Brainerd Cooling Room Operator

About the role

Barrett Petfood in Brainerd, Minnesota, is hiring Full-Time Operators! We're a family-owned pet food manufacturer producing high-quality products for brands across the pet food industry. Our facility is busy, fast-paced, and team-oriented. If you like working with equipment, solving problems, staying active, and seeing the results of your work at the end of the day, you'll fit right in. At Barrett Petfood, you're more than a number on the production schedule. We're a family-owned company with a team-first culture, and we believe good people are the key to great products. You'll have the opportunity to build your manufacturing skills, take on new challenges, and work alongside people who care about doing the job right. And at the end of your shift, you'll know you helped make products that end up in homes-and bowls-across the country.

Responsibilities

• Adding palatants and color dyes to finished product
• Operating a forklift to move finished totes to the warehouse and packaging areas
• Moving oils and other materials throughout the facility
• Setting up and calibrating pumps for each production run
• Adjusting cooling towers as needed
• Recording production information and printing labels
• Monitoring internal communications for changes to production runs
• Weighing totes that have been reworked
• Cleaning totes and assisting with equipment cleaning
• Participating in dry and wet equipment cleans
• Helping cover breaks and supporting teammates when needed

No two days are exactly the same. You'll stay moving, work with equipment, and be an important part of keeping production on schedule.

Requirements

We're looking for dependable people who are ready to learn and work as part of a team.

• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods throughout the manufacturing facility.
• Must be able to lift, carry, push, and/or pull up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to bend, reach, climb stairs, stoop, kneel, and perform other physical activities required in a manufacturing environment.
• Climb and descend stairs and ladders safely and routinely, including accessing elevated work areas and equipment.
• Ability to safely operate or work from a scissor lift to access elevated equipment and production areas for inspection, verification