Production Utility Trainee

About the role

Lamb Weston is a leading manufacturer inspiring and bringing people together with foods they love and trust. We operate globally, serving customers in over 100 countries. This position offers hands-on training and opportunities for career advancement within Plant Operations.

Responsibilities

• Loads, palletizes, bands, and maintains an accurate count and description of product handled
• Performs sanitation duties including EOC, Master Sanitation Schedule, and Plant downtime
• Decases product and constructs or deconstructs totes as needed
• Aids in cleanup, inventory, material segregation
• Understands information on manifest tickets
• Handles and uses concentrated hazardous chemicals and wears associated PPE properly
• Handles, loads, and uses materials and ingredients
• Uses hand and power tools occasionally
• Operates lift trucks safely
• Keeps the flake drum applicator rolls full of mash
• Performs recordkeeping and reporting
• Communicates with multiple groups across the site
• Inspects and sorts product in a safe and effective manner
• Maintains equipment operations and changes settings if assigned
• Supports utility duties associated with equipment and operations during start-up, shutdown, cut changes, EOC and normal operation
• Abides by all PPE requirements and LOTO policy
• Trains as needed
• Performs in-line quality checks (i.e. magnet checks on flakes) as assigned
• Supports velocity initiatives
• Paints equipment, walls, framework, etc.
• Supports fire watch
• Uses established cleaning procedures, chemicals, tools, techniques, and maintains sanitary conditions ensuring bacteria and housekeeping are at acceptable levels
• Breaks and relieves other employees

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and 3-6 months' work experience in a manufacturing facility (preferred)
• Ability to read, write, and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and memos in English
• Ability to use equipment where the instructions are in English
• Ability to effectively present or listen to information in one-on-one and small group situations with all other employees of the organization in English
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide
• Reasoning ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions

Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
• Paid Time Off
• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts
• Life and Accident insurance
• Family-Friendly Employee events
• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Pay

Industry-competitive pay rate or range: $21.04 per hour

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.