Packaging Operator - Day Shift

About the Company

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 innovative team that’s First in Food.

This role is located in Gaylord, Minnesota, the county seat and hub of Sibley County in south-central Minnesota—about an hour west of the Twin Cities and 35 minutes from Mankato, Hutchinson, and New Ulm. The facility produces liquid egg, hard-cooked egg, and precooked egg products such as scrambled eggs, patties, and omelets.

Responsibilities

• Maintains all tray packers and ensures proper operations (loading trays, maintaining proper glue volume, etc.).
• Maintains video jet coders to ensure they are properly cleaned, have adequate liquid, display correct information, and produce clear, readable print.
• Monitors shrink-wrap machine and adds film as required.
• Fills in for other Packaging machine operators during breaks and vacations.
• Monitors date on master shipper for legibility and takes corrective actions when necessary.
• Sets up equipment and materials for production runs.
• Maintains a clean, sanitary, safe, and productive work area.
• Fosters open communication and a positive attitude toward work and fellow employees.
• Maintains regular and consistent attendance.
• Adheres to safe work practices, follows GMPs, maintains sanitary conditions, and ensures product quality; reports any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality, or personnel safety.
• Performs sanitation procedures in accordance with department and food safety standards (sometimes for the duration of the shift).
• Runs, cleans, conducts preventive maintenance, and troubleshoots extended-run fillers (e.g., Elopack Fillers/Capers Scholle).
• Navigates operating systems on tablets to conduct required quality and performance checks.
• Follows instructions for ingredient mixing.
• Calculates mathematical equations, figures, and amounts, including proportions, percentages, fractions, and ratios.
• Ensures food safety and food quality of Michael Foods products.
• Performs other similar duties and responsibilities as requested.

Qualifications

• One to three months of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups, customers, vendors, or employees.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out oral instructions and deal with problems involving one concrete variable in standardized situations.
• Basic computer knowledge and skills.

Pay

$21.93 to $27.54 per hour.

Schedule

12-hour day shifts, 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM.