arms, lifting, climbing and other active movements

• Performing duties while wearing personal protective equipment

• Working in temperature zones that include cold and/or hot environments for extended periods and may include areas where dust and chemicals are present

• Required to work scheduled shift which may include weekends, some holidays, and periodic overtime

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.

Land O’Lakes and our global entities support diversity in employment practices.

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