Business Unit Description:

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 the Village of West Jefferson, OH, is located just minutes from the western suburbs of Columbus and about 20 minutes to the west of downtown. We are proud to be Michael Foods’ most recent greenfield project, producing high quality protein shakes serving people all around the world. It’s our honor to continue our strong commitment to our employees, our community, and our environment.

Responsibilities:

1. Adhere to safe work practices, policies, and procedures. 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
2. Operates case packers, Accumulating Conveyor, Line Control Device, Case Coder, Sleever, Cappers, and/or robots ensuring proper operations (loading corrugate, overwraps, caps, or maintaining proper glue volume, etc. including changeovers and minor adjustments).
3. Fill in for other Packaging Machine Operators for lunches and breaks.
4. Troubleshoot issues with equipment as needed.
5. Set-up of equipment and material for a production run.
6. Conduct and record all quality checks and record downtime events in a timely fashion utilizing Redzone.
7. Fosters open communications and a good attitude toward work and fellow employees.
8. Maintains regular and consistent attendance.
9. Operations of a manual pallet jack
10. Manage inventory consumptions or creation in inventory management system.
11. Alerts the Supervisor when major mechanical problems occur and reports any system abnormalities to reduce the risk of, and damage to, the system or product.
12. Team player who aligns and upholds our values: Teamwork, Accountability, Innovation and Continuous Improvement and passion for customer and consumers.

13. Attends and actively participates in safety meetings and trainings.

1. Responsible for Food Safety and Food Quality of MFI products.
2. Demonstrate proper handling and usage of cleaning agents.
3. Train new hires as required.
4. Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

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

 

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• Experience with food manufacturing and GMPs
• Experience with high speed packaging equipment or experience with palletizing robotic arms
• One to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
• Ability to read, write, and comprehend shift change instructions, short correspondence, emails, and memos.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to communicate effectively with other employees.
• Ability to calculate general mathematics.  
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in oral form. Ability to deal with problems involving one concrete variable in standardized situations.
• Basic computer knowledge and skills.