Production Worker 2nd Shift

T. Marzetti Company • Altoona, IA

78d • $20 - $21

About The Position

The Marzetti Company manufactures and sells specialty food products. Our retail brands include Marzetti® dressings and dips, New York Bakery™ garlic breads, and Sister Schubert’s® dinner rolls, in addition to exclusive license agreements for Olive Garden® dressings, Chick-fil-A® sauces and dressings, Buffalo Wild Wings® sauces, Arby’s® sauces, Subway® sauces, and Texas Roadhouse® steak sauces and frozen rolls. Our foodservice business supplies sauces, dressings, breads, and pasta to many of the top restaurant chains in the United States. At Marzetti, our mission is to make every meal better through high-quality, flavorful food. Led by our purpose, to nourish growth with all that we do, our team members are dedicated to creating great tasting food and cultivating deep and lasting relationships.

Requirements

• At least 18-years of age
• High School Diploma or General Education (GED) preferred.
• Prior Manufacturing Experience preferred but not required.
• Ability to satisfactorily complete a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
• Basic math skills include adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.
• Able to lift to 50 lbs., bend, carry, push, and pull.
• Must be willing and able to learn skills necessary to accurately input data into computer, payroll, attendance, manufacturing, and inventory tracking systems.

Responsibilities

• INSPECTOR: Carefully looks at raw materials, processed, and frozen precooked pasta at various processing steps to ensure it meets our standards of quality. Verify our pasta product is not; under cooked / overcooked / miss shaped / thawed.
• PROCESSOR: Shapes, stacks, and rolls cheese filled lasagna rolls or sandwiches as they’re conveyed to freezer. Mix and blend powder and granular ingredients for dry mixes. Mix batches of dough for processing lines. Assist with daily utensils, equipment, and line sanitation.
• PACKER: Ensure the right product is in the right bag and final shipping container. Sorts, stacks, orientates product to properly fit in finished case. Fills and weighs frozen pasta pieces to appropriate case or tote weight in accordance with customer requirements. Ensure all packages are properly coded before packing. Assist with daily utensils, equipment, and line sanitation.
• PALLETIZER: Check pallets to ensure they are in good condition for loading product on. Verify all codes on boxes as complete, accurate, and legible with the line, shift, lot code and product code. Stack boxes on pallet using correct configuration for the product running. Obtain powered pallet truck qualification.
• FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY RESPONSIBILITIES: Applies the food safety and quality principles as described in the Marzetti Corporate Food Safety and Quality Manual and internal Marzetti Frozen Pasta policies, training and procedures in all applicable aspects of departmental and job functions.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life Insurance
• Accident/Disability Insurance
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid Parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees