First Shift- Tray Washer/General Labor

Michael Foods; Lansing (IL); On-site; USD 22,909 - 25,430; Full time

Job summary

Michael Foods in Lansing, IL produces pasteurized eggs for foodservice. This role emphasizes safety as a core value, GMP compliance, and maintaining sanitary conditions. You will manage flat washing, loading, and dryer operations while ensuring product quality and accurate record-keeping.

Ideal candidates can lift up to 30 lbs, work in a wet environment, and follow PPE requirements. This position requires indoor work, stairs, and independent task handling.

Qualifications

• Must be able to bend, stoop and reach while lifting and carrying stacks.
• Able to repeatedly lift up to 30 lbs.
• Indoor work in wet/humid environment; stand on hard surfaces.
• Able to travel stairs.
• Able to read simple words and numbers.
• Follow GMPs and safety regulations; wear PPE.
• Operate equipment or tools as required.
• Basic arithmetic for counts, weights and money.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety policies are followed and reinforced as a core value.
• Adhere to GMPs and maintain sanitary conditions to ensure product quality.
• Oversee flat washing, loading and spin dryer processes.
• Complete paperwork; assist in general good housekeeping.
• Tag flats correctly and report issues affecting safety/quality.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Physical stamina

Reading & basic math

Teamwork

GMP & safety focus

Education

Less than high school education

Job description

Business Unit Overview

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Location Description

Our plant, located in Lansing, IL, pasteurizes raw eggs to remove harmful bacteria for a more safe product to the foodservice industry.

Business Unit Overview

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 throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food

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Location Description

Our plant, located in Lansing, IL, pasteurizes raw eggs to remove harmful bacteria for a more safe product to the foodservice industry.

Responsibilities

POSITION SUMMARY: This position has the responsibility to comply with Safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability. Ensures regulatory Compliance

• Accountable for a safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.
• Adhere to Quality work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.
• Responsible for cleaning and drying flats before sending them out.
• Loads stacks of dirty flats onto the track at the end of the flat washing machine.
• Monitor automatic mechanical loading of individual flats into flat washer ensuring the machine does not jam.
• Oversee entire procedure for flat washer enduring there are no jams from the time a flat enters the washing area until it exits and stacks at the other end of the machine.
• Monitor and oversee that stacks of clean flats enter and exit the spin dryer correctly.
• Remove stacks of clean dry flats from a conveyor to a nearby skid.
• Complete paperwork required of the position.
• Assist in the general good housekeeping of the area.
• Responsible for correctly tagging flats.
• Responsible for cleaning machines when needed.
• Adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.
• Adhere to all safety policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Less than high school education.
• Have ability to bend, stoop and reach while lifting carrying stacks of empty flats.
• Ability to repeatedly lift up to 30 lbs.
• Ability to follow verbal instructions.
• Ability to work indoors in a wet and humid environment and stand on hard surfaces.
• Ability to travel stairs.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Good hand/eye coordination.
• Basic mechanical abilities.
• Ability to do a number of tasks simultaneously.
• Have the ability to follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and Safety regulations and wear the proper PPE for the position.
• Ability to operate specific equipment or tools.
• Ability to read a limited number of two-and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
• Ability to apply common sense

The pay range for this position is $16.63 to $18.46 per hour.