Prep Utility

About This Role

This utility position involves performing a wide variety of tasks across packaging, warehouse, production, and batter room areas at a leading food manufacturing company. The role requires adapting to different work environments and maintaining cleanliness in assigned areas to ensure product quality and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Perform the set up and breakdown of tote bins and pallets
• Properly stack knocked down totes and pallets
• Operate power hand jack and tote bin dump
• Repeatedly lift and stack cases of finished product
• Maintain good housekeeping in assigned areas including sweeping, shoveling, raking, vacuuming, and hosing
• Rework damaged or restricted cases and bags of product
• Change, scrape, and/or change frozen and preparation grader screens
• Adapt to different work environments: wet prep area, outside, packaging, batter area, and shipping
• Perform frozen inspection duties
• Work in Raw Receiving pulling rocks and vines as trucks are unloaded
• Load KDs on Line 1, 2, 7 & 8 Case Opening Positioning System (COPS) in packaging
• Inspect bags for seal condition and bag codes during poly runs
• Work around fryers and other processing equipment
• Hand pack hash brown patties into trays
• Sort whole onions for cutting by size
• Scrape and remove static product on packaging equipment
• Dump waste barrels in packaging and production area
• Actively practice and abide by all company work, safety, and personal hygiene rules and regulations
• Handle loading of railcars
• Hand palletize line flow when shrink-wrap machine is inoperable
• Inspect cased product for case condition and legible codes
• Notify Team Leader or lead in the event that case condition or codes are not acceptable
• Notify Team Leader or lead of glue deck stoppages
• Assure gutter grates are kept in place
• Prepare and/or mix cleaning and sanitizing chemicals
• Use foaming equipment to apply cleaning chemicals to equipment
• Scrub equipment using scrub brushes and/or pads to clean, sanitize, and polish equipment
• Rinse cleaning chemicals off equipment using a high-pressure water hose
• Periodically inspect Personal Protective Equipment

Requirements

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, twist and turn frequently
• Good hand-eye coordination
• Good finger and manual dexterity
• Ability to adapt to noisy environments with varying temperatures
• Ability to do repetitious arm, wrist and hand movements
• Ability to work with hands and arms overhead, and in or under equipment
• Manual dexterity, overall coordination, and good balance
• Ability to operate work related equipment
• Specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Qualifications

• High School Diploma

Benefits