Production Operator I - APC

LGI foundation; Iowa (LA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

LGI foundation is seeking a packaging production associate in Iowa. The role involves operating packaging machinery, monitoring product flow, and recording gauges and production data. Work shifts include days or nights, with weekends and holidays and overtime as needed.

You will handle bagging, weighing, sealing, and palletizing finished powder, with the ability to lift 60 lb bags and operate a forklift or pallet jack as required. Adherence to safety, quality, and SOPs is essential.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• General production/manufacturing knowledge desired.
• Ability to read gauges and record data.
• Ability to understand and follow sanitary and safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor packaging machinery and maintain product quality.
• Record hourly production data and monitor gauges.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area throughout the facility.
• Load bags onto pallets and perform basic packaging steps.
• Follow GMPs and company policies, including SOPs and quality requirements.

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

English literacy

Physical stamina

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Forklift operation

Packaging machinery operation

Job description

Promote safety, maintain a sanitary food environment, and ensure that only the highest quality product is made. Work days or nights, 8-hour shifts schedules including weekends and holidays, and overtime as needed.

JOB DUTIES:

• Packaging Monitor product volume, temperatures, times, and pressure readings
• Monitor gauges and record information as needed
• Know the type of product, the source, and all the handling procedures involved in each processing procedure
• Full understanding of product flow
• Maintain a safe, clean, organized work area throughout the facility
• Maintain general housekeeping of production areas
• Perform tasks of receiving product, starting, running, shutting down, and cleaning the dryer/evaporator and associate equipment
• Collect hourly production readings, color, moisture and temperature, monitor bag house, check air pressure, monitor machinery and notify supervisor when something is out of specification
• Ensure all charts are charts are properly documented according to company and regulatory regulations
• Ensure all paperwork is done correctly and completely
• Operate pallet jack and forklift
• Prepare bags to fill using established label and numbering system in accordance with procedures
• Proficient computer skills to print out packaging labels
• Fill, weigh, seal and load bags on pallets (must be able to lift 60 lb. bags 6 feet high)
• Bag and blend finished powder, weigh and sample product, palletize product and move pallets (may require a forklift or pallet jack)
• Comply with, and follow, company food safety and quality policies
• Adhere to all SOPs, procedures and quality requirements
• Perform elementary mechanical and carpentry repairs throughout plant as instructed by supervision
• Engage in continuous improvement and process improvement
• Anticipate problems and implement solutions
• Demonstrate good judgement in safeguarding customer, company, vendor and employee information
• Assume responsibility for the attainment of plant goals and objectives
• Maintain cooperative working relationships and communications with employees from all other departments and peers

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to prepare and operate all packaging machinery.
• Have general knowledge of production/manufacturing methods.
• Ability to read gauges and record data in a legible manner and in accordance with established procedures.
• Ability to learn to handle inedible protein materials in accordance with established sanitary procedures and practices.
• Ability to understand and follow established work procedures, including mandated sanitary and safety guidelines.
• Must be able to read, write and speak in English, to prepare and comprehend logs, schedules, and communicate with fellow employees.
• Ability to operate forklift/pallet jack.
• Ability to perform basic math skills.
• Ability to move freely throughout plant with sustained physical/mental effort to climb, sample and clean equipment and work areas.
• Ability to remain calm and professional during peak periods.
• Ability to troubleshoot malfunctions and situations as they arise, notifying appropriate staff of problems beyond scope of normality.
• Ability to cooperate with all staff.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to work daily and overtime as necessary.
• Ability to assist in all work areas.
• Takes on additional responsibility when both big and small tasks need to be done.
• Firmly adheres to the values and ethics of APC.
• Willing to work with others, collaborating and compromising when necessary, promptly share relevant information with others.
• Is open to changing situations and is willing to perform all tasks when and where assigned.
• Able and willing to perform task and duties independently.
• Maintains a positive and professional attitude and work ethic Follow all GMPs and work in a manner consistent with all corporate, regulatory, food, safety, quality and sanitation requirements.

BASIC PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Approximate: 12 Hour Day (may be longer during peak season)

Key: Occasional = 0% - 33% Frequent = 34% - 66% Continuous = 67% - 100% N/A = Not Applicable

• Standing - Continuous
• Sitting - Occasional
• Walking - Frequent
• Bending/Kneeling/Crouching/Stooping - Frequent
• Reaching Above Shoulder - Frequent
• Climbing (stairs, ladders, etc.) - Frequent
• Confined Spaces - Occasional
• Working on Heights: Unprotected Heights - Occasional
• Protected Heights - Occasional
• Lifting weights from 1 to 80 lbs. at waist level - Frequent
• Lifting weights from 1 to 60 lbs. at floor level - Frequent
• Lifting weights from 1 to 50 lbs. at shoulder level - Frequent
• Push/Pull/Maneuver Equipment/Products/Materials Weighing with up to 80 lbs. of force - Frequent
• Working with/or Operating Moving Machinery/Equipment - Continuous
• Operating a Motor Vehicle (as a part of your job) - N/A
• Read/Monitor Gauges on Various Equipment/Machinery - Occasional
• Hand Movements: Recording Data - Frequent
• Operating Office Equipment - N/A
• Operating Computer - N/A
• Simple Grasping (right and left) - Frequent
• Firm Grasping (right and left) up to 80 lbs of force - Frequent
• Fine Manipulating (right and left) - Occasional
• Foot Movements to Operate Foot Controls - Occasional
• Good Vision, Corrected to Normal; or Ability to Access Required Information and to Perform Job Duties - Yes
• Color Definition - N/A
• Good Hearing, Corrected to Normal; or Ability to Communicate and/or Understand Required Information and to Perform Job Duties - Yes
• Ability to be Mobile throughout Required Work Areas - Yes
• Office - Occasional
• Multiple Locations - Occasional
• Plant - Continuous
• Equipment/Maintenance or Repair Area - Continuous
• Rough Terrain - Occasional
• Other - N/A

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: High School Diploma or GED certificate required.
• Experience: Previous work experience in agriculture, production, or manufacturing preferred.
• Participates in E-Verify #SAPC LGI’s foundation began in 1916 as the Lauridsen Creamery, selling butter, eggs and poultry to the local community. Although our headquarters in Ankeny, Iowa, is not far from the old creamery in Dedham, Iowa, the company is now worldwide with more than fifty manufacturing and sales locations in twenty countries and sales in more than sixty countries. Each company under the LGI umbrella is truly independent. They have the ability and the charge to be entrepreneurial, to seek out new markets, to develop new products and applications, and – above all - to discover new ways to add value through fractionation and novel application. What’s more, because some LGI companies have offices and presence around the world, all LGI companies benefit from their exposure to new markets, new products, new applications and new thinking.