Plant Floor Operations & Maintenance Support

Simplot Company; Caldwell (ID); On-site; USD 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Simplot Company in Caldwell, Idaho, is seeking a dedicated plant operator to support production quality and efficiency across the facility. The role emphasizes safety, sanitation, equipment maintenance, and teamwork, with forklift operation and tote management as core duties.

Shift is 6:00am–6:00pm, full-time, with overtime common to meet operational needs. Must obtain forklift certification within a month and complete required trainings. Pay is $21.20 per hour plus benefits where applicable.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Must be able to obtain Forklift Certification.

Responsibilities

• Must become qualified within 1 month of employment in this position.
• Must be able to drive a forklift and assist with tote management as needed.
• Utilizes computer and computer programs to communicate, document, and track shift information and ensures that all documents and reports are completed accurately in a timely and efficient manner.
• May assist with training other plant personnel.
• Maintains Company standards for safety, quality, food safety, sanitation and GMPs.
• Works within safety rules and regulations in actively avoiding injury to self and others.
• Ensures proper food safety sanitation and cleaning procedures of all processing equipment and tools.
• Ensures self-compliance with Company policies and plant procedures, and the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• Maintains necessary level of communication with team members and other support groups and does so in a participative management style conducive with operational goals.
• Ensures that additional accountabilities required by management are handled in a manner necessary to meet operational standards.
• Stripping of product for rework and plant needs.
• Check of foreign material in designated areas.
• Help with specified production runs that supply added features.
• Creation of totes and assist in tote management with appropriate staff.
• Assisting in housekeeping and general sanitation of factory in designated areas as requested by management.
• Assist with troubleshooting and other tasks through the facility.
• Operates a forklift and conducts daily inspections of forklift equipment as needed.

Skills

Forklift operation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Simplot Company in Caldwell, Idaho, is seeking a dedicated plant operator to support production quality and efficiency across the facility. The role emphasizes safety, sanitation, equipment maintenance, and teamwork, with forklift operation and tote management as core duties.

Shift is 6:00am–6:00pm, full-time, with overtime common to meet operational needs. Must obtain forklift certification within a month and complete required trainings. Pay is $21.20 per hour plus benefits where applicable.