Machine Operator - Afternoons/Evenings

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 Chaska, Minnesota is known as the "best small town in Minnesota" with a highly rated school system and home of the PGA Tournament in 2018! As our community grows, we strive to preserve the small town atmosphere. Minutes away from beautiful lakes, major highways, shopping malls and the Twin Cities, it is the perfect location to work!. Our location produces a variety of potato products. For over 100 years, the Michael Foods family of businesses has leveraged quality ingredients and innovative processes to offer the finest products and solutions to our customers and to food-loving consumers.
Responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY: 

This position is responsible for running, changing over, troubleshooting and maintaining all quality attributes of the packaging machine in an efficient and safe manner. 

 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Running and maintaining packaging equipment and making appropriate adjustments as needed.
2. Inspect bags for proper seal integrity, weight, oxygen levels and verify proper coding on packages.
3. Provide proper documentation of all quality attributes.
4. Verifying that proper operational guidelines are followed both in cleaning and production activities.
5. Setting-up and operating the metal detector, scale and the coder.
6. Proper input of ingredient usage into SAP.
7. Knowledge and use of TRM system.
8. Effectively communicating relevant information to fellow employees on the shift and to on-coming employees at shift change.
9. Communicating all process inefficiencies, equipment malfunctions, safety concerns and GMP issues to the department Lead and/or Supervisor.
10. 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.
11. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures.
12. Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

 

EDUCATION:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent.

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:

 

In order to promote a manufacturing environment that is safe and efficient for both personnel and food, the ability to effectively communicate in basic English (both verbal and written) is required. This includes the ability to speak, read and comprehend safety instructions, rules and warnings for self and others in both normal and emergency situations.

 

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

 

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to write simple correspondence.  Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.

 

 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

 

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

 

 

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a