Production Associate

Pay: $22.28 per hour

Hours: 6:30 am – 3:30 pm, Shift schedules could include days, nights, weekends, some holidays, hours subject to business needs

The Production Associate is responsible for taking direction from the supervisor in order to meet production demands while ensuring quality and safety standards are met.

In this role, you will be a key member of our Land O’Lakes, Inc. manufacturing team, performing front-line production processes that add value and quality to the inputs and creation of final high-quality products.  You will gain skills and experience of taking raw materials to produce our final products for customers.  This will include operating machinery and equipment, packaging the final product. Join our team to become part of a member-owned co-op that is Rooted In Tomorrow.

This role is part of our Dairy Food business who creates dairy products that stand for real, simple goodness.   We believe there’s power in every drop of milk our farmers produce, and by improving production and finding innovative uses for that milk, we add a little good to people’s lives.   

Key Responsibilities:

• Complies with all safety processes and insists on safety practices of self and others

• Attending area of transfer from filler to chiller.

• Transferring carts of production in and out of chillers and placing them orderly at the WIP area.

• Flip trays in chillers when needed.

• Ensures all quality standards and standard operating procedures are followed during production process

• Follows the instructions of Leads and Management to accomplish daily work assignments

Required Experience and Skills:

• Must be 18 years or older

• 6 months of work experience in any industry

• Basic computer and math skills

• Able to read, write, comprehend, follow verbal and written instructions

• Willingness to learn new skills, problem-solve and troubleshoot

• Strong collaboration, communication skills, and is always respectful

Preferred Experience:

• 1 year of food manufacturing work experience

• Forklift experience

Physical Requirements:

• Able to lift/carry up to 50 pounds

• Frequent movement including walking, standing, bending/stooping, turning, twisting, pushing, pulling, raising arms, lifting, climbing and other active movements

• Performing duties while wearing personal protective equipment

• Working in temperature zones that include cold and/or hot environments for extended periods and may include areas where dust and chemicals are present

• Required to work scheduled shift which may include weekends, some holidays, and periodic overtime

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.

Land O’Lakes and our global entities support diversity in employment practices.

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