Production Operator (Full-time)Feed My Starving Children
Job Summary
Your Role:
Operate a food packing production line at a Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) site. Maintain production area cleanliness and uphold workplace and food safety compliance. Complete assigned production tasks within a specified production schedule. Check for quality of finished product and prepare for shipment.
Pay, Schedule & Benefits:
Operate a food packing production line at a Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) site. Maintain production area cleanliness and uphold workplace and food safety compliance. Complete assigned production tasks within a specified production schedule. Check for quality of finished product and prepare for shipment.
Pay, Schedule & Benefits:
- This is a full-time, non-exempt hourly position. Starting range is $19.50 to $20 per hour.
- Work schedule is Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4pm.
- Attend required meetings and trainings.
- Benefits include health insurance, 401(k) with employer match, PTO, FSA, dental, vision, and more. Detailed benefit information can be found here: https://www.fmsc.org/about-us/careers/fmsc-benefits.
- Perform routine and repetitive packaging of food product, equipment operations, and other tasks of the production line.
- Keep machine equipment processes moving. Troubleshoot as needed. Understand and maintain the production schedule.
- Uphold food safety, food quality and workplace safety policies and procedures. Ensure compliance with all SSOPs, GMPs, and personal hygiene related to food products.
- Complete daily start-up activities. Prepare equipment, ingredients, and materials for packing process.
- Complete end-of-shift clean-up of equipment and production space.
- Complete accurate records of production output, scrap, material usage, and labor hours.
- Prepare food product for shipment, including repackaging as needed, boxing, and palletizing.
- Check for quality of finished product. Identify, inspect, and report product quality issues.
- Follow equipment standard operating procedures.
- Operate powered industrial forklift and pallet jack to organize, load, and unload ingredients and finished product as needed (training provided).
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Commitment to support FMSC’s Christian mission and goals.
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
- Minimum of a high school diploma or GED.
- 1 year of work experience in a manufacturing or warehouse environment preferred. Machine operation, production or warehouse experience desired.
- Self-starter; can work independently and can follow processes, procedures, and directions.
- Takes initiative to identify and solve problems. Responsible and able to use good judgment and discretion.
- Thrives in a team setting. Able to pitch in, fill in gaps, remain flexible, ask for help, and share responsibilities.
- Able to exert yourself physically for an 8 hour shift. Able to walk and stand on concrete floor in intervals up to 4 hours.
- Able to use arms and hands to reach overhead, forward, and side to side.
- Able to frequently climb stairs and work from various heights.
- Able to push, pull, lift up to 30-50 lbs. repeatedly, bend, twist, and use hand tools such as utility knives.
- Able to operate a forklift, scissor lift, and pallet jack.
- Able to tolerate consistent exposure to soy (an allergen).
- Able to tolerate frequent exposure to variable temperatures and loud noise in a manufacturing setting.
- Frequently required to wear provided personal protective equipment (ex. Earplugs, eye glasses, Nitrile gloves, hairnets).
- Work location is Eagan, MN.
- Reports to Assistant Production Manager.
