Production Technician - Forklift Operator

About the role

In this role you will support a variety of areas in our fruit processing and packaging operations, sanitation, and drum washing. Location: 100 Forsell Road, Grandview, WA 98930

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site, rotating shifts

Compensation Base Rate: $24.05– $28.29 per hour

Responsibilities

• Follow all Company Safety Rules and Good Manufacturing Practices
• Produce high quality products in a safe, sanitary, and healthful manner
• Maintain documentation and production records that are legible, accurate, and complete
• Communication with team leaders, leads, maintenance, and all production personnel to achieve self-sufficient team goals
• Understands and applies HACCP, plant quality, plant GMP’s, and food safety requirements to the daily performance of the job
• Performs housekeeping and sanitation duties, according to company SSOP’s
• Maintain a clean work environment
• Must be able to work any shift, including weekends and overtime as needed while maintaining a good attendance record
• Flow to the work in all areas of production
• Ability to work as part of a team and assist others as needed

Requirements

• High school degree or equivalent is required
• Minimum age of 18
• Employee must be able to work any shift (day or night) including weekends
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out both oral and written instructions
• Ability to effectively read, comprehend, and fill in production forms accurately with dates, times, temperatures and other processing information
• Able to work with and around cleaning chemicals and perform sanitation duties
• Must be able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, GMP’s, and general instructions as well as carry out both oral and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous food processing or manufacturing experience a plus
• Previous forklift driving experience highly preferred

Physical Demands

Employee is regularly required to stand, walk, lift (67-100%)

Employee is regularly required to use hands and arms for reaching/grasping /handling/ fine finger manipulation during the day (67-100%)

Employee must be able to occasionally squat, bend, work above shoulders, climb stairs or ladders (11-33%)

Employee must be able to frequently lift up to 25 lb. (34-66%)

Employee must be able to Occasionally lift 60 lb. (11 – 33%)

The employee must be able to wear required Personal Protective Equipment including safety glasses, hearing protection, and bump caps.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package effective first day of employment, including: medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) Savings Plan with up to 7% Company match, 2 weeks paid vacation (prorated the first year of employment), 12 paid company holidays, paid sick leave, annual holiday bonus.

• Company-provided life and AD&D insurances
• Company-provided short-and long-term disability
• Voluntary Life & Health Benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Employee Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Adoption assistance & surrogacy reimbursement
• Bereavement leave