Production Operator (Full-time)

Your Role:
Operate a food packing production line at a Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) site. Maintain production area cleanliness and uphold workplace and food safety compliance. Complete assigned production tasks within a specified production schedule. Check for quality of finished product and prepare for shipment.

Pay, Schedule & Benefits:

• This is a full-time, non-exempt hourly position. Starting range is $19.50 to $20 per hour.
• Work schedule is Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4pm.
• Attend required meetings and trainings.
• Benefits include health insurance, 401(k) with employer match, PTO, FSA, dental, vision, and more. Detailed benefit information can be found here: https://www.fmsc.org/about-us/careers/fmsc-benefits.

What You’ll Do:

• Perform routine and repetitive packaging of food product, equipment operations, and other tasks of the production line.
• Keep machine equipment processes moving. Troubleshoot as needed. Understand and maintain the production schedule.
• Uphold food safety, food quality and workplace safety policies and procedures. Ensure compliance with all SSOPs, GMPs, and personal hygiene related to food products.
• Complete daily start-up activities. Prepare equipment, ingredients, and materials for packing process.
• Complete end-of-shift clean-up of equipment and production space.
• Complete accurate records of production output, scrap, material usage, and labor hours.
• Prepare food product for shipment, including repackaging as needed, boxing, and palletizing.
• Check for quality of finished product. Identify, inspect, and report product quality issues.
• Follow equipment standard operating procedures.
• Operate powered industrial forklift and pallet jack to organize, load, and unload ingredients and finished product as needed (training provided).
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Your Qualifications:

• Commitment to support FMSC’s Christian mission and goals.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED.
• 1 year of work experience in a manufacturing or warehouse environment preferred. Machine operation, production or warehouse experience desired.
• Self-starter; can work independently and can follow processes, procedures, and directions.
• Takes initiative to identify and solve problems. Responsible and able to use good judgment and discretion.
• Thrives in a team setting. Able to pitch in, fill in gaps, remain flexible, ask for help, and share responsibilities.

Physical Requirements:

• Able to exert yourself physically for an 8 hour shift. Able to walk and stand on concrete floor in intervals up to 4 hours.
• Able to use arms and hands to reach overhead, forward, and side to side.
• Able to frequently climb stairs and work from various heights.
• Able to push, pull, lift up to 30-50 lbs. repeatedly, bend, twist, and use hand tools such as utility knives.
• Able to operate a forklift, scissor lift, and pallet jack.

Work Environment:

• Able to tolerate consistent exposure to soy (an allergen).
• Able to tolerate frequent exposure to variable temperatures and loud noise in a manufacturing setting.
• Frequently required to wear provided personal protective equipment (ex. Earplugs, eye glasses, Nitrile gloves, hairnets).

Your Team:

• Work location is Eagan, MN.
• Reports to Assistant Production Manager.