NA Machine Operator 3 (1st Shift)

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery, and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents, and make an impact. Join our team in Elizabeth, New Jersey—a city with a proud history—and be part of an innovative organization that’s First in Food.

About the role

This position ensures compliance with safety work rules and reinforces safety as a core value. You will uphold all policies, procedures, and activities related to food safety and quality to reduce product and process variability.

Responsibilities

• Assume personal responsibility for maintaining a safe and healthy workplace for everyone.
• Adhere to all safety policies and procedures, incorporating safety and health into all tasks.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and follow GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices).
• Maintain sanitary conditions and ensure product quality is upheld.
• Report any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, quality, or personnel safety.
• Operate, clean, perform preventive maintenance (PM), and troubleshoot extended run fillers (e.g., Elopack Fillers/Cappers, Scholle (AF/19), Tote Filler, Hamba).
• Follow all SOPs for production and sanitation.
• Accurately maintain all required documentation in real time.
• Proactively plan and lead changeover activities for fillers and date coding, coordinating resources (mechanics, materials) and communications with supervisors.
• Alert supervisors when mechanical problems occur.
• Ensure GMP and sanitation practices are maintained, leading all related room activities.
• Maintain a safe work environment and meet line S-Max targets and material shrinkage goals.
• Communicate actively with ESL Pasteurizer operators to ensure efficient operations.
• Engage in continuous improvement efforts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED (or equivalent).
• 2+ years of experience operating machinery, handling GMPs, and adhering to product specifications.
• Knowledge of SPC (Statistical Process Control) for weight control.
• Ability to work independently and communicate effectively with other employees.
• Ability to read and follow SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures).
• Basic computer skills for operating equipment controls.
• Mechanical aptitude for troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Ability to read, comprehend, and write simple instructions, correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to present information effectively in one-on-one and small group settings.
• Basic math skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using units of American money, weight, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply common sense to carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to handle problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

• Wear proper PPE, including hair nets, ear plugs, and earmuffs in designated areas.
• Ability to bend, stoop, and reach above shoulder level.
• Frequent walking and standing for extended periods.
• Work indoors in wet, humid environments on hard surfaces.
• Ability to repeatedly lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to ascend and descend stairs.

Pay

$20.20 to $25.50 per hour.