Dumper / Stacker - First Shift

Potato Product Processor Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that's First in Food. Michael Foods, Inc. located in Chaska, Minnesota is known as the "best small town in Minnesota" with a highly rated school system and home of the PGA Tournament in 2018! As our community grows, we strive to preserve the small town atmosphere. Minutes away from beautiful lakes, major highways, shopping malls and the Twin Cities, it is the perfect location to work! Our location produces a variety of potato products. For over 100 years, the Michael Foods family of businesses has leveraged quality ingredients and innovative processes to offer the finest products and solutions to our customers and to food-loving consumers. Job Responsibilities This position is responsible for dumping filled baskets of cooked potatoes and manually lifting baskets to palletize the baskets of potatoes onto pallets. This position has the responsibility to comply with safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce safety as a Core Value. This role ensures that all policies, procedures and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability. Job Responsibilities: Keeping product flow at an optimal level by assuring proper potato supply. Recording cook information in order to account for all dumped pallets. Setting up dump room equipment according to the products scheduled to run. Ensuring proper procedures are followed for recording pallet information. Duties when in precool (including sanitation): Identifying and removing damaged baskets. Continually placing filled baskets of potatoes onto pallets. Assuring that each basket is filled properly with high-quality potatoes and that it is placed properly on the pallet. General Duties: Communicate relevant information to fellow employees on the shift and to oncoming employee, department lead and/or Supervisor at shift change. General cleaning of equipment and maintaining good housekeeping throughout the department. Accountable for a safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks. Adhere to Quality work practices, follow GMP's, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality. Perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications Job Qualifications: Education: Less than high school diploma accepted. Experience: Communication Skills: In order to promote a manufacturing environment that is safe and efficient for both personnel and food, the ability to effectively communicate in basic English (both verbal and written) is required. This includes the ability to speak, read and comprehend safety instructions, rules and warnings for self and others in both normal and emergency situations. Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Mathematical Skills: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers. Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Physical Demands: Ability to lift up to 50lbs. Ability to work in a wet and cold environment. Standing for long periods of time. Ability to work around noise levels in the work environment that range from moderate to loud. The pay range for this position is $21.00 to $21.00 per hour. Post Holdings