Machine Loader - Second Shift

Post Holdings, Inc.; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in food processing is seeking a full-time loader to ensure compliance with safety and food quality standards. This role involves supplying machines with egg flats and maintaining a positive work atmosphere through teamwork. No prior experience is necessary, making it an excellent opportunity for entry-level candidates.

Qualifications

• Ability to lift and move skids weighing up to 50 lbs safely.
• Ability to obtain Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) Certification.
• Ability to understand and follow oral instructions.

Responsibilities

• Supply optiloader conveyors with flats of shell eggs.
• Ensure regulatory compliance at all times.
• Maintain sanitary conditions and ensure product quality.

Skills

Basic math skills

Communication

Teamwork

Education

No prior experience necessary

Tools

Powered Industrial Truck (PIT)

Job description

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.

Location Description

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Klingerstown, Pennsylvania, known for their ice cream socials at Klingerstown Lutheran Parish, fishing rodeo, and fireman's parade.

Responsibilities

Full Time

2:30pm - 11:30/11:45pm

Position Summary: This position is responsible for complying with safety work rules at all times and reinforcing safety as a core value. Ensures all policies, procedures, and activities related to food safety & quality are followed to reduce product and process variability. The loader supplies the machines with flats of shell eggs to ensure continuous operation, lifting and carrying 6 flats (approximately 20-30 lbs.) safely to keep pace with production.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure a safe and healthy workplace for everyone.
• Adhere to safety policies and incorporate safety and health in all tasks.
• Ensure regulatory compliance at all times.
• Supply optiloader conveyors with flats of shell eggs, picking up 6 flats at a time safely from a nearby skid.
• Remove and stack dividers or skid sheets and empty skids to designated areas.
• Remove empty flats from the optiloader machine and stack them appropriately.
• Supply candlers with flats of fill-in eggs.
• Assist in monitoring the optiloader machine to remove jams.
• Follow GMP and HACCP guidelines, maintain sanitary conditions, and ensure product quality to uphold SQF Level certification.
• Report conditions or practices that may affect food safety, food quality, or personnel safety.
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere through effective communication and teamwork.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience Required:

• No prior experience or training necessary.
• Ability to read simple words and recognize similarities and differences between words and numbers; capable of printing and speaking simple sentences.
• Basic math skills: adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing with two-digit numbers, using units of money, weight, volume, and distance.
• Ability to understand and follow oral instructions and solve problems involving one concrete variable.
• Ability to lift and move skids weighing up to 50 lbs. safely.
• Ability to obtain Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) Certification.

Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills:

• Physical ability to bend, stoop, reach, lift, turn, and carry approximately 20-30 lbs. or 6 flats of eggs.
• Ability to follow verbal instructions.
• Ability to work indoors in a wet, humid environment and travel stairs.
• Team player with good interpersonal skills.
• Driver’s license preferred.
• Compliance with GMPs and safety regulations, including wearing PPE such as bump caps, earplugs, and steel-toe boots.
• Ability to operate specific equipment or tools as required.