Production Operator - 1st Shift

Land O'Lakes•Lima, OH

About The Position

The Production Operator is part of Land O'Lakes' Purina Animal Nutrition business. The role focuses on setting up, operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting manufacturing production equipment, including machining, processing, assembly, or packaging equipment. The operator examines production materials, operates equipment and processes, monitors machine parameters, and troubleshoots processing problems. Work is performed to production specifications and schedules, volume, cost, and wastage targets, and quality standards.

Requirements

Basic computer skills.
Be at least 18 years old.
Ability to read, write, comprehend, and follow verbal and written instructions.
Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Ensure the physical safety of oneself and coworkers at all times.
Reliably arrive on time, complete tasks by deadlines, and adapt to changing deadlines and priorities with minimal supervision.
Work well with others to meet team goals and adjust to important changes.
Understand the implications of new information for current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Give full attention to others, understand their points, and ask questions as appropriate.
Ability to lift 50 pounds.
Ability to perform frequent movement, including walking, standing, bending or stooping, turning, twisting, pushing, pulling, raising arms, lifting, and climbing.
Ability to perform duties while wearing personal protective equipment.
Ability to work for extended periods across temperature zones that may include cold or hot environments and environments where dust is present.

Responsibilities

Set up, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot manufacturing production equipment.
Operate machine tool, chemical processing, assembly, or packaging equipment to manufacture products according to production specifications, schedules, volume, cost, and wastage targets, and quality standards.
Move, pack, and sort raw materials or finished goods.
Monitor the quality of output and identify, discard, or re-manufacture faulty products.
Maintain accurate daily production records for manufacturing performance analysis.
Examine production materials for processing.
Operate all equipment and processes, monitor machine parameters, and troubleshoot processing problems.