Laborer Packaging Trainee

Lamb Weston • Boardman, OR

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The packaging handler position is responsible for toteroom (addback) functions. These duties include controlling toteroom (addback) activity, reworking cased product, and recase and stripout activities.

Requirements

• Effectively communicate in English verbally and in writing.
• Ability to understand instructions and follow directions in English, both written and oral.
• Must be able to be qualified within time frames established by facility.
• Ability to perform basic math functions, required.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and to stand, walk, bend, stoop, twist and turn frequently.
• Ability to do repetitious arm, wrist and hand movements required for job actions and procedures.
• Must be able to work with hands and arms overhead, and to work in or under the equipment.
• Requires manual dexterity, overall coordination and good balance to work both at ground level and in high places to perform job duties.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Valid Driver’s License and driving record that meets Lamb Weston Driving Standards
• May have to sample food while evaluating Lamb Weston products
• Climbing to various heights via stairs or ladders on a regular basis

Nice To Haves

• High School Diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred
• Lock-out/Tag-out, Forklift, and Sanitation certification may be required. If you are not qualified, you will be trained and must meet certification requirements.

Responsibilities

• Maintains safe work practices at all times and participates in safety programs.
• Tote room: Running of addback equipment (adding bulk product back to lines).
• Must be able to work in cold conditions and work safely amid constant hyster traffic.
• Must ensure correct bulk is blended to lines and must record pertinent information on addback activity sheets.
• Must rake product out of totes into addback hopper, if necessary.
• Must also help with overflow totes and waste totes (raking and/or changing).
• Communicate needs to hyster drivers with elevated noise levels present.
• Communicate with team leaders, leads, manifestor and other employees.
• Rework (strip out) of cased product into totes for adding back to lines.
• Correct marking of totes with pertinent information so as to be correctly manifested.
• Filling out of rework log (record of product reworked).
• Handling of re-case activities, case damage, bag rework, and cleanup when necessary.
• Must be available to break other packaging laborer positions.
• Cleanup of packaging area: sweeping, shoveling, general sanitation.
• Handling of case damage (case and bag rework).
• Handling product accumulated in packaging carts.
• Stripout of bags in overflow and waste totes or on addback inspection shakers.

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED