Food Packaging Operator — 12-Hour Day Shift

Post Holdings, Inc.; Minnesota; Hybrid; USD 30.000 - 38.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Post Holdings, Inc. is seeking a packaging operator at its Michael Foods facility in Gaylord, Minnesota. The role runs 6:00am–6:00pm on a 12-hour day shift and requires maintaining packaging line operations and ensuring food safety and quality.

The position emphasizes teamwork, GMP compliance, and attention to detail. Responsibilities include operating and maintaining packaging equipment, performing sanitation, and supporting production runs.

Qualifikationen

• Experience or training in packaging operations.
• Ability to read safety rules and manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports.
• Effective communicator.
• Ability to apply common sense to instructions.
• Basic computer skills.

Aufgaben

• Maintain tray packers and ensure proper operations.
• Operate video jet; ensure cleaning, adequate liquid, correct coding and legible print.
• Monitor shrink-wrap machine and add film as required.
• Fill in for other packaging operators during breaks/vacations.
• Verify legibility of master shipper dates and take corrective actions.
• Set up equipment and materials for production runs.
• Maintain a clean, sanitary, safe, productive work area.
• Foster open communication and a positive attitude.
• Maintain regular attendance.
• Follow GMPs and safety/food safety standards; report issues.
• Perform sanitation procedures per standards.
• Run and clean extended run fillers and troubleshoot.
• Navigate tablet OS to conduct quality checks.
• Follow ingredient mixing instructions.
• Calculate proportions, percentages, fractions, and ratios.
• Responsible for food safety and quality of products.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Jobbeschreibung

Business Unit Overview

Feeding the world is what we do – how we do it is unique. We are not your textbook consumer packaged goods company. While others may be slow to make change happen, Post continuously drives both inorganic and organic growth. Our history is evidence of that fact with over 100 years of heritage and growth from brands that transcend generations like Honey Bunches of Oats, Fruity Pebbles, Malt-O-Meal, Bob Evans, Kibbles 'n Bits, Egg Beaters, Peter Pan peanut butter and more. Our foodservice and ingredient businesses supply other products you love for brands, restaurants and stores.

We have more than 55 offices and manufacturing sites and approximately 13,000 employees. Over the past 13 years, Post has made 28+ acquisitions and innovative financial transactions and reached $8.2 billion in net sales in fiscal 2025. During turbulent times of market uncertainty, the food industry has provided a level of stability unlike other industries

Post Holdings, Inc. is a Fortune 500^® company headquartered in Brentwood, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Our casual professional atmosphere encourages team members to collaborate, innovate and support our operating companies. Our passion and drive advance the reputation of our operating companies and brands—together, we make a difference.

Location Description

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Gaylord, Minnesota is Minnesota's Healthy Heartland! Gaylord is located in south central Minnesota about an hour west of the Twin Cities and 35 minutes from Mankato, Hutchinson, and New Ulm. As the County Seat, Gaylord is the "Hub of Sibley County." Our location produces liquid egg, hardcook egg, and precooked egg such as scrambled, patties and omelets.
Responsibilities

POSITION SUMMARY:

To ensure a high quality product is being packaged at all times.

Shift: 6:00am-6:00pm - 12 hour day shifts.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintains all tray packers and ensures proper operations (loading trays, maintaining proper glue volume, etc.)
• Maintains video jet to ensure they are properly cleaned, adequate liquid is available, correct information is coded, and print is clear and readable at all times.
• Monitors shrink-wrap machine and adds film as required.
• Fill in for other Packaging machine operator for breaks and when on vacations.
• Monitor date on master shipper for legibility and to make corrective actions when necessary.
• Set-up of equipment and material for a production run.
• Maintains a clean, sanitary, safe, productive work area.
• Fosters open communications and a good attitude toward work and fellow employees.
• Maintains regular and consistent attendance.
• 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
• Perform Sanitation procedures in accordance with department and food safety standards (sometimes for the duration of your shift).
• Run, clean, conduct preventive maintenance, troubleshoot extended run fillers, i.e.: Elopack Fillers/Capers Scholle.
• Ability to navigate operating system on tablets in order to conduct required quality and performance checks
• Follow instructions for ingredient mixing
• Ability to calculate mathematical equations, figures, and amounts to include proportions, percentages, fractions, and ratios.
• Responsible for Food Safety and Food Quality of MFI products.
• Performs other similar duties and responsibilities as requested.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• One to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups, customers/vendors or employees of the organization.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in oral form. Ability to deal with problems involving one concrete variable in standardized situations.
• Basic computer knowledge and skills.

The pay range for this position is $21.93 to $27.54 per hour.