Day Shift Machine Operator B2

KLN Family Brands • Perham, MN

3d • $0 - $21

About The Position

KLN Family Brands is hiring a Day Shift Machine Operator for Kenny's Candy & Confections. The role operates and maintains packaging machine and scale equipment, bags product into required finished products, and repackages product into shippers or trays when working on the utility line. The schedule is 6:40 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. All-in hourly compensation is $21.12, consisting of $19.90 base pay and a $1.22-per-hour-worked sign-on bonus. Profit-sharing eligibility begins after one year of employment; the posting reports $7.7 million in profits paid to the profit-sharing pool in 2025.

KLN Family Brands is a third-generation family-owned business founded in 1964, with corporate headquarters in Perham, Minnesota. Its companies manufacture human and pet food products. The company describes its vision as being a people-first company built on trust-based relationships and first-rate products, and focused on caring for others, challenging, growing, and inspiring.

Employment offers are contingent on satisfactory background-check and drug-test results.

Requirements

• Good attendance record.
• Experience or training of up to one month or more.
• Self-motivated.
• Ability to learn, memorize, and execute a sequence of procedures.
• Willingness to work well with others.
• Ability to lift up to 80 pounds.
• Firm grasp of manufacturing and quality processes.
• Basic computer skills.
• Good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Inspect all equipment used for sanitation and food safety.
• Operate packaging machine equipment.
• Set up equipment, including packaging equipment, printers, and tapers, for processing and production.
• Retrieve the formers and film or boxes needed for production.
• Report problems with materials or equipment to the production supervisor.
• Perform all required tests.
• Complete required paperwork.
• Ensure all employees are logged into the shop order and enter production into IFS.
• Communicate with the warehouse, quality control, cooks, and other operators about remaining production.
• Complete orders by following the production schedule and supervision's direction.
• Operate and maintain packaging machine and scale equipment.
• Bag product into required finished products; repackage product into shippers or trays when working on the utility line.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Wellness program discounts of up to $150 monthly toward health insurance.
• 80 hours of PTO accrued in the first year of employment.
• Seven paid holidays.
• KLN Clinic, including free doctor visits and more than 300 free prescriptions.
• 401(k) match opportunity.
• Opportunity to meet with onsite financial advisors.
• $10,000 forgivable home grant program.
• Tuition assistance.
• Profit-sharing eligibility after one year of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed