Lakeside Foods, Inc.

Senior Plant Mechanic

Lakeside Foods, Inc.  •  Wisconsin (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

At Lakeside Foods and our family of companies, we're committed to providing wholesome foods to enrich people’s lives through food. We are a culture that pursues our vision of growth and innovation with passion, confidence, and commitment. We are strongest together – valuing collaborative contribution, transparency and new ideas to enable change and growth. We are committed to an inclusive and respectful environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance, and there’s a seat at the table for you.

Become One of Our Valued Mechanics:

Here at Lakeside Foods, our plant maintenance team is the backbone of our operations, ensuring equipment runs optimally during our production season. Plant mechanics are respected team members, performing preventative maintenance, adjustments, and repairs on our production equipment such as pea and corn receiving equipment, huskers, cutters and freezers.

What You’ll Get:

  • Competitive wages based on experience
  • Off-season schedule: Four 10’s Monday – Thursday
  • Production season (Mid-June – Mid-October): Flexible scheduling with OT availability
  • Stable work environment with a growing company
  • Schedules to maintain work/life balance
  • Excellent market-leading low-cost medical insurance, dental and vision insurance
  • Paid vacation and personal time after 30 days of employment
  • Retirement plan with company match
  • Prescription safety glasses & steel-toe shoe reimbursement
  • Mechanical Progression Program/Advancement Opportunities
  • Paid onsite and offsite training
  • An Employer that works hard to ensure your safety on the job

What You’ll Do:

  • During harvest season (June - October)
    • Responsible for the efficient flow of the assigned area and the major repair and maintenance of all machinery in the assigned area.
    • Assist with training seasonal employees in the safe, proper, and efficient operation of equipment to which they are assigned.
  • During Off Season (November – May):
    • In the off-season, will be involved in any number of maintenance activities, including machine/freezer repair/overhaul, cleaning, building walkways and work platforms, and assisting in the installation of new processing equipment.

What You'll Bring:

  • A two year certificate from college or technical school; or two to three years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Where You’ll Work:

WELCOME TO RANDOM LAKE

Located right along Highway 57, Random Lake is a safe and healthy place to raise a family with things that families can do and enjoy every day. From festivals, outdoor music, and other opportunities such as the lake, fishing, boating, running, biking there is something for everyone no matter what time of year!

Lakeside Foods and our family of companies welcomes people of all backgrounds and the varied ideas they bring to the workplace. Being an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer is part of our heritage and culture. We recruit, hire and promote employees based on qualifications and merit, without regard to race, religion, age, gender, disability, marital or veteran status. Lakeside Foods participates in E-Verify.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities

Lakeside Foods, Inc.

About Lakeside Foods, Inc.

Lakeside Foods, Inc. is a premier producer and supplier of high-quality canned vegetables, frozen vegetables, frozen whipped topping and frozen appetizers for the retail, food service, and industrial sectors. Founded in 1887 as a small pea canning company in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Lakeside Foods has grown to 13 processing locations in three states, with nearly 1,000 employees year-round and more than 2,000 during seasonal production.

We remain family owned and committed to working with local family farmers to grow our produce. We're focused on providing safe, quality food for our customers. Our processing facilities meet the highest level of food safety certification and are located near our crops, ensuring maximum freshness of our products from farm to table.

What makes Lakeside unique compared to other employers in the industry and in the region?

- We bring a long heritage and a commitment to continued growth.

- We’re driven to work hard and create new products and offerings.

- We’re committed to the communities where we operate.

- We’re down to earth and approachable.

- We treat employees like part of our family.

- We’re friendly and welcoming – to our customers and to our employees.

Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Year Founded
1887
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