Packaging Lead
Lamb Weston

Title: Packaging Lead

Location: Boardman, OR

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

The primary role of this position is support of supervision in managing and directing shift operations. Individuals must demonstrate effective and positive leadership skills. This position assists in administering company plans, policies, and procedures. Under the direction of the supervisor, this position is responsible for the operation of the receiving, processing and packaging areas. This position is responsible for optimizing productivity and maintaining target quality and sanitation levels. Must have knowledge of plant safety, personal hygiene and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's) and assist in administering these policies. Must also be familiar with the general make up of potatoes, processing techniques, and lab procedures.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following (other duties may be assigned):

• Maintains safe work practices at all times and participates in safety programs.
  
• Promotes safe work practices and assures that safe work practices are followed in all work groups.
  
• Must be able to perform job functions independently with minimal supervision.
  
• Must have the ability to cooperate with other hourly employees and salaried personnel in a positive manner.
  
• Monitor quality of incoming raw product.
  
• Monitors volumes and quality attributes on a regular basis.
  
• Change grader screens as necessary to maintain product quality levels and maximize recovery.
  
• Assures adequate supplies are made available.
  
• Assists in training of employees.
  
• Completes forms as required in an accurate and legible manner.
  
• Monitors product flow during defrost and unscheduled breaks in the line.
  
• Assures package compliance for each label.
  
• Controls bulk inventories by blending and upgrading product whenever possible to achieve maximum recovery.
  
• Monitors bulk inventories and assures proper usage.
  
• Understands grader screen set-up and standard operating principles.
  

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Ability to operate packaging equipment.
  
• Understands palletizer operator, manifest operator, bulk operator and packaging operator job functions and to be capable of training employees in those functions.
  
• Understands process techniques and tests to assure maximum of process operation.
  
• Ability to perform weekend cleanup procedures.
  
• Must be able to work any shift, overtime, and any or all days of the week in accordance with plant needs.
  

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

A.A. from community college; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees in the organization. Must be able to communicate effectively by two-way radio and telephone.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide and compute percentages in all units of measure.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:

Must be able to operate the following: telephone, 2-way radio, squeegee, shovel, hot hose, and high pressure hose. Must have knowledge of industrial chemicals, i.e. Bolt, Chlorine, Caustic, etc.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This person is responsible for the whole plant, therefore, must be very mobile.

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
  
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
  
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
  
• Paid Time Off
  
• Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
  
• Family-Friendly Employee events
  
• Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services
  

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-255303

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 08/16/2024

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to a candidate's work location, job duties, experience and expertise. A reasonable hourly estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $28.84

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law

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