Summer Seasonal Production Worker

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.

At Post Consumer Brands, we take pride in our longstanding legacy of making one of every five breakfast cereals families eat daily. Today, we’re just as focused on our future as we expand our grocery business with different shelf-stable foods, including snacks and peanut butter. We are committed to providing accessible and delicious food for families, and we’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio. As we soar to new heights, we need creative, determined individuals from all walks of life to join our team, where your unique perspective and ideas are acknowledged and valued. Be a part of a company that empowers you to make a difference that’s evident on grocery store shelves and families’ tables across North America.

Northfield, Minn. is home to two Post Consumer Brands manufacturing plants, the Campbell Mill and Ames Mill, two distribution centers, and more than 750 team members. The Campbell Mill plant is 1 million square feet and is home to 7 manufacturing technologies to produce a wide variety of cereal products our customers know and love. Northfield is a town steeped in history, featuring two colleges and the original Ames Mill where the Malt-O-Meal Company got its start. 

JOB FUNCTION

Seasonal general labor has responsibility for general sanitation, ingredient dumping, and end of line production tasks. This position relies heavily on following standard operating procedures for repetitive tasks. This position is a critical member of the food safety function and helps maintain strict GMP requirements. This position is required to support, implement, and maintain food safety practices as required through SQF. Will be responsible for completing job duties in a manner that supports all plant safety, food safety, quality, and environmental practices.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Performs general sanitation within general facilities and GMP support areas.

2. Supports end of line production by tote packing, ingredient dumping, case or tote folding, non-compliance inspection and rework, sampling, waste handling, loading shells and cases into packaging equipment.

3. Supports special and trial packaging formats that have not been automated.

4. Can safely operate Material Handling/inventory management equipment, such as scan guns, forklifts, pallet jacks, as required.

5. Processing tasks may include: mixing vitamins, reading PLC Screens, following processing cleaning instructions, operating dryers, operating mill room equipment, extruders and cookers. GL2’s may do limited tasks in processing, they will not operate any equipment using high pressure steam. These tasks are dependent on training completion.

6.Performs Quality Assurance checks after training completion.

7. Completes required training for all job responsibilities.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education: High School Diploma or GED

Experience:

· Food manufacturing or related experience preferred.

· Good work history and acceptable attendance.

Skills:

· Basic level math and computer skills.

· Ability to work within a team environment and build positive professional relationships.

· Ability to effectively communicate in both written and verbal form in English.

· Takes responsibility for ensuring work is completed within time and quality parameters.

· Ability to solve basic problems where standardizations/alternatives exist.

Physical requirements:

· Ability to use basic hand tools.

· Standing, kneeling, climbing and walking for extended periods of the day; capable of repetitive gripping, pinching, lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling with weight ranges up to 50 pounds; ability to perform repeated twisting, bending and reaching of upper and lower extremities; exposure to hot and/or humid environments, heights up to 15 feet, working on ladders, and confined spaces (non permit required)and performing LOTO.

Schedule requirements:

· Ability to work a assigned 12 hour rotating shift days or nights.

Pay Rate: $19.00/hour

COMPETENCIES

· Communication Skills: Writing & Listening Skills

· Execution Skills: Results Oriented

· People Skills: Team Building

· Personal Behaviors: Flexibility & Initiative

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.