About the Role
The Production Associate meets production demands, ensuring quality and safety standards. This role is at a Land O’Lakes Dairy Foods manufacturing facility, creating dairy products and improving production.
Responsibilities
- Meet production demands while ensuring quality and safety standards.
- Attend to product transfer from filler to chiller.
- Inform supervisors or leads of product information discrepancies.
- Transfer production carts in and out of chillers, placing them orderly in the WIP area.
- Orient product alignment in the Garvey table area.
- Flip trays in chillers as needed.
- Rework products below specifications.
- Maintain a clean and organized work area, following the “5 S” program.
- Promote a safe work environment.
- Follow HACCP principles and Good Manufacturing Practices.
- Comply with Food and Personal Safety Procedures, company policies, and regulations.
- Perform other assigned duties, including transferring to the Kitchen area as needed.
Requirements
- Must be 18 years or older.
- Ability to read, write, comprehend, and follow verbal and written instructions.
- Possess basic mathematical skills.
- Frequent movement including walking, standing, bending, stooping, turning, twisting, pushing, pulling, raising arms, lifting, and climbing.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to work in noisy environments.
- Ability to perform duties while wearing personal protective equipment.
- Ability to work across temperature zones (cold/hot) for extended periods and in dusty environments.
Skills
- Self-reliant.
- Ability to work accurately under limited supervision.
Location
- Hicksville, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
- 4:00 pm – 1:30 am shift
- Ability to work days, nights, weekends, and some holidays
- Hours subject to business needs
Education Level
- High School diploma or GED-equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $22.28 per hour
- $1.00 per hour shift differential (after 8:00pm)
Benefits
- Competitive bonus potential
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Company sponsored benefits
- Broad portfolio of benefits
About the Company
- Land O’Lakes, Inc. is a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative.
- Reimagining the business of food.
- Recognized as a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn.
- Listed on the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies.
- Headquartered near the Twin Cities, with locations across the US and a global presence in 60 countries.
Equal Opportunity
- Land O’Lakes and its global entities support diversity in employment practices.
- Reasonable accommodation requests for the employment application process can be made by calling the HR Solution Center at 844-565-4748 (M-F 8:00am-4:30pm CT).
- For disability accessibility or accommodation help, contact the HR Solution Center at 844-565-4748 (M-F 8:00am-4:30pm CT).
