Kalfass Patty Repack Operator - Grave
Lamb Weston

Title: Kalfass Patty Repack Operator - Grave

Location: Richland, WA

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

Tends machine that performs one or more packaging functions such as filling, marking, labeling, banding, tying, packing, or wrapping containers.

Job Description

Individuals in this position must:

• Follow all plant safety policies and procedures. Be actively involved in safety, participate in safety programs, engaged in safety activities, perform risk assessments and demonstrate ownership as well as leadership in personal safety and the safety of other team members.
  

• Starts machine and observes operation to detect malfunctions of machine.
  

• Stops machine and reports malfunction to supervisor.
  

• Makes minor adjustments or repairs such as opening valves, setting guides, or clearing away damaged product containers.
  

• Inspects filled container to ensure that product is packaged according to specifications.
  

• Feeds product to conveyors, hoppers, or other feeding devices, and unloads packaged product.
  

• Replenishes packaging supplies such as wrapping paper, plastic sheet (poly-roll), boxes, cartons, glue, or ink.
  

• Mounts supplies on spindles or places supplies in hopper or other feeding devices.
  

• Maintain good housekeeping in work area
  

• Participation in AMD
  

• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisory personnel.
  

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this job. To successfully perform this job an individual must:

• Must be sanitation qualified.
  

• Lock-out/Tag-out qualification is required. If you are not qualified, you will be trained
  

• Practice proper body mechanics and safe lifting techniques
  

• Be knowledgeable of the potential hazards and safety procedures associated with the task being performed
  

• Actively practice and abide by all Company work, safety, and personal hygiene rules and regulations as outlined in the employee handbook
  

• Understand and follow lock out/tag out procedures
  

• Possess a working knowledge of how the equipment works
  

• Must be able to balance teamwork and individual responsibilities
  

Education

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

Language Skills

Effectively communicate in English verbally and in writing. Ability to understand instructions and follow directions in English.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job. While performing the duties of the job, the employee:

• Be able to sit, stand, walk, and climb for various periods of time.
  

• Have good hand-eye coordination.
  

• Must be able to use fingers without difficulty, and have normal, natural range of motion.
  

• Be able to lift up to 25 pounds on frequent basis. Be able to lift up to 35 pounds on an occasional basis.
  

• Have specific vision abilities required by this job, which include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  

• Required to reach with his/her hands and arms repetitively.
  

• Must be able to push and pull heavy items on occasion up to the amount of lifting requirements.
  

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job. The employee:

• Will regularly work near moving mechanical parts.
  

• Will frequently be exposed to humid conditions as well as moderate heat.
  

• May be occasionally work around fumes or airborne particles, chemicals, and vibration.
  

• The noise level in the work environment can exceed 85 dB.
  

• Will work around forklift traffic.
  

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-256236

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 12/20/2024

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: $24.47

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

---