Flour Packing Technician

About the role

As a part of our manufacturing group, you will be responsible for supporting production packaging, processing and warehouse operations, sanitation and participation in startup, changeover and shutdown of operating equipment.

Shift Hours

• 8-hour shifts
• 2nd shift: 3 pm to 11 pm
• 3rd shift: 11 pm to 7 am

Ability and willingness

• Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays, including 4 hours prior to or over scheduled shift (when needed)

About our Location

At our Avon Mill, we produce 50 lb. bags of flour that are distributed to restaurants, cruise ships, hotels, schools, as well as Betty Crocker dry mix pouches. Our plant is unique in that we have two product platforms: flour and dry mixes. The flour we produce is integrated into our Betty Crocker mixes. We are a small plant with a great culture where you will get to know the people you work with.

Fun facts about Avon are that we produce an average of 1.1 millions pounds of flour a day and about 100 million Betty Crocker pouches a year. When making our chocolate chip cookie mix, around 2000 lbs of chocolate is added per hour to the packaging line!

What Your Day Will Look Like

• Create high quality foods that are eaten EVERYDAY, NATIONWIDE
• Use TECHNOLOGY in an industry-leading facility
• Work with HIGH-LEVEL operators on EXPERIENCED teams that are looking to pass down their knowledge to workers
• Willing and able to learn and get paid doing it
• Challenging yourself to get the JOB DONE RIGHT and gain skills to take with you to your next opportunity
• Troubleshoot problems with machinery and partner with maintenance staff to resolve issues
• Calibrate processing and packaging systems daily to meet required specifications
• Participate in startup, changeover, and shut down of operating equipment
• Participate in Packing and Warehouse operations
• Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
• Assist in training new employees

What You Have To Offer

• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED
• Mechanical and/or technical experience in a manufacturing or related industry
• Experience in warehouse operations and use of WMS (preferably SAP, Blue Yonder)
• Basic computer skills, including the ability to interact with digital systems used in daily tasks
• Experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
• Must be able to perform physical tasks for extended periods of time including standing, walking, climbing, bending, pushing, pulling and twisting over surfaces
• Ability to climb and/or work at heights while utilizing stairs, ladders, personnel lifts, or platforms
• Able to wear protective clothing and equipment such as safety shoes, face masks, safety glasses, hearing protection, a hard hat, a hair/beard net and gloves when required
• Willing and able to adhere to all grooming requirements necessary for a food manufacturing environment
• Willing and able to work in hot, cold, noisy, dusty, wet environmental working conditions
• Willing to work around industrial high-speed moving machinery
• Able to work with allergens that might be present in a food environment

Company Overview

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.